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THE
BOOKMARK APRIL 2020
8563 8440
Library News library@barossa.sa.gov.au
The Barossa Council Public LIbrary
ALWAYS OPEN ONLINE
With only 24 hours notice our libraries All library items
closed at midnight on 25 March. Thank
have been
you for being understanding and taking
care to stay home and stay safe. We automatically
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have many online services available until extended until
we can open again. Follow our Facebook
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page to see what's new. It's a great time
to try our online services. As government Keep items until
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restrictions are eased we may be able to we reopen
reintroduce services. Happy reading.
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The fastest way to access all of our online
services is using the Libraries SA App on
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your smart phone or device. It's a short
cut to your library account, renewing
items, searching the catalogue, finding
eBooks on Libby by Overdrive, magazines
and newspaper on PressReader and
accessing all of our online products.
See page 3 for our online services.
STORY TIMES ONLINE
Our children's team wanted to make sure Facebook sessions click here
our early literacy Rattle & Rhyme and
Storytime continued. On Monday and
Wednesday we post a video on
Facebook for you to join in while Melissa,
Alison, Sarah, Jess, Liz and many more
sing and tell stories with you. Watch out
for our guest presenters coming soon.
ANZAC DAY eBOOKS
The OverDrive for Libraries and Libby app
ANZAC collection commemorates the
many sacrifices made by those who have
served Australia & New Zealand and
those who currently serve in the defence
forces. https://bit.ly/3aeDcW1
CANCELLED EVENTS:
28 April - Natasha Lester
2 & 3 May - History Fair
MARCH 2020 page 02
Child and Youth April's school holiday
Services
Welcome to our new
program is online!
Children's Services Officer!
Hi! I'm Melissa and I started as the For the full program find us on Facebook:
Children’s Services Officer in April. My
background is in public health Barossa Council Public Library
research, mainly looking at early life
influences on child health and well- ANZAC Day 25 April
being. I started training as a librarian in ANZAC Day will be a different
July last year and am very excited to experience this year without the dawn
apply my skills to my new role here! service and march due to social
Outside of work I live in Nuriootpa with distancing. You can join the RSL to Light
my husband and our two children. I Up the Dawn at 5.55 am from your
love to read, sew, play netball and driveway & listen to BBBfm 89.1 or ABC
catch up with friends. radio 891am. Join us as we host a
I can’t wait to implement our current special guest at Facebook Story Time,
children’s program, initiate new 9.30am on ANZAC Day. We have also
services, and meet all of our awesome designed a poppy poster to colour to
customers when our library reopens. In put in your window at home. Post a
the meantime, I’ll be sharing resources photo on social media and so we can
on our Facebook page and would see your posters in a group add the
love to hear from anyone with tags #barossalibrary#barossapoppies
questions or ideas about child and #AnzacAtHomeInBarker
teen library services in the Barossa. KEEPING CONNECTED
Take care, stay home and stay safe. How are you using technology to stay
Melissa - mwhitrow@barossa.sa.gov.au connected with friends and family?
Borrowing library eBooks and using a
share screen function on video
Online Program Posts conferencing apps is a great way to
keep in touch. Kids can read to and
RATTLE & RHYME with friends or family, or even hear
Songs for babies and toddlers, 0-2 yrs bedtime stories from a grandparent.
Monday - 9.30am
As always, just ask us if you have any
STORYTIME problems using this technology.
Preschool & junior primary stories
Wednesday - 9.30am C & T Book Reviews
Would you like to review children's and teen
HOLIDAY PROGRAM
Daily at 8.00am 13-24 April books for our newsletter and social media
page? We'd love to hear from you!
LEGO CREW CHALLENGE Here are a two examples for inspiration:
Friday - 3pm
http://jazzysbookshelf.simplesite.com/
https://childrensbooksdaily.com/
Find us on Facebook:
Barossa Council Public Library Send in your review to library@barossa.sa.gov.au
or call 8563 8440 to find out more
find out more
APRIL 2020 page 3
LIBRARY ONLINE
WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD & PIN
While we're physically closed the library is
always open online. Grab your library
card and pin and discover what we
have this month.
