The Tartan Fleck project is a celebration of the contribution of Scottish migrants to rural South West Capes’ communities of Western Australia.

The tenacity of early Scottish settlers contributed much to the development of our region, and the Tartan Fleck project aims to gather and conserve the stories of these migrants.

Are you unsure whether you have a Tartan Fleck in your DNA, or certain that you do and wanting to share your family’s stories?

Come and have a chat with Frith, who will be available at the Margaret River Library from 24^th – 31^st August.  Look for the Tartan Fleck display.

Not able to make it? Then email: thetartanfleck@bigpond.com or phone: 0400553682  to schedule an alternative time with Frith.

Due to scheduled power shutdowns, the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) online services will be unavailable during these times:

• 8pm Monday 31 July – 9am Tuesday 1 August
• 8pm Tuesday 1 August – 9am Wednesday 2 August

Your local AMR Library Services and catalogue will not be affected by these outages, however some shared online services (eg Zinio) may be temporarily unavailable, and Inter-library Loans cannot be placed during the outages.

Thank you for your patience.

We invite all our community to go into the draw for tickets to the CinefestOZ 2017 Film Festival.

The prizes include:

• Tickets to the Margaret River premiere of Butterfly Tree (includes a canape reception and Q&A with filmmakers)
• Tickets to the Saturday premiere of Something Quite Peculiar (includes a canape reception and Q&A with filmmakers)
• General Screening tickets – winners can choose between the 3 that will be on offer at the Cultural Centre

To enter, simply fill out an entry form and place it in the box provided at either Augusta Library or Margaret River Library.

Winners drawn Tuesday 15th August.

For more information about screenings, visit cinefestoz.com

Access to many of our online resources will be interrupted this Sunday 16 July while scheduled maintenance takes place.

The services will be unavailable from 4pm until 6pm.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

All library patrons are required to follow our Code of Conduct, agreeing to be respectful and responsible.

We are now asking everyone to also be Cybersmart!

This poster (above) explains what it means to be respectful, responsible and cybersmart at the library, and also lets you know what you can expect from library staff.

The Augusta and Margaret River Libraries will both be closing early due to an organisational development meeting on Friday 14th July:

• Opening at 10am
• Closing at 12 noon

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Our blog has a new look!

This site will continue to deliver news about library services and events, and still has handy links to our most-searched-for resources.

Now we also have an events calendar, so you can see in advance what events are coming up and plan accordingly.

We invite you to visit the site and explore the new features at your leisure.