News and events for our library community
Colourfest film festival ‘Australian Stories’ is showing at the Margaret River Library. Thursday 21 March, 5.45pm – 7.30pm. All welcome. Please bring a dish to share and we will eat before the film starts. Tea and coffee provided. RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Due to scheduled maintenance, online services (including catalogue) may be temporarily unavailable this Sunday 10 March between 1pm – 6pm.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Did you know that under previous Australian law, unpublished materials, including letters, diaries and shipping manifests, remained in copyright in perpetuity?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
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.
The Augusta and Margaret River Libraries are open now!
We invite you all to come and refresh your borrowings, find a cool corner to read, or simply enjoy the garden.
The Augusta and Margaret River Libraries are now closed for the Christmas break.
We’d like to wish all our community a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Margaret River Library opens at 12 noon Wednesday 2 January 2019.
Augusta Library opens at 1pm Wednesday 2 January 2019.
Due to scheduled maintenance, some online services (including catalogue) may be intermittently unavailable between 1pm – 7pm this Sunday 16 December.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au