Libraries Tasmania

New eco bags have just arrived at your local library! They're spacious, sturdy and made of natural jute – perfect to take home your library loans, to pack with groceries, or to fit in everything you need when out and about 📚🍊💻🏓🧢

Visit your local library to purchase one for $10: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/locations/

Burnie Library will be reopening tomorrow, Tuesday 5 November at 9:30 am! 🎉 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/locations/burnie-library/

Come in and read to your children, grab a cup of coffee at the cafe, browse the collection of books and magazines.

Find a quiet corner and read a newspaper or use the computers and printing service or talk to the staff about how to access resources online.

The Burnie Library after hours returns chute is available now.

Penguin Library has returned to normal opening hours: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/locations/penguin-library/

Burnie Library Reopening Countdown

Only 2 days to go until Burnie Library re-opens! We’re excited to welcome you back on Tuesday 5 November at 9:30 am.

Get ready to return to your favourite library services!

Writer Ben Hobson hosts an online chat with an Australian author each month. The Ben's Book Club November title is 'When It Rains' by Dave Warner – the next story in the award-winning Dan Clement series – where crime seems as plentiful as wet season rain 🐊

Read the book, then join Ben on Zoom as he interviews Dave and answers your questions.

📅 Tuesday 26 November 2024
⏰ 7:30 pm AEDT
🎟️ Register for the event: https://bit.ly/3Ap1oaL
📖 Borrow 'When It Rains' on Libby with no waitlists or holds: https://bit.ly/3ALYA4b
🗨️ Join the Ben's Book Club Facebook group: https://bit.ly/44uJQEH

Ben visited Libraries Tasmania recently to say hello. Read about his memories of the library growing up, his first visit to Tasmania, and of course the book club: https://bit.ly/3XOtGmy

Ben Hobson Libby App Australia/New Zealand

Are you looking for a reliable source of Australasian content to share? Want to know more about culture and history across Australia and beyond? Students, teachers and culture vultures will strike gold with Australasian Video Online.

Discover more than 500 hours of content including documentary and educational videos from the National Film and Sound Archive, ABC, SBS and more.

▶️ Search for Australasian Video Online titles in the Libraries Tasmania catalogue: https://bit.ly/3YyaWtb
▶️ Explore more eLibrary films and music: https://bit.ly/45iDGId

eLibrary film and music streaming is free for Libraries Tasmania members. Not a member? Residents of Tasmania can join online for instant access: https://bit.ly/3DUd3Ni

There were lots of games and fun with letters and numbers around Tasmania last week to celebrate 26Ten Week! 🎲🃏✨

Games are a fun way to learn together, as they:
- create time for playful family interactions between parents/carers and children
- help children learn about teamwork, taking turns and managing emotions
- build reading and writing skills
- make everyday maths fun
- help learn about thinking critically and solving problems.

Support is available for parents, carers and other family members who may need a little help with their own literacy and numeracy skills.

💻 Find out about the Libraries Tasmania adult literacy service: https://bit.ly/3Q2hoDd
📞 Call the 26Ten helpline: 1300 00 2610
💻 Visit the 26Ten website: https://bit.ly/4fniIvz

26Ten - Tasmania's campaign for adult literacy

Join bestselling Australian author Hayley Scrivenor for a free online event with BorrowBox in November!

Author of the award-winning outback mystery, 'Dirt Town', Hayley will be joining Natasha Boyd for an in-depth discussion and Q&A session. They'll discuss Hayley’s creative process, her instant literary success, the inspiration she draws from the rich Australian landscape, and her latest brilliant release, 'Girl Falling'.

📅 Thursday 14 November 2024
⏰ 7:00 pm
📍 Online
🎟️ Register for the free webinar: https://bit.ly/3Ymh4mX

BorrowBox

Media and Information Literacy Week starts tomorrow! Media literacy is the ability to critically engage with media in all aspects of life. Media literacy goes together with digital literacy and digital safety. All three skills are needed to thrive in a digital world.

Boost your digital literacy with a free session at your local library: https://bit.ly/40fqXWm

Children’s Week – 19–27 October – celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood and focuses on their rights and achievements. The theme for 2024 is based on Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): Children have the right to a clean and safe environment.

Libraries Tasmania supports childhood enjoyment and learning through programs, services and events, including:

📖 LOTE4Kids – story time in your language: https://bit.ly/4erfasf

🌏 Little Explorers – book packs to learn about living things, people, space, and our planet: https://bit.ly/3Yisk3E

🎵 Rock and Rhyme, Storytime, and more at your local library: https://bit.ly/3ue1oaf

26Ten Week starts today!

This year’s theme is 'Family fun with letters and numbers'. It highlights how families playing, singing and reading together supports children’s development of literacy and numeracy skills.

When parents, carers and other family members join children to read, sing, cook or play board games together, they’re fostering a love of learning.

Support is available for parents, carers and other family members who may need a little help with their own literacy and numeracy skills. Improving their own skills can increase their confidence and ability to support their children’s learning.

Join in 26Ten Week by:
🎲 visiting your local library to collect your own Snakes and Ladders board game
🎲 going to an event: https://bit.ly/4hamGJS
🎲 finding out about adult literacy and numeracy support in Tasmania: https://bit.ly/489MjpP

Inequality is often in the news. For over 20 years Australia has marked Anti-Poverty Week around 17 October – the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Anti-Poverty Week helps Australians to understand poverty and to take collective action.

Did you know that last financial year, more than 1,600 people came along to Libraries Tasmania adult learning programs? Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Z5cjOE

Kingston Library started Seniors Week with 'Portraits by Primary Schoolers'! 🎨🌟 Now in its third year, the event connected senior community members with Kingston Primary School students in Grades 1 and 2.

