Home Library Service Newsletter
Wagga Wagga City Library, Cnr Baylis & Morrow Sts, Wagga Wagga
Phone: 6926 9700 Fax: 69269799 Email:wcl@wagga.nsw.gov.au
Joseph Addison once said
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to
the body”
Happy New Year to all our members and
volunteers! The library has re-opened after the
Christmas break and is enjoying high
attendance records: on Monday 5 January we
had 1,044 people, Tuesday 927 and
Wednesday 804. There are also lots of new
library members including two new Home
Library members. We hope that you are
staying cool and have plenty of good books to
read over the summer holidays.
Summer 2015
Thank you for always wearing your Home
Library badges. It is helpful to library staff to
know who you are and it is part of your role
when entering the homes of our library patron.
What’s new at Wagga Library
The Home Library Service Update
If you know anyone who would benefit from the
Home Library service please ask them to call
the library on 69269700 so we can arrange for
a volunteer to be assigned to them. There are
many wonderful friendships formed through
Home Library and we appreciate your
assistance in spreading the good word to those
living in our neighbourhood, who have difficulty
accessing the Library. We now have a waiting
list for the next lot of Volunteers who require
training. But before we train them, we need
about 10 more Home Library clients so please
talk to your friends, family and neighbours to
help expand the list. Some former members
have transitioned to residential facilities and
are now able to access the Community Links
Library Service that delivers a quarterly service
to nine Aged Care facilities in Wagga Wagga.
Reminder
Don’t forget to sign in and collect extra
brochures, magnets, badges etc.. when you
are doing your Home Library service. Please
let the library staff know if there is anything we
can do to assist you.
Top Shelf Collection
Here at the Wagga Wagga City Library we are
always looking for opportunities to enhance our
collections and services. Top Shelf is one of
our latest innovations. Top Shelf is a collection
for Wagga Wagga Library members which will
provide new books to you faster. If it’s on the
shelf then you can borrow it today! No waiting
or reservation fee. You will find Top Shelf
books in both the Fiction and Non-fiction
collections on face out display to make the
selection of your next title quick and simple.
Our vision for Top Shelf is that you, our
customers will contribute to it across time, by
making suggestions and purchase requests.
We look forward to receiving your feedback on
this new initiative.
Outreach Wagga Library ( OWL)
February
Friday 13 10.30am - One Book One Wagga
Launch
Tuesday 17 10.30am Sharing our Stories with
Historypin. Bring your WWI or WWII photos or
artefacts and we can digitise them and pin them on
the online map using Historypin.
Thursday19 11am Author talk: Anne Flood talks
about Footsteps of the First an in-depth record of
the First Light Horse Regiment.
March - Seniors Week
Another new collection is Outreach Wagga
Library or the OWL Collection. The collection
is comprised of donated quality second-hand
and new books and is classified as community
collection. This discrete collection is available
at various shelters, rehabilitation centres,
hospitals units and ‘home away from home’
support houses.
Inspired by the Footpath Library and its ethos,
we also aim to encourage literacy, promote
equity and access and enrich the quality of life
for people battling hardship or illness through
the provision of quality reading material. Good
quality donations are always welcome for the
OWL Collection.
Library Programs (Bookings Ph 69269700)
January
19 January 5.15pm The Strays and Waifs event is
for anyone wanting to join a Book Club in 2015!
December-January Summer Reading Club:
Thanks to the Civic Theatre, your holiday reading
will give you the chance to win a fabulous prize.
Pick up your Relaxing Summer Reads booklet,
read lots of great books and each time you borrow
enter the draw to win a 2015 subscription to the
Civic Theatre! Prize Drawn: 2nd February 2015
From Monday- Friday Flashback: 160 Years of
Australian Fashion Photos. The glamorous story of
Australian fashion photography includes iconic
Australian and former Miss Universe Jennifer
Hawkins and the 1950s appearance for David
Jones by American Carmen Dell'Orefice who, now
at 82, is the world’s oldest working supermodel.
Monday 16 9-1pm Memory Boxes – create a 3D
assemblage artwork. Bookings essential.
Tuesday 17 2-3.30 Tech Savvy Seniors – using
smart phones and tablets
Wednesday 18 10-11am Get your Hasyayoga on!
Laughing yoga. No experience needed.
Thursday 19 6.30-8pm Film Screening - Fabulous
Fashionistas. Be inspired by this BBC doco. that
tells the stories of 6 fearless women. With an
average age of 80, these feisty females show that
style is more about following your life’s passions
than your age.
Friday 20 10-30-11.30 A Grand Storytime. The
Grandparents of youngsters who participate in
Storytime are invited to attend an appreciation
morning tea with their grandchildren with songs,
stories, craft and a celebratory morning tea.
Food For Thought
“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in
the world a door opens to allow in more light” –
author Vera Nazarian
Happy Reading,
Bev and Claire