Library stars: best of the best 2008
2008 nominations
A brief description of each nomination received for Library stars: best of the best 2008 is provided below, along with a link to each library service. Nominations are listed by category and then alphabetically by library service.
ACCESS
Extending library services to the community: the role of the community
librarian - Bayside Library Service VIC
Bayside library in partnership with both a community health centre and a resources centre have established a pilot program in the Elsternwick Housing estate providing a selection of materials in targeted community languages with a regular story time. We have also established a special Indigenous access program. This project is special for the Bayside community as it has always considered itself very affluent and very monocultural. By reaching out to these groups and highlighting these new services we hope to inform the community as well as meeting the needs of the diverse groups.
http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/library
Engaging our culturally rich and diverse community - City of Canterbury Library NSW
In order to engage with our culturally rich community, the library offers a suite of resources, programs, services and facilities which include: "Celebrating Cultures" events, Community Language Storytimes in Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Indonesian; English literacy classes; Law seminars; Health information sessions; Outreach visits to CALD community centres and seniors groups; Library tours; Computers with multilingual software and fonts and Collections in core community languages - Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Greek, Vietnamese, Italian and Spanish;
http://www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au/www/html/31-library-and-heritage.asp
Storytime with Dad: engaging CALD (Cultural and Linguistically Diverse) fathers - Fairfield City Library Service NSW
The genesis for the 'Storytime with Dad' program came from a partnership between community agencies: Learning Links, The Smith Family and UnitingCare Burnside and the Fairfield City Library Service. UnitingCare Burnside's Engaging Fathers program - came on board and began a program to encourage dads to read, sing and play with their children in their family languages. We learned that men are more likely to respond to an invitation specifically addressed to them by their child than a general one which says "Dear parent".
http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/library/
The Koori Library Pathways Project - Goulburn Valley Regional Library VIC
The Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation (GVRLC) provides library service to three shires in country Victoria. Its regional headquarters and main library are in Shepparton which has the largest population of Aboriginal people in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne. In partnership with the Koori Resource & Information Centre (KRIC), a local Indigenous organisation, the library conceived the Koori Library Pathways Project. This project received a Libraries Building Communities Demonstration Project grant of $60,000.00 from the Library Board of Victoria for the twelve month period October 2006 to September 2007. With this funding KRIC was employed as coordinator and the partnership initiated a variety of different programs to deliver accessible and responsive library services to the local Indigenous community and to better connect the whole community to local Indigenous information and knowledge.
http://www.gvrlc.vic.gov.au/
"Reaching Out" - Hervey Bay Library QLD
"Reaching Out" is a project the Hervey Bay Library developed in 2007 with an injection of funds from a Library Strategic Development Grant. Programs were devised to reach and engage sections within our community who were experiencing isolation for a variety of reasons: age, medical conditions, disability, language, cultural background, etc. Hervey Bay is a rapidly growing area and as such encounters many of the problems of other fast growing cities, such as feelings of isolation and disconnection. By breaking down some of the barriers between the target groups and community support organisations, we hoped to alleviate the burden of isolation. The "Reaching Out" project enabled the Hervey Bay Library to reach isolated sectors in the community that had not been previously targeted by any library programs. Our aim was to formalise our ability to provide and advertise services by networking with other groups with similar objectives.
http://www.herveybay.qld.gov.au/stayPlay/library/aboutTheLibrary.shtml
Relocation madness!!! Moving with the times and the flood tide - Katherine Public Library NT
The Northern Territory's Katherine Public Library was relocated out of the flood zone in late 2007. I, like most people, who are familiar with living and working in rural and remote communities can often face such hazards as flood, drought and fire. Other issues that many in similar circumstances face are the lack of qualified staff, indigenous and transit clients and the power of tourism. Although we face these issues, sometimes on a daily basis, I, personally would not want to live and work anywhere else in Australia.