Don't have a card or forgotten your
number or pin? You can join or reset
here on our website or call us 8563 8440
and we can assist. Search for Barosssa
Libraires or Log in from
www.barossa.sa.gov.au /visit the Library
Out of books? Try eBooks and eAudio
books with a great range of fiction,
information books, self help, gardening,
cooking, sport, business, biographies,
crime, you'll find them with the Libby app
for your smart phone or device or open
Overdrive on your PC. There is a huge
range for adults and children. Click the
image opposite to access.
If newspapers and magazines are your
thing try PressReader to access
thousands of titles from around the
world. Great reads for kids & adults.
Start researching your family tree with
free access to Ancestry Library edition
available from home until 31 May. Support with homework and schoolwork from home is
available. Use a trusted resource to find an answer form
Learn something new, gain a certificate, our eBooks or with Britannica Library. Information is
brush up on a skill with our online learning provided in age levels to suit your learning level. Studiosity
options Lynda.com and The Computer supports high school students with a chat service to assist
School. There are thousands of courses with your homework problem solving and a writing service
to try. Our WiFi is also available outside to review essays. Give them a try.
any of our libraries if you need it.
LOOKING AFTER YOUR WELLBEING
Need some calm in your life?
The free app Smiling Mind
has daily meditation and
mindfulness exercises to bring
balance to your life in
10 minutes a day.
smilingmind.com.au
Barossa Cares has local support
& information in one place
during the COVID-19 crisis.
Reach out to seek help or volunteer.
Call 8563 8444 or arossacares.com.au
APRIL 2020 page 4
eBook collections on Libby
New eBooks or Overdrive on your PC
ADULT FICTION
The darkest shore / Karen Brooks
Two sisters / Josephine Cox
Big lies in a small town / Diane
Chamberlain
The lost love song / Minnie Darke
The guest list / Lucy Foley
Where the truth lies / Karina Kilmore
Melting moments /Anna Goldsworthy Reviews
Below deck / Sophie Hardcastle
Death in the ladies’ Goddess club / In the heart of the garden
Julian Leatherdale by Leah Fleming
Just an ordinary family / Fiona Lowe
The good turn / Dervla McTiernan An enchanting story about the
The mirror and the light / Hilary Mantel ancient garden of Friddy’s Piece
Yellow bird sings /Jennifer Rosner Cottage, now the home of Iris
More than words / Jill Santopolo Bagshott who at 85 is trying to
Here we are / Graham Swift decide if she should sell it all and
The daughter of victory lights / Kerri downsize. As she walks each
Turner evening amongst the flowers,
the kitchen garden and to the
TEEN boundary wall, the past
Going the distance / Beth Reekles generations of women over
Akarnae / Lynette Nonio nearly 1000 years who have
The origin of me / Bernard Gallate cared for this patch of land
We used to be friends / Amy Spalding seem to speak to her, and as
she feels their stories in her soul
ADULT NON FICTION
she is compelled to stay.
The love that remains / Susan Francis
Easy keto dinners/ Pete Evans Flight lines
New feast modern Middle eastern by Andrew Darby
vegetarian / Greg Malouf Follow the extraordinary
Missing William Tyrell / Caroline migratory path of two Grey
Overington Plovers, tagged shorebirds
who travel across the globe
DVDs - Free to Air & Streaming from Adelaide, the southern
ABC iView coast of Australia to reach their
Doc Martin, Shetland, Mystery Road Arctic breeding grounds. This
The Capture, Stateless, The Heights previously uncharted journey is
ABC Kids - Bluey, Shaun the sheep, an ultra marathon, fraught with
Small Potatoes, Peppa Pig predators, typhoons and
Stand Up Comedy, Motherland exhaustion before they can
Dream Gardens, Nigella at home reach safety.
SBS on Demand Along the way Andrew meets
World Movies, Family Movies the dedicated people who
The last man on earth work to save these birds, and
Years and Years, Grey Zone, Twins colour photographs show how
science can come to their
& try 7Plus, 9Now & 10 Play for more rescue.
Pleasant Prose & Poets Start or join a Book Group Tech Help
Pleasant Painters Contact Janine Need help with smartphones any
Mt Pleasant Library, Ph 8563 8304 8563 8440 or email device, email, internet, security
$1 includes a cuppa library@barossa.sa.gov.au Call us - 8563 8440
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