Summer Reading Club winds up!

A proud Summer Reading Club participant receives her goody bag; a reward for completing her challenge of reading 10 books over the holidays!

If you have been participating in the Library’s Summer Reading Club, now is the time to ensure that you have filled in your reading log form, and returned it to the Library. The Summer Reading Club for children and young people, which challenged them to read 10 books over the school holidays, finishes on Monday 6th February.

We encourage everyone to bring their completed reading records back to the Library, so that they can collect their small gift and also go into the draw to win an iPod touch. Reading record sheets will be accepted up until Friday 24th February, with the draw to take place after that.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Summer Reading Club this year. We have had over 105 registrations, which is a wonderful effort. We hope you all enjoyed your reading.

Download an audiobook from the Library webpage

Happy New Year! Here is a little new year surprise from the Library...

Audiobooks, or “talking books” are very popular. We currently have 157 CD audiobooks at the Library, which can be borrowed by any library member. Now we are very pleased to announce the addition of downloadable audiobooks, available from our library website. 250 titles are available, including books for adults and for children, fiction and some nonfiction. To see what is available, visit our website http://nwls.spydus.com and click on the green box on the right hand side of the page “Click and Listen”.

These audiobooks are provided via Bolinda digital, and consist mostly of books by Australian authors, including Tim Winton, Di Morrissey, Matthew Reilly, Geraldine Brooks, Robert G. Barrett, Kerry Greenwood, Peter Fitzsimons, and many more.

To download these audiobooks, you will need to have a current library membership card. Library membership is available to all residents of Gilgandra Shire, and is free of charge. To find out how to join the Library, phone 68178877, or call in at the Library, bringing some form of ID with you. For children (under 18yrs), a parent or guardian will need to sign a permission form.

In addition to your membership card, you will need a PIN. If you don’t already have one, please call the library, and we will create one for you. You will need to log in to the library website, using your library card number (your ID) and your PIN. When you first borrow an audiobook download, you will be asked to give an email address. This email address will be used to notify you when your 2 week audiobook loan has expired, and you will be asked to delete the file from your computer, mp3 player or iPod.

e-Audiobook loans are free, as are all other loans from the Library. As audiobook files are large (250 MB or more), audiobook downloads can take a long time; at least one hour. For this reason, you can choose to download the book in several parts. We have a handy information sheet to help you download the file, unzip it and load it onto your portable media device.

We hope you enjoy whatever you are reading this week, especially if it’s an audiobook!