The Library relocation took place over a seven working day period with the assistance of the Royal Australian Air Force, local volunteers, Katherine Town Council staff and Library staff. The massive undertaking of relocating the Katherine collection upstairs was completed with little fuss. However, the Library staff could be heard groaning up a storm for weeks afterwards.
http://www.ktc.nt.gov.au/home/our_services/libraries
Achievements 2006–2008 - Mackay Libraries QLD
Mackay Libraries were voted Queensland's Public Library of the year for 2007. Some of our innovative programs have been: A 'Finding Out Forum', with presenters from the Queensland State Archives, Communities and Personal Histories, and National Archives of Australia, which was developed to highlight the range of information resources and services available to Aboriginal, Torres Strait and Australian South Sea Islander people in their search for community and family history information; 'Stori blong yu mi', a documentary following the recruitment, blackbirding and settlement of South Sea Islanders to work in the sugar industry in Mackay, which was produced in collaboration with a number of community partners; Five 'History Bits in Kits', made available to schools, teachers, local history groups and societies as a valued learning resource; 'Cool Clicks and Data Dudes' and 'Knowledge Navigators', delivered to more than 1300 students and 200 adults (teachers/parents) in 2007;'Truckin' Tutorials' program providing Internet, email and Microsoft Word training to residents of our outlying communities via the mobile library and the 'Savvy Senior program' providing eBay, mobile phone and digital photography classes to our senior community.
http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/libraries/
Extra-extra, read all about it! The Nambour Chronicle Digitisation Project - Sunshine Coast Libraries (formerly Maroochy Libraries)QLD
The Nambour Chronicle Digitisation Project was a partnership between Maroochy Libraries, the State Library of Queensland and Caloundra City Libraries. The objective of the project was to digitise the Nambour Chronicle newspaper (1903-55) from microfilm and then make this accessible in full text through a fully searchable facsimile version of the paper via in-house terminals and also the www. The in-house service was launched in 2007. In January 2008, in an Australian first, the newspaper was made available on the WWW at www.nambour-chronicle.com, providing universal access this to this valuable resource. The fully indexed digitisation approach, enables flexible searching of the text of the newspapers, making it a valuable resource for researchers, journalists and heritage and genealogy enthusiasts.
library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
'Working Together' Project - Newcastle Region Library NSW
The aim of the 'Working Together' project was to work with the local Aboriginal community to develop and implement a range of initiatives to begin to address the under representation of the local Aboriginal people in Newcastle Region Library's buildings, collections, programs and staffing. Programs – Family Pictures Project to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum the Library invited Aboriginal photographer Mervyn Bishop to record images of the Awabakal elders. The work formed an exhibition of photographs and stories which were launched in NADIOC week 2007. Public Art Program – Wallsend District Library Aboriginal artists Joe Hurst and Cherie Johnson were commissioned to produce an artwork that would evoke a local Aboriginal story.
http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/visit_our_libraries
Increasing Indigenous Access: Nhulunbuy Community Library and Yirrkala Storytime - Nhulunbuy Community Library NT
Nhulunbuy Community Library is a joint-use high school and community library in the East Arnhem region of the Northern Territory. In August 2006, after discussions with Djaparri at Yirrkala Women's Resource Centre I arranged to go out and do a weekly storytime session for under-5's. With bags of books, some colouring in and assisted by Djanambi, a Yolngu woman, we set up on a mat under the shady tree at the front of the Women's Centre and I started to read. A couple of pages into the story one of the women said "Yapa, these kids don't know what you're saying". Traditional languages are very strong in the region, with many children under school age having little or no English. So from then on, as I read each page in English, Djanambi would translate. The children loved the stories and the colouring; we took the kids home and promised to be back next week. Storytime stalled at the end of 2006 but with persistence and assistance from the Women's Centre and the Yolngu women in April 2007 Storytime recommenced. After 10 months we have children who come running when we arrive to pick them up for storytime and their mums and grandmothers come to sit, read, and do activities and puzzles with them. Supported by family and the community, these children are now happily engaging in regular literacy activities that will enhance their learning when they begin formal schooling.
