Margaret River Library

will be

 CLOSED

 on

Friday 21^st July

for a Shire staff meeting

OPEN again on Saturday 22^nd July at 10am

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Feel free to use the after-hours chute for your returns.

Access to our online services is available at amrlibraries.com

Friday 23^rd June, 10am – 12pm

In this workshop, we’ll observe, mimic, and reimagine the movements in nature, especially looking at the stunning flora and fauna found within our southwestern forests, and capture them with our words. Lakshmi will share some lovely examples that have the wind of flight and movement clearly observable in their choice of words and phrases. And together we’ll transport ourselves into forest territory and recreate the poetry of Karri with pen on paper.

Lakshmi is an emerging Western Australian poet of Indian descent. She is a Centre for Stories fellow and she is also the current Poet-in-Residence at The Wetlands Centre in Cockburn. Her published works appear in—”Social Alternatives”, “Portside Review”, “Burrow Journal”, “The Saltbush Review” and more.

Light refreshments provided. Seats are still available to this workshop, please RSVP to Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600, or use Eventbrite here: https://amrlibraries-poetry-workshop.eventbrite.com.au

Thursday 22^nd June, 6 – 7.30pm

Join us for a very special evening of Australian poetry from a multicultural perspective. These published and emerging poets will share their works.

• Lakshmi Kanchi
• Vuma Phiri
• Ana Brawls
• Jerome Masamaka

This is a free event and all welcome. The Library is an easily accessible venue. Light refreshments will be provided. Seats are still available, please RSVP to Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600, or using Eventbrite here: https://amrlibraries-multicultural-poetry.eventbrite.com.au

We recently posted information about the changes made by SLWA to the delivery service for Inter-library loans. Unfortunately, we have had to switch off our automated ILLs process as the postage cost has increased significantly.

We now have a different way for you to let us know which items you would like, if they are not available in our collection.

How to request an item not held within our collection…

Search Discovery to find the item. If it is not held within our collection, it will display as

• At State Library of Western Australia, or
• At other libraries worldwide

To request the item, click on the Share button:

A webform will open. Enter the following details:

Your email:       Type in your email address

Recipient:        MR members type –  illsmar@amrshire.wa.gov.au  /  Augusta members type –  auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Message:         Type your name and library card number here

Subject:            No subject is needed; you can leave this blank.

Once you have entered the details, click Send Email…

We cannot provide a time-frame or a guarantee that it will be available to us, but we will do our best to supply the item 😊

You may have heard that the State Library of WA is implementing changes to the delivery of Inter-Library Loans. The changes come into effect from 1 July 2023.

Inter-Library Loans play an important part of the library service for our community, and we are continuing to advocate for ongoing, easy access for all our library members.

Please be assured that we plan to continue our automated Inter-Library Loan services as usual, until further notice, whilst we work through the changes.

Under the new rules, Regional public libraries can request an item (if the item is not in their own collection) to meet user demand via the inter-library loans service if:

• the item is not available electronically
• the user is not able to engage with ebook/e-audio systems and/or devices
• the waitlist for the ebook/e-audio is unacceptably long for the user

We expect that you may experience:

• longer wait times
• non supply of items

… as always, we will do our best to satisfy all user requests from our community with patience and diligence.

Read on if you would like to see the guidelines provided by SLWA, and your options for providing feedback…

The guidelines from State Library are:

“From 1 July 2023, libraries are changing the way they fulfil user requests for items not held in their own collection. Instead of using the inter-library loans service as the first port of call, libraries will utilise more environmentally sustainable and cost efficient ways of accessing items for library users.

Users should not experience any tangible difference to the fulfilment of their requests.

Instead of seeking to borrow an item via inter-library loan, libraries will now access items not in their own collection in the following ways:

Accessing the item electronically via eresources

• For example, this may be an ebook or eaudio book through BorrowBox or Libby.
•  If the item is not available electronically, a request to purchase the ebook can be made by the library …

If electronic format is not available or appropriate for the user, then libraries should purchase a print copy

• The item can then form part of the library’s collection and can be enjoyed by other library users.

If neither of these options are available or suitable, then the item can be requested via inter-library loan

• For example, items that are out of print or expensive to purchase may be borrowed from other libraries via inter-library loan …

These changes are being made to provide a more sustainable library service to the WA community.  Significantly increasing freight costs and the environmental impact of transporting readily accessible materials around the state are no longer a viable or responsible use of public money.”

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If you wish to provide feedback regarding these changes, please contact:

• Your local State Member of Parliament, and/or
• Susan McEwan (Director Library Services, SLWA) on 9427 3175 or email: susan.mcewan@slwa.wa.gov.au