Local author, Sara Skinner, will

be giving an author talk at the

Warwick Library on Wednesday

the 28th of November at 10.30

am. Her fantasy fairy-tale in-

spired novel is titled Don’t go into

the woods. Contact Warwick Li-

brary on 4661 0342 for bookings.

Welcome to the last edition of Library Lovers News for

2012. This newsletter can be printed on demand for you

or you can be added to our email list to have it sent to

you. Please ask your local library staff if you would like

a copy.

Inside this issue:

Summer Reading Club 1

Author visit 1

Christmas Closures 2

Unusual Libraries 2

Most Borrowed Titles 3

Spotlight 3

Awareness Profile 4

Logic Puzzle 6

Southern Downs Regional Libraries

Library Lovers news

DECEMBER 2012 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3

"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never

fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal."

- Lenore Hershey

The Summer Reading Club will be in full swing from Monday the

10th December at the Southern Downs Regional Libraries. The

theme for this year is Untangled Tales. Children can register at

their local branch and will receive an activity pack and reading log.

There will be a lot of fun activities to do as well as prizes to be won.

Author visit

“One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another

Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People

will insist on giving me books.”

— J. K. Rowling

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If you have any ideas

of what could be

included in this

newsletter please let us

know; we would love

your opinions.

The Southern Downs Regional Libraries will

be shut from 3 pm Monday 24th of Decem-

ber, reopening on Wednesday 2nd January.

The after hours return shutes will not be open

over this period, however no items will fall

due during this time.

Christmas Closures

Unusual Libraries

Ikea set up this library on Bondi Beach for one day in 2010.

It consisted of 30 bookshelves and people were able to swap

books or donate a gold coin. All money raised went to The

Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation.

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The most borrowed fiction titles over the

last twelve months are:

The Drop - Michael Connelly

The Litigators - John Grisham

Black Hills - Nora Roberts

The Bark Cutters - Nicole Alexander

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson

The most borrowed non-fiction titles over

the last twelve months are:

They Came To A Plateau - Jean Harslett & Mervyn Royle

The Sweet Poison Quit Plan - David Gillespie

Stamps of the World - Stanley Gibbons

Small Scale Poultry Flock - Harvey Ussery

Sarah’s Last Wish - Eve Hillary

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

Our most borrowed titles

Spotlight on ..... Nicole Alexander

Nicole Alexander is an Australian author who lives and works in on a property in rural New South Wales. She has over twenty years of writing experience and has written three novels highlighting farmers and graziers and their love of the land. Her first novel, The Bark Cutters was shortlisted for the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Newcomer Award for 2011. A Changing Land was a national top ten bestseller in 2011. Her latest novel is Absolution Creek which was released in September 2012. Her non-fiction writing includes genealogy and travel arti-cles as well as a poetry collection called Divertissements - Love. War. Society. Nicole is a strong supporter of both the National Year of Reading and of the Australian Year of the Farmer.

When I got my library card, that's when my life began. -

Rita Mae Brown

Current Awareness Profile Would you like to be notified when new books or DVDs are available? You can set up a profile for notification of the latest

worksof your favourite author, items on a particular subject or maybe the latest in a series you have been reading.

Sign into the library catalogue as shown with your ID (B9*******) and your PIN (the first 4 letters of your surname in

CAPITALS). The login point is on the left side of the catalogue screen.

Click on My Details and then select the “New Alert Profile” tab. (you must have an email address and have email notices en-

abled to use the Alert Profile service. Please contact library staff to set this up for you if necessary.)

Choose an option from the first dropdown menu and then fill in the space beside it. You can set your awareness profile for

multiple authors, titles, subjects etc, if you wish. You will need to select OR from the drop down list on the right to receive

alerts for more than 1 author. You can specify if you wish items from a particular collection, if you only want normal print

choose AF or maybe you prefer Large Print or books on CD.

Now you can test your search if you wish. Click on the test button. This should provide you with a list of items on the

catalogue that match the options you have chosen. Click on the return to previous page arrow at the top of the page when

you are done.

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Choose how often you would like to receive an alert. This alert will be sent to your email address.

Finally give your profile a name and click on save. To create another profile go to My Details and start from the beginning

again.

To look at your profiles click the Alert Profiles link in My Details and you will see something like this.

Southern Downs Regional Libraries

Allora Library 4666 3742

Mobile Library 4661 0342

Stanthorpe Library 4681 2141

Warwick Library 4661 0342

Our online catalogue can be found at www.southerndowns.qld.gov.au

The Christmas Choir

The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their Christmas Eve service this year. This is a new program for the

church and they have high hopes for its success. The conductor has designed a creative program using traditional Christmas carols

and the singers have practiced for weeks. Four of the singers have solo parts in four different songs. Determine the full name of

each soloist, which part of the choir each is in and the name of the Christmas carol in which each is singing solo. Hint: only

women can be soprano and alto, and only men can be tenor and bass.

Sherry Sanford didn’t sing the solo part in “Silent Night.” Bruce didn’t sing the solo part in “ O Holy Night.”

The soprano wasn’t Ms. Sawyer.

“Joy to the World” as no the solo part that Mr. Smith sang in.

The tenor sang solo during “The First Noel.” Betty was part of alto section.

Mr. Short wasn’t a tenor. The bass singer, who wasn’t Tom, didn’t perform a solo part in “Silent Night.”

Bruce’s solo part was during “Joy to the World.”

The answer will be in the next edition of Library Lovers News.

THE SOLUTION TO “WHICH BOOK - A LOGIC PUZZLE” :

First Name Surname Genre Main Character

Joseph Crabtree Thriller Katy

Elsie Elfin Adventure Jennifer

Graham Fields Who Dunnit Linda

Gladys Drake Cowboy Craig

Peter Atkins War Malcolm

David Branch Romance Stewart

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