http://www.lyl.nt.gov.au:7777/portal/page?_pageid=93,1814292&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_context_id=16222&p_lib_type=c
Increasing Access: the development of the Northern Territory Library Digital Repository, Territory Stories - Northern Territory Library NT
NTL is developing its own digital repository, called Territory Stories. Development is in-house with limited human and financial resources. Territory Stories is however, a trusted repository, adhering to international standards with the ability to accommodate emerging digital formats in a trusted and safe environment. The specialised repository software being utilised is DSpace, which is an open-source solution which enables access, management and preservation of digital material in any format. The data held in the repository is full text indexed to allow ease of searching and retrieval of information in 2007, in response to strong public demand, NTL digitised the List of Darwin Evacuees from Cyclone Tracy. Feedback from the public has been one of surprise, nostalgia, fascination and awakened memories. This single document is a telling example of how the Territory Stories digital repository can enable wider audiences to engage with fragile but important historic collections.
http://www.ntl.nt.gov.au/
The Southern Tablelands Rural Access Project - Southern Tablelands Regional Library NSW
STRL has developed models, to improve access for rural residents. They include: Storyboxes for Rural Playgroups/Preschools Project, Travelling Storytime, Annual Program of visits by children's author to rural primary schools, Adult Literacy Website and Delivery Program, Library Access Points, Talk to Your Library' Visits. STRL is using these different projects to take library services out of branch buildings and into rural communities. In the process, the library service has become a more integral part of town and village life in our region and we have gained a better understanding of the issues and needs of residents of rural areas.
http://www.strl.nsw.gov.au/goulburn.htm
Welcoming Places Initiative: Public library services for Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders - State Library of Queensland QLD
To support Queensland public libraries improving access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a professional development program and publication 'Welcoming places: Ideas for public library services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders', was developed and launched in September 2007. The program was developed using the knowledge and success of SLQs 15 Indigenous Knowledge Centres across Cape York, the Torres Strait and Cherbourg and from kuril dhagun, the first dedicated Indigenous service within a State Library in Australia, and the experiences of public libraries across Queensland.
www.slq.qld.gov.au
Accessibility to local history through newspaper digitisation - Tenterfield Public Library NSW
Access to Tenterfield's history could not be easier, thanks to a State Library Development Grant of $20,775! Keyword searching of Tenterfield newspapers 1875-1955 is now available at Tenterfield Public Library, filling a long-felt need for speedy access to Tenterfield's history for local/ family historians, researchers and students. Previously, access to local newspapers entailed time-consuming searching of microfilm. Keyword searching also eliminates the need for formal indexing, which had not been undertaken, and is available on all 8 public computers simultaneously.
http://www.tenterfield.nsw.gov.au
Two Wells Public Library is a Library Star and also a library pioneer -Two Wells Public Library SA
The library's creation in early 2007 progressed library accessibility from a longstanding joint use arrangement to a sole public library service. A groundbreaking development for the District Council of Mallala as few joint-use libraries have disbanded in South Australia and embarked on this uncommon transition process. The new library service has responded to population growth and the increased demand for library programs, giving our community improved access to a public library service, a refurbished facility, and introduction of many new services, whilst promoting the value and benefits of using the South Australia's local public library network.
http://www.mallala.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=210
Accessibility and VAILS - Vision Australia Information Library Service (VAILS)
Vision Australia Information Library Service (VAILS) is a National Public Library solely focused on providing services to people with a print disability, making information accessible to a growing number of Australians. VAILS is moving its collection from an analogue environment into a digital one. Using the international standard DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) NISO Z39.86 is a standard that is recognized worldwide as an ideal approach to making content accessible to all.
VAILS is the only organisation for the print disabled in the world that is providing DAISY players to their borrowers. VAILS is the only organisation for the print disabled in the world that is providing players to their borrowers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=514
Learning 2.0 – the collaborative online learning project - Yarra Plenty Regional Library VIC
Yarra Plenty Regional Library