Introducing Job Club

Join Frankston City Libraries Job Club and connect with other jobseekers. Share stories, encourage others and be encouraged, all in a welcoming and supported environment.

Job Club members receive access to:
- weekly metropolitan newspapers
- weekly local newspapers
- access to PCs for:

• Job Seeking
• Developing Resumes
• Writing Cover Letters
• Researching Employers
• Researching careers
• Sending job applications by e-mail

The Job Club meets weekly in the Library Long Room every Friday from 11:00 AM starting on the 11th of February and running until the 1st of April.

For Bookings call 9784 1020.

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Staff Training Tuesday

This coming Tuesday the 1st of February, we will once again be closed in the morning for meetings and staff training. Returns Chutes will be open as usual. Frankston Branch will be opening it's doors at 12:00 PM, and Carrum Downs at 1:00 PM. The Seaford and Langwarrin shops will be open at the normal times.

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We're Closed for Australia Day.

That's right folks, to celebrate our national day, we're indulging in our national pastime and taking the day off. Returns Chutes will be closed from 9:00pm on Tuesday the 25th of January and re-open at 9:00am on Thursday the 27th.

Have a great Australia Day.

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Tell us what you think.

Frankston City Library are running a survey to find out how you would like us to improve our service to the community. You can follow the link to fill it out online, or come in to one of our branches to fill out a hard copy. Help us make your borrowing experience the best it can be.

The survey covers all areas of the library service, the collection, information services, customer service, computers and activities such as film nights and live music.

THE SURVEY...

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WHAT Truck at Carrum Downs Library

The WHAT Truck is Frankston's Mobile Youth Service. It has games, information and access to services for young people. Wherever the truck is you can come in and play games, use the equipment, talk to workers, get information on a wide range of issues or just hang out.

The WHAT Truck will be visiting the Carrum Downs Library carpark every Thursday in term 1 from 3-5pm, beginning on the 20th of January.

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Sending our wishes to Queensland

A Long List is being created on Sunday 23rd of January in the Long Room at Frankston Library to send our good wishes to the flood victims in Queensland. All are welcome to come along and write or draw their wishes on a long scroll which will then be sent to Queensland premier Anna Bligh.

Where: Frankston City Library Long Room

When: Sunday the 23rd of January

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Picture the beach

Beachwatch

January is usually great beach weather in Frankston City. To remind you of what that's like, here's several photos from yesteryear that feature people enjoying the beach lifestyle of Seaford and Frankston.

The beach is woven into the fabric of Frankston City. Over the years, it's been a place to fish and to frolic. Ours is a bayside City, with two life saving clubs, roads named after prominent fishing families like the Klauers and the McCombs (Ted McComb pictured) and, of course, Beach Street.
You can see these and other local historical photos in our Flickr Picture Frankston Group.

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Movie night update

Our popular Thursday movie nights are continuing in 2011. Here's what you can see in the Long Room through to June:

• Eat, Pray, Love (M) - 24 February
• Boy (M) - 24 March
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (M) 7 April
• Despicable Me (PG) - 28 April
• The Runaways (MA) - 26 May
• Cats and Dogs (PG) - 23 June

Please follow the links for more details.

You can book in person, by phoning 9784 1020 during library hours or via email.

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Library offline Monday, 10 Jan at 5pm

Due to system maintenance,
the Library website and catalogue will be
offline today at 5pm for about half hour.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

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January catch up

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We're back, fully loaded and ready for our first full week of service in 2011. Here's the latest Library news:

• The Coffee Cart is open again at Frankston for nibbles, ice creams and hot and cold drinks.


• The Wii is now in the Games Corner (the front room off the Library Lounge) and the sofa and bean bags are there to encourage some serious gaming sessions.


• We also moved the tables in Frankston's Quiet Study area to create a more symmetrical arrangement. We have specialised equipment ordered for people with a disability and this will be set up here in the near future – we'll let you know when it goes live.

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The Summer Read 2011

Turn off the TV and pick up a book
The Summer Read is back on!

Choose from a list of ten books set in Victoria or written by Victorian authors including, fiction, memoir and crime. Books in The Summer Read are:

• Animal kingdom: a crime story - Stephen Sewell
• Below the Styx - Michael Meehan
• Book of lost threads - Tess Evans
• The Diggers Rest Hotel - Geoffrey McGeachin
• Flying with paper wings - Sandy Jeffs
• Into the woods: the battle for Tasmania's forests - Anna Krien
• Piano lessons - Anna Goldsworthy
• Rocks in the belly - Jon Bauer
• The sleepers almanac no. 6 - anthology
• Stealing Picasso - Anson Cameron

For your chance to win great book prizes, just read a book from the list, recommend another, fill out the entry form and pop it in The Summer Read box.

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