SUPERHERO SUMMER - Superhero Party.

On January 25, 2008 from 2pm until 3.30pm there will be a Superhero Party at Lithgow Library. Come dressed as your favourite superhero or alternatively call into the library and use the superhero name generator to work out your superhero name. Then create your own costume to suit. Prizes for the most creative or realistic. There will be competitions, games and craft as well as party food and a costume parade. Cost is $2 per child and bookings are essential and can be made at the library.

From January 2, 2008 until January 24, 2008 there will be a summer reading club, open to children of all ages up to 18 years of age. Call into any of the libraries and pick up your reading club pack and register your details. Then read books and collect rewards. All finished entries go into the draw for major prizes.

Also during the same dates there will be a Superhero junior art competition. The competition is open to children up to the age of 18 and can be completed in any medium or style. Some suggestions are; drawing, cartooning, painting, collage or sculpture. All entries must be accompanied by and entry form available from the libraries. Entries will be displayed at the library as received and will remain on display until February 13, 2008.

Winners of both competitions will be announced at the Superhero Party.

For more information on all activities contact the library on 63529100.

Story Time with Santa

Come along and see Santa read a book and sing some songs

When: Friday 21st Dec
Time:  3pm
Where: Lithgow Library Learning Centre

Cartoon Dave"s Book Launch

• Free  cartooning lessons for all ages.
• Thrills nine headed dancing aliens! ( Well not really but you could learn to draw them)
• Buy a signed copy of M.A.D. CARTOONING along with all of Dave's other books.
• Win prizes from TEXTA

WHEN: 11 December 2007 at 3.30pm
Where; Lithgow Library Learning Centre.

Launch of the "Lithgow Forum"

You are invited to the launch of the " LITHGOW FORUM" at Lithgow Library on Thursday 29th November at 6pm for 6.30pm

SPEAKER Professor Leslie Kemeny (Australian Foundation member of the International Nuclear Energy Acadamy)

"WATER AND ENERGY SECURITY FOR AUSTRALIA IN A TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING"

Time for questions & discussion
Light refreshments
Of interest to all ages 15-105

Exhibitions

Spinning Yarns - The Lithgow Tweed & Woollen Mills Story

18 September to 13 october 2007 at the Lithgow Learning Centre
Main Street, Lithgow

Spanning 115 years of operation the Lithgow Woollen Mills was amongst a few of the oldest tweed and cloth manufacturers in Australia when it ceased operation in 1977. In 2005 the Lithgow Woollen Mills Collection was deemed nationally significant having produced clothing for Australian Soldiers during the First & Second World War’ and the Korean & Vietnam War periods.

This nationally significant exhibition will be on display during September at the Lithgow Learning Centre and will feature weaving looms, wooden bobbins & shuttles, spinning machines, rolls of woollen yarn, tweed samples, a watercolour dated February 22nd 1884 of the Tweed Factory Mills by T.G. Moyle, a dated keystone c.1837, photographs and newspaper articles all covering some 115 years of operation of the Lithgow Tweed & Woollen Mills.

On the Run: Daring Convict Escapes

In the late 19th century Australia was a strange new land at the edge of the known world. This geographical isolation was a major reason for selecting the colony as a British penal settlement. The formidable barriers of distance, impenetrable bush and wide oceans made escape a daunting proposition — yet hundreds of convicts made the attempt.

The Lithgow Learning Centre will be featuring an exciting touring exhibition from the State Library of NSW. The exhibition will tell the story of daring convict escapes and will include items from the Eskbank House & Museum collection focusing on the local Convict Stockades of Mt Walker, Hassans Walls and Bowen Hollow.

The Library Book Fair

Recently the Lithgow Library Learning Centre held a very successful book fair over three days, with the early birds having the best choice of books, from picture books through to novels and non fiction. It didn’t take long for boxes of books to be walking out the doors. The remainder of books that didn’t get sold are being sent to Rotary for shipment overseas.

New Library System Upgrade

Recently the Library upgraded the Library Management System which manages the catalogue and borrower records. The upgrade has not only made life easier for the staff, it has new features for our customers, especially those accessing the catalogue from home via the internet.

A feature of the new system is the ability to retain your loan history – no more wondering if you have already read a certain book. If you would like to use this feature, please let the staff know next time you borrow, and they will enable this on your account.

Residents of the Lithgow LGA are now able to join the library from home. This will allow first time borrowers to reserve books and pick them up when they come in to complete their registration.

Members will be able to set up profiles online, and automatically receive emails notifying them when books by favourite authors or on preferred topics are added to the catalogue.

To coincide with the new system, we have increased the number of items you can borrow to 25. This can be made up of 15 books, cds, cassettes or cd roms, 5 magazines, 3 videos and 2 DVD’s. Please note that you will now only be able to renew items a maximum of three times.

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