Your mission if you choose to accept it

Australian Women Writers
2012 challenge

The Objective: To challenge the male gender bias in reviewing and social media newsfeeds about books and writing.

The Goal: To read (and review or otherwise share and make mention of) books by Australian women writers. Use Facebook, Twitter, blogs, newsletters etc.

The Timescale: You have all of 2012.

For more info: Check out the challenge website.

 

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2011 achievements

A baker's dozen (at least)

It's that time of the year where we indulge in some shameless self-promotion and list the new stuff we've brought you this year:

• Launched the Mayor's Reading Challenge
• Began sending near-due reminders via email
• Arranged the music CDs in genres
• Added an extra storytime at Carrum Downs
• Upgraded to catalogue, which now includes RSS feeds
• Held a junior short story competition
• Introduced the Books For Busy Mums area
• Revamped Frankston's teen area
• Gave graphic novels their own areas
• Got a new library head-honcho
• Made Power Mates for loan
• Launched the home work, family history and job clubs
• Featured Art for Loan artists painting in the library

And lots more, too. For a glimpse of what library staff achieved during the year, here's what we'd like to share with you. Some of the projects are behind the scene stuff, but it's all important, like duck legs paddling like mad to maintain a graceful surface momentum.

We hope you enjoyed 2011 at Frankston City Libraries. Look out for 2012 and the National Year of Reading!

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Merry Christmas!

Note to none-turkey eaters - just pretend that they're pineapples.

Merry Christmas

from all at
Frankston City Libraries

to all our wonderful customers!

November customer feedback

It was the month before Christmas...

and we were going great with storytime, surveying our customers about opening hours, having artists paint, singing Christmas carols and lots more.

Here's what customers at Carrum Downs and Frankston had to say about these and other things.

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Frankston's coffee break

Carol et al take a holiday

Carol, Alex and Rob are taking a break over Christmas, so Frankston Library's Coffee Cart will be closed from Saturday 24th December and re-open on Monday January 16th.

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Library Express over Christmas/New year

Festive season hours

• Last day for 2011: Thursday 22 Dec
• Closed from Tuesday 27 Dec to
  Tuesday 10 Jan
• Re-opens Thursday 12 Jan

Anne and her occasional helpers wish all their customers a safe and happy festive season and look forward to seeing you all again in 2012.

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New tech at Frankston

Introducing

the microfilm reader/printer 

The Library's new microfilm reader is accessible via the Microfilm Reader PC. It lets you play with the microfilm image on the adjacent PC the get the best possible view and then save it or print it.

Frankston  Library has very old local history newspapers on microfilm for you to use on this new fangled machine.

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School holiday program

A magic start to 2012

A magician, a movie, a faerie, some crafts, Wii and a party feature in January's school holiday program.

You can check out the details via the Libary's website or the brochure.

Bookings open Wednesday 28 December.

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Books by thier covers

Caustic Cover Critic

Our first impression of a book is often its cover.

With that in mind, here's a blog that both celebrates and turns a critical eye to the art of book covers. It's described as one man's rantings about book covers, but it has plenty of comments from others to make it lively.

Of particular note are recent posts on how prolific costume drama actress Keira Knightly is creating her own library via movie tie-in releases and how the woman holding a birdcage (above) has a whole genre to herself.

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21st Annual Frankston Community Appeal

Donate at Frankton Library

You can give to the Frankston Community Support and Information Centre's Christmas hamper appeal at Frankston Library. Hampers are distributed to disadvantaged people in our neighbourhood in conjunction with other Frankston emergency relief agencies.

Donations needed for hampers include tinned veggies suitable for roasting, tinned ham or salmon, rice, tinned plum puddings, shortbread, bon-bons and anything non-perishable with a "Chritmasy" feel.

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Christmas/New Year hours

Holiday hours 2011-12

Here are the Library's festive season hours.

Please note that returns chutes will close when the libraries close before public holidays and re-open when the libraries open.

Frankston Library

• Saturday 24 Dec 9:00am–12 noon (ie, an early close)
• Sunday 25 Dec Closed
• Monday 26 Dec Closed
• Tuesday 27 Dec Closed
• Wednesday 28 Dec 10:00am–9:00pm
• Thursday 29 Dec 10:00am–9:00pm
• Friday 30 Dec 10:00am–6:00pm
• Saturday 31 Dec 9:00am–4:00pm
• Sunday 1 Jan Closed
• Monday 2 Jan Closed
• Tuesday 3 Jan 10:00am–9:00pm

Carrum Downs Library

• Saturday 24 Dec Closed
• Sunday 25 Dec Closed
• Monday 26 Dec Closed
• Tuesday 27 Dec Closed
• Wednesday 28 Dec 11:00am–6:00pm
• Thursday 29 Dec 1:00pm–8:00pm
• Friday 30 Dec 9:30am–4:30pm
• Saturday 31 Dec 11:00am–4:00pm
• Sunday 1 Jan Closed
• Monday 2 Jan Closed
• Tuesday 3 Jan 11:00am–6:00pm

Library Express

• Last day of operation for 2011 will be Thursday 22 Dec
• Closed from Tuesday 27 Dec until Tuesday 10 Jan
• Re-opens Thursday 12 Jan

We wish everyone a happy and safe festive season.

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Libraries closed 6 December

Team training day

The Frankston and Carrum Downs Libraries will be closed on 6 December for a team training day. The Frankston Library Express service will also be closed.

The returns chutes at Frankston will be open but the chutes at Carrum Downs will be closed.

We apologise for any incovience and hope that you still have a good day.

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PCs, printing and copying downtime?

Upgrade take 2

A couple of weeks ago we said the PCs, copying and printing were going to be down because of an upgrade. That upgrade was postponed, until now.

Both Frankston and Carrum Downs libraries will be closed on Tuesday, 6 December due to a team training day. We're doing the upgrade then, but just in case things don't go to plan, the PCs are booked out for Wednesday and Thursday too. If all goes well, they'll be back when we open on Wednesday, 7 December.

Here's hoping.

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