National Year of Reading 2012
Free English conversation classes at Burwood Library
Burwood Library provides English Conversation classes for people wanting to improve their English.
Classes are held every:
Monday, 12.30pm-1.30pm - will start again on Monday 30 January 2012
Wednesday, 12.30pm-1.30pm - will start again on Wednesday 1 February 2012 and
Beginners English Conversation class every Wednesday 6.30pm-7.30pm.
This class will begin Wednesday, 11 January 2011.
All classes are held during the school terms.
Burwood Book Club
Meet new people, have a chat and enjoy a cuppa
Burwood Library’s Book Clubs meet:
Every last Saturday of the month (excluding December/January) from 2.00pm-3.00pm &
Every second Friday of the month (excluding January) from 10.00am-11.00am
New members welcome!!!
For enquiries contact Burwood Library on 9911-9999 or email: library@burwood.nsw.gov.au
Burwood Library provides information, learning and reading for pleasure through access to services, collections and programs to meet the needs of the community of Burwood.
These services and programs include
- Book clubs and Film Club
- Children’s services
- Computer classes
- Home work help
- Home Library service
- Local History service
- Online databases
- Online tutoring
- Reference collection
- Students resources
For a full range of what’s on offer at the Library, please have a browse through our website
Hours
Monday - Friday 9.30am - 8.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 4.00pm
Sunday 12 noon - 4.00pm
Location
Burwood Central Library
4 Marmaduke Street
BURWOOD NSW 2134
Telephone: (02) 9911 9999
Fax: (02) 9744 5104
Email:library@burwood.nsw.gov.au
website: www.library.burwood.nsw.gov.au
Listen to us on radio ! 2RDJ FM 88.1 every 3rd Thursday of the month from 2.30 - 3.00pm.
2012 National Year of Reading
Did you know that 2012 is the National Year of Reading? 2012 will see a whole heap of amazing, fun reading activities taking place in the library, around Australia and online, so people of all ages, from different backgrounds, can discover and rediscover the joy of reading.
Be in at the start of Australia's biggest book group for the National Year of Reading, 'Our Story'. Every state and territory around the country is invited to vote on a shortlist of six books each, chosen by an independent panel of readers, which will form a collection that when read together, describes the Australian experience. This is your chance to vote for the book that will go forward to represent New South Wales and become part of the National Year of Reading collection. The list of eight winning titles will be announced at the official launch of the National Year of Reading on Tuesday 14 February 2012 at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
| The shortlist for New South Wales is: |
Peter Corris |
Torn apart |
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Kate Grenville |
Lilian's story |
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Ian Hoskins |
Sydney Harbour: a history |
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John Hughes |
The idea of home |
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Ruth Park |
The harp in the south |
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Chris Womersley |
Bereft |
Voting opens on Tuesday 1 November 2011 and closes at on 6 January 2012. You can place your votes at Burwood library or online at: www.abc.net.au/yearofreading.
Electronic Resources of the Month
Featured electronic resources this month:
Access in the Library
**Access from Home (Membership Card Number required)
Encyclopædia Britannica Online offers an integrated search on the full Encyclopædia Britannica database, plus Britannica Student Encyclopedia and Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, which have an easier comprehension level. The search results also show over 150 Journals and Magazines plus the Britannica Internet Guide with links to over 200,000 sites that have been reviewed by Britannica.
**Intrepica (Membership Card Number required)
Intrepica allows access to 10,000+ interactive English literacy activities online. It encourages the learning of essential English literacy skills through a motivational learning platform that is fun, compelling and addictive for students of all ages and ability.
**Road to IELTS Academic
IELTS preparation and practice
This program provides detailed preparation and practice Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening modules of the IELTS exam in 12 theme based units.
**World Book Online Reference Center (Membership card number required)
A premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more.The addition of World Book Advanced gives access to many Primary Source Documents and E-books.
**Ziptales (Membership card number required)
Educational tool to promote literacy, books, plays interactive readers, puzzles, rhymes and other literacy tools.
