November training
The meeting was well attended and heard a very lively talk by Bern from the Ringwood Library and also an update of our new computer systems by Colin Patterson.
The Ringwood and Croydon libraries are part of the Eastern Regional Library System which includes libraries in Knox and Yarra Ranges as well as Maroondah. Library membership is free.
The Ringwood library has been open since 1970 and moved to its present site in 1995. Borrowers have 560,000 articles to choose from including books, magazines, audiotapes, DVDs and CDs. 1,000,000 articles have been loaned by the Croydon and Ringwood libraries and over 3,000,000 throughout the area this year.
Services range from reading to the ‘littlies’ at Storytime, services to the house bound and genealogy including Army records are available on Ancestry.com. There are also 295 book clubs and book discussions are held on the last Monday and Wednesday of the month in the Ringwood Room.
Boronia Branch keeps the Literacy program and this is available for Library card holders.
Chinese books are kept at Rowville and Vietnamese at Knox.
Story telling to cultural and linguistically diverse groups such as those from Sudan and China is also available.
Two specialised officers also read to those in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals which has resulted in a great improvement in health outcomes.
All libraries are wi-fi linked and have free internet services.
Library access is available 24 hours via the website at www.erl.vic.gov.au.
Addresses of the libraries, telephone numbers and hours of opening can be found in the Maroondah Community Guide which is available from the CAB offices.
The Christmas lunch will replace the December meeting and there will be no meeting in January.
A reminder that the offices will close from 17th. December and open again on 17th. January 2011.
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