News and events for our library community
We’re pleased to announce that the authentication problems with Libby have been resolved 🙂
You can find information on Libby and our other eResources at our adult eResources page.
This month the Library Academy has four new tutorials available for you to get a better understanding of some trending apps.
Learn to send and receive photos with Snapchat. Create an account and start managing your photos with Google Photos, increase your employability with LinkedIn, or build a personal or professional network with Instagram.
You can also complement these tutorials with the TechTalk: What is social media?
For these and other tutorials visit our Augusta Margaret River Libraries Academy (nicheacademy.com)
Enjoy a larger selection of award-winning books, best sellers, crime & thriller, non-fiction and many more titles in eAudios and eBooks formats with CloudLibrary.
Explore the collection here.
You can also read many popular titles on our Magazine Collection using the CloudLibrary app.
Merry Christmas!!
Story Box has a special selection of festive stories for you to watch with your family.
Enjoy books like Pig the Elf read by the author Aaron Blabey, or Macca’s Christmas Crackers told by storyteller Dolly Diamond. There are many more fun and entertaining stories to watch on this special day with Story Box here.
Just have your library card ready.
You can download the Story Box app or visit Story Box form the link on our eResources page.
Get the family together and enjoy some Christmas cheers with Beamafilm.
Browse their Christmas selection here or explore the collection to keep you and the kids entertained.
If Christmas themed movies doesn’t take your fancy, have a look at the titles available exclusively at Beamafilm.
The library might be closed, but that doesn’t stop you from enjoying an array of eResources free with your library card. From movies, to books, to magazines and games. Make the most of your library membership this summer period. Visit our Library eResources page
Our December workshops are about communicating online.
Learn how to make a video call using Zoom, FaceTime and other platforms, plus how to get started with other communication apps.
You can also discover other ways in which you can communicate online and how to stay safe.
Margaret River Library | Tuesday 20 December from 1pm to 2:30pm
Augusta Council Chambers | Wednesday 21 December 10am to 11:30am
Bookings are essential for these free workshops. Please call the library on 08 9780 5600 or email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au to book your place.
The libraries are an accessible venue.
Did you know the Augusta Margaret River Libraries have a whole collection of tutorials available to watch on demand?
This month we have four new tutorials for you to try
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – In this video you will learn how CBT is used in our daily lives and in therapy. Understand how thoughts influence feelings, and therefore behaviour can help you navigate and suceed in your life.
Consent – This video will inform and guide you through the specific defintion of consent. What defines sexual assault, and the short and long terms effects from this trauma.
Fraud –Â This video explains the aspects of various forms of fraud – bank fraud, online fraud, “phishing”, phone scams, online social media, and the red flags that should alert you to the commission of fraud.
Job Interview – How to best prepare for a job interview and how to best behave during an interview.
These tutorials are available free with your library card. To start watching, visit https://my.nicheacademy.com/amrlibrariesÂ
Did you know coding can teach problem-solving, critical thinking and boost creativity?
Our library offers free access to two coding platforms for kids and adults to practice their skills.
Rainforest Coding has three Scratch adventures, which include coding games for children as young as three. There are more advanced interactive games where kids aged 8 to 12 years can build their own virtual Raspberry Pi robot and program it using Python code.
SwopBots is a fun and highly motivational way to learn coding through games and puzzle solving and its suitable for ages 8 and above.
Have your library card ready and visit Coding and games to start playing.
Get magazines from all over the world in your CloudLibrary app!
They’re free 🙂
Just open CloudLibrary, tap the Magazines icon and you can access our entire eMagazine collection from the comfort of your own device
Don’t have the CloudLibrary app? Come into the Margaret River library and see it in action 🙂
Go to the app store of your choice and download it! IOS  Android
Still Life by Sarah Winman, is a book that spans four decades, and in its majority is set in Florence. The book explores the importance of art, strangers that become family, and the love that holds them together.Â
In her review of the book, author Lauren Fox said historical fiction hits closest to the bone when it illuminates what we know to be true. Named by many reviewers as beautiful prose that becomes poetry the book is already popular among readers on our shores.Â
You can reserve the paperback copy on our catalogue with your library card here. Or, read it now on CloudLibrary Â
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au