Saturday, October 11, 2008

tomorrow in class i am talking about blogs

Blogs are fun

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Military History Day at Croydon Library

Military History Day

An early reminder to watch out for our Military History Day on Saturday 11th October from 10 to 4pm.

There will be speakers, displays, a military ephemera expert, ERL’s family history librarian will be there to help find family military history, there will be book sales and new books to borrow.

Come in and ask Alan about the day.

Computer Classes at Croydon Library




Computer Training available at Croydon Library

The library regularly holds computer training sessions for beginners the next session is on Wednesday 1st of October at 10am

Learn:
* How visit a Web site by typing an address.* How to use Internet Explorer to surf the Web.* How to search the Web effectively.* How to print a Web page.* How to put a Web page in your favourites.This class does assume some familiarity with a computer mouse.

It is a 2 hours introductory session costing $30. The classes are limited to 3 participants to ensure individual attention.

Follow up classes covering email basics are available at regular intervals the next on Wednesday 8th October at 10am

Sessions are also available covering family history the next on Thursday 9th October at 10am.

Hairy Harry: a school holiday activity


Hairy Harry’s

Tuesday 30th September at 11am suitable for ages 4+

Bring your own stocking and make a Hairy Harry to take home.

A free activity, book at the library or phone us on 9294 5640

Library Thing

Keeping track of your reading

So many patrons want to know of a way of keeping track of what they have read. There is a solution and it is called Library Thing. Recently the staff at ERL undertook a learning program about Web 2.0 and Library Thing is one of the new web-based applications we all learnt about. Take a look and see if you find it as addictive as some of us did

Library Thing can be found at http://www.librarything.com/

Library thing allows you to:
Create your own personal online catalogue of books
Rate and categorise (tag) books you have read
Find new books by similar authors or on similar topics
Get book recommendations
Interact with people who enjoy the same reading interests. You can check out other people’s libraries, see who has the most similar library to yours and swap reading suggestions.

Library Thing is very easy to use and free to join visit the above website and create an account for yourself.

Story Times at Croydon during the school holidays




Story Times at Croydon during the school holidays

Normally Story times at Croydon are
Tiny tots 0 to 12 months Thursday at 1pm
Toddlers 1 to 3 years Friday at 11am
Pre schoolers 3 to 5 years Tuesdays at 11am

BUT PLEASE NOTE DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS PRE-SCHOOLER STORY TIME IS NOT HELD

Friday 26th September at 11am a special Toddler time for 1 to 3 year olds with the theme of frogs. Come and join in with your toddler in stories, songs and rhymes. The session runs approx. 20 minutes

Tuesday 30th September at 1pm Tiny tots time for the 0 to 12 month olds. Short, attention grabbing stories, rhymes and activities.

Friday 3rd October at 11am. Our monthly Auslan toddler time. An Auslan interpreter joins the regular librarian to present a session suitable for 1 to 3 year olds. All welcome.


Saturday, September 20, 2008

Women's sufferage at Croydon Library


Become part of history at Croydon Library.

2008 sees the celebration of the centenary of Women’s Suffrage in Victoria. In 1891 many Victorian women signed a petition for suffrage. This document is housed at the public records office and has been digitised and can be searched on line. Check to see if your ancestors signed it at
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/WomensPetition/

As a celebration a recreation of the petition is being undertaken. At Croydon Library you can sign a piece of calico that will be complied with many others from all over Victoria. Maybe one day your great-great grandchildren will find your name on record.

The calico is at the front desk and men are allowed to sign this time.