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Social Media Changed My Life!
Everybody’s heard of Facebook these days, but not everybody knows what it is, or even likes it. Social media consultant Amanda Kendle, on the other hand, can’t imagine living without Facebook, Twitter, or blogs – she’s a social media addict.
Come along to the Victoria Park Library to hear Amanda explain how she became involved in social media, why she loves Facebook and why you can too, what she blogs about and what, indeed, a blog is, and why some people might call her a Twit.
Wednesday 15 February, 630pm-730pm
Booking Essential
To book a place call 9373 5500 or email vicparklibrary@vicpark.wa.gov.au
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 Nearly half the population struggles without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work. There are 46% of Australians who can't read newspapers; follow a recipe; make sense of timetables, or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.
Australian libraries and library associations are behind a campaign to turn 2012 into the National Year of Reading, linking together all the great things that are already happening around books, reading and literacy, and giving them an extra boost, with inspirational programs and events taking place across the country.
Libraries will be partnering with government, the media, writers, schools, publishers, booksellers, employers, child care providers, health professionals and a whole host of other organisations that share our passion for reading.
The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It's about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It's about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it's about Australians becoming a nation of readers.
Nearly half our population can't read with any fluency. It's a shameful and worrying statistic. Three goals have been identified which will help turn Australia into a nation of readers and encourage a reading culture in every home:
For all Australians to understand the benefits of reading as a life skill and a catalyst for well-being;
To promote a reading culture in every home; and
To establish an aspirational goal for families, of parents and caregivers sharing books with their children every day.
2012 will see a whole heap of amazing, fun, reading activities taking place around Australia and online, so people of all ages, from different backgrounds, can discover and rediscover the joy of reading.
The National Year of Reading 2012 is a collaborative project joining public libraries, government, community groups, media and commercial partners, and of course the public. As well as creating specific new campaigns for the National Year of Reading, we'll be using our joint efforts to bring together and showcase the wonderful projects and organisations across Australia which already exist to promote reading and literacy.
The Town of Victoria Park Library will be participating in the National Year of Reading from 14 February 2012.
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Public access PCs
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NEW IT training by the Library IT volunteer team
Do you need help with:
1. Setting up an email account
2. Using a mobile phone
3. Using an iPhone
Each training will last no more than 45 minutes and training sessions will be held in the Library in the morning, afternoon and evening, starting from
Monday 20 Feb - Saturday 25 Feb
On request, the training can be conducted in Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Russian and Urdu
Limited spaces. Bookings essential
9373 5500
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Follow us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/VictoriaParkLibrary
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Meet the Author - Alan Carter
Tuesday 14 February
6.30pm - 7.30pm
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 Alan Carter is the author of Prime Cut which won the Best First Fiction category of the Ned Kelly Awards for 2011.
The book is set in the mining town of Hopetoun in Western Australia and feature Cato Kwong-disgraced cop and ex-poster boy for the police force. Banished to the stock squad after the fallout from a police frame-up, Cato is brought in from the cold to solve the case of a torso washed up on the wild shores of the Great Southern Ocean. But Cato faces powerful opposition when his investigation lifts the lid on the exploitation of migrant workers and disturbs an even darker criminal mind.
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Book of the Month
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“To be sung underwater” by Tom McNeal
“Judith - TV editor, wife and mother - has just two secrets, but they are about to come together in a way that threatens to dismantle her whole carefully planned life. First, there is Willy, the sweet and funny boy with whom she had a passionate summer romance before going away to college, and whom she promised to marry. And two decades later there is Edie Winks, the false identity she chooses when she rents a space to store the vestiges of her teenage life. While on the surface her adult life seems perfect, she suspects her husband is unfaithful, and she's troubled by the way her daughter is growing up. As her world unravels, Judith uses Edie as a way of going back to her past, both to find Willy and the girl she was. McNeal's study of a girl in love and of a woman trying to find her way is beautifully written, taking on the question "what if . . ." in an intriguing way. Judith and Willy are never less than engrossing. Some won't like the ending, but the journey there is nothing less than wonderful”.
Source: www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/books/
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 Victoria Park Library can help take the stress out of a new school year by offering students free tutoring help through the innovative service, yourtutor.
yourtutor creates an online classroom where students are connected to qualified, expert tutors for one-to-one help with homework, assignments, exam preparation and study questions.
English, Maths and Science subjects are included and the service is available 4.00pm-8.00pm, Monday to Friday. Help is immediate, professional and it’s free to Library members. Students in Years 4-12 simply log on to the Library’s website and click on the yourtutor link to access the program.
Tutors are certified teachers, professional tutors, post- graduates and advanced graduates from Australian universities. They can review specific homework and assignment questions with students online, using features like controlled chat, an interactive white board and shared web browsing.
Students can now communicate with tutors the way they love to learn—via the internet, which makes the experience enjoyable as well as educational. |
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