Want to join in the fun? 'Portraits by Primary Schoolers' is happening at other libraries too! Find out more and book your spot: https://bit.ly/3Y0gFGM

⭐ Devonport Library
Wednesday 23 October, 10:00 am

⭐ Smithton Library
Tuesday 29 October, 10:30 am

⭐ Smithton Library
Tuesday 29 October, 1:30 pm

Visit the State Library and Archives Building as part of Open House Hobart!

On Saturday 9 November 2024, join a 45-minute tour at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm or 1:00 pm. Bookings are essential: https://bit.ly/3QdeYBU

The façade of the building is the earliest example of a Modernist glass curtain wall in Hobart, with sleek mid-century details throughout. The first major concrete frame and curtain wall building in Hobart, the library is a four-level ‘shoe-box’ placed off the major street grid on pilotis. There is a recessed ground floor entrance foyer although most of this level remains open for car-parking.

Next door, the striking Brutalist Stack building houses the state archives and provides access to one of the best vantage points in the city.

Come and explore the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts which features nationally significant Tasmanian colonial art, books, objects and furniture.

Architect: Public Works Department / John F. D. Scarborough and Associates (1960, 1972), LIMINAL Studio (2024)

It's National Carers Week, which recognises and celebrates carers across Australia from 13–19 October.

Did you know that Libraries Tasmania supports carers through the Home Library Service? To assist carers who are unable to attend the library, the Home Library Service delivers library materials to your door.

Contact your local library to register, or join online: https://bit.ly/4dGfGBq

The Minister for Education, the Hon Jo Palmer, officially opened the new Ground Floor of the State Library and Archives Building in Nipaluna/Hobart this morning.

Visit the space to enjoy the beautiful artwork, ‘Tunapri/Knowledge’, embedded in the floor by First Nations artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell, a proud Tasmanian Aboriginal man with deep connections to country, community, culture and spirit. The space also includes a big screen to showcase Tasmanian stories and original heritage features such as the stairwell, clock and timber detailing.

Move through the space to a new entrance and display area for the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, which has reopened to visitors.

Journey through the building to Hobart Library on Level 1 and the State Library and Archives of Tasmania on Level 2.

Today is the big reveal!

We’re excited to welcome you to the new Ground Floor of the State Library and Archives Building in Nipaluna/Hobart.

The doors of 91 Murray Street will open at 9:30 am.

The State Library and Archives of Tasmania is the largest and most diverse library in Tasmania. It’s where you can connect with Tasmania’s documented heritage – our stories, identity and culture.

Meet friends, read, relax and study in the Ground Floor space and watch Tasmanian stories brought to life on the big screen.

Enjoy the beautiful artwork, called ‘Tunapri/Knowledge’, embedded in the floor by First Nations artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell, a proud Tasmanian Aboriginal man with deep connections to country, community, culture and spirit.

Journey through the building to Hobart Library on Level 1 and the State Library and Archives of Tasmania on Level 2.

The returns chute is on Bathurst Street and is available 24/7. Clients can also return items at Hobart Library.

The building car park is now open.

Join Libraries Tasmania as we celebrate Seniors Week from 14 to 20 October. This year we're embracing the theme 'Connecting Generations', celebrating connection and learning between older and younger Tasmanians.

Did you know 97 per cent of public library visitors surveyed told us that Libraries Tasmania is a place for all Tasmanians?

Visit your local library and join in a Seniors Week event: https://bit.ly/3zH0TZk

Do you need help to manage emails? Not sure how to call your family online?

Everyone deserves the opportunity to safely participate in the digital world and no one should be left behind.

Connect, learn and thrive during Get Online Week, 14–20 October. Find activities at your local library to help you get online: https://bit.ly/3ZRJXtG

Seniors Week starts on Monday 14 October, and this year's theme is 'Connecting Generations'. We're celebrating connection and learning between older and younger Tasmanians, with lots of free activities around Tasmania.

Learn how to use your device to connect with others, join in an intergenerational Storytime or Rock and Rhyme, try virtual reality, watch a film, or have your portrait drawn by primary school students!

Browse Seniors Week events online, or speak to staff at your local library: https://bit.ly/3zH0TZk

Get ready for the big reveal!

Ground Floor building works are nearly finished at the State Library and Archives Building in Nipaluna/Hobart.

Explore the lovely contemporary space from Monday 14 October 2024.

The doors will open at 91 Murray Street at 9:30 am.

The returns chute is on Bathurst Street and is available 24/7. Clients can also return items at Hobart Library on Level 1.

The building car park will also open on Monday 14 October.

We look forward to welcoming you.

What moments give you a bit of calm and peace on a busy day? Sharing a smile with a stranger, losing yourself in a story, hearing your favourite song? Small things that wouldn’t make the news, but make you feel good.

Mental Health Week is 5–13 October, and this year's theme is ‘Appreciate the little things’.

Find your little things at your local library: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/locations/

Writer Ben Hobson hosts an online chat – Ben’s Book Club – with an Australian author each month. Ben called in to Libraries Tasmania recently to say hello. Read about his memories of the library growing up, his first visit to Tasmania, and of course the book club: https://bit.ly/3XOtGmy

The Ben's Book Club title for October is 'The Ledge' by Christian White, a propulsive, character-driven thriller that asks: How far would you go to help a friend?

Read the book, then join Ben on Zoom as he interviews Christian and answers your questions.

📅 Tuesday 22 October 2024
⏰ 7:30 pm AEDT
🎟️ Register for the event: https://bit.ly/3XLCwlh

📖 Borrow 'The Ledge' on Libby with no waitlists or holds: https://bit.ly/3ALYA4b

🗨️ Join the Ben's Book Club Facebook group: https://bit.ly/44uJQEH

Ben Hobson Libby App Australia/New Zealand