January 2019 | Shire of Augusta Margaret River Libraries

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Cocoon Gallery Launch for Beryl Anderson on Thursday 7th February

Posted on 30 January 2019

Austral Perceptions: Australiana and random creativity

Exhibition Launch Thursday 7^th February, 6 – 7:30pm. All Welcome!

Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP to Beryl for catering purposes. Ph: 9757 2671 E: jband@westnet.com.au

Exhibition continues from February 6th – March 30th

“My style of painting is based on realism and represents Australian landscapes that have drawn me to them emotionally and challenged me to record their beauty. All paintings are hand drawn by me from reference materials and photos. I work in acrylics and oils and enjoy mixing my own colour pallets to identify with nature and its moods.

I began painting after I retired and after completing several units at TAFE. I studied under well-known local artist Peter Scott for several years, whose style of painting I really admire. Some of the framed paintings are for children and represent Australian animals that are not easily seen, on backgrounds of where you might find them.”

Libraries closed for Public Holiday on Monday 28th January

Posted on 25 January 2019

Chinese New Year celebrations at the Library

Posted on 22 January 2019

Celebrate the Year of the Pig

Date: Tuesday 5^th February Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm. Please RSVP by 4th Feb to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

Introducing Chinese culture to the Margaret River community by sharing Chinese food, arts and history in a celebration of the Chinese New Year Tradition. Fun for the whole family.

Bring a Chinese dish / per family to share

Chinese dumplings provided * Lantern activity for kids to create * Photo Booth, come dressed up if you like! * Chinese Spring Couplets to paint * Chinese Zodiac walls * Chinese instrumental music * Dragon dance and lots of good luck to share * Go home with a Chinese Lantern * All welcome to this FREE family friendly event

Chinese Year of the Pig Lantern making workshop

Date: Tuesday 29th January Time: 5 — 7 pm

Join us to make paper lanterns to use for decorations in the library on 5th February for Chinese New Year Celebrations. Fun for the whole family. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to demonstrate how to fold the paper lanterns. Leave them with us and see the library transformed for Chinese New Year. This activity is suitable for children aged 5+ and parents must stay. All welcome to this FREE family friendly event. Please RSVP by 26th January to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

Software training with Hoonuit

Posted on 20 January 2019

Hoonuit is free for all library members.

A video-based how-to training resource, Hoonuit opens up unlimited access to thousands of short videos covering more than 500 of today’s most popular software applications on both PCs and Macs.

All the latest offerings — Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Google, and more
Valuable job training — Improve job skills with in-depth training on Excel and Photoshop, or learn valuable social media techniques with tutorials on Twitter, blogging, and podcasting
Mobile training — Learn how to use mobile products such as the iPhone and iPad
ADA Accessibility — All videos are closed captioned

Go to Hoonuit and enter your library card number to create a free account.

2019 – Year of the Public Domain

Posted on 17 January 2019

Did you know that under previous Australian law, unpublished materials, including letters, diaries and shipping manifests, remained in copyright in perpetuity?

This meant they were locked behind laws requiring you to seek permission from an often impossible to identify copyright owner before you could publish, adapt or even copy them.

Due to recent changes to that law, millions of items from our national collections – from Captain Cook’s carrot marmalade recipe and Henry Lawson’s letters to war posters – are now free to use.

To celebrate, Australia’s libraries and archives are declaring 2019 the Year of the Public Domain.

For more information about these changes to copyright law, click here to visit Australian Libraries Copyright Committee.

Image credit
Title: Women! help Australia’s sons win the war [picture] : buy war loan bonds
Created/Published: Sydney, John Sands, [1915-1918]
Copyright: Public Domain
From the collection of the National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135721145/view

Coding for kids

Posted on 12 January 2019

Swopbots and Rainforest coding are 2 online resources that teach kids how to code in a fun and entertaining way.

Access is free for library members. Have your card handy and click here to go to our Online resources for parents and children page, where you’ll find more information and handy links to the sites.

…and if they love coding, they’ll probably enjoy CoderDojo, a coding club for Ninjas aged 7-17 years, hosted at the Margaret River Library on Fridays after school. Click here for more details about how to join the Margaret River CoderDojo.

Teddy Bears sleepover at the library

Posted on 9 January 2019

On Tuesday night, over 10 teddy bears stayed at the Margaret River Library after their picnic. The teddys had a lot of fun during the night at the library and children were given books containing photos of last night’s events.

We thought you might like a sneak peak of some of what went on….

Happy School holidays and we hope to see you at the library soon.

New Year resolution #3: follow your interest into a new skill

Posted on 3 January 2019

With Universal Class, library members have free access to over 500 courses covering 30 subject areas including: Computer Training, Pet & Animal Care, Business, Arts & Crafts, Career Training, Personal Finance and much more!

The courses feature professional instructors, lessons, exams, assignments and discussion boards – plus grading and feedback to assist with your learning.

Have your library card handy and click here to go to our Lifelong Learning page, where you will find more information about Universal Class, and a link to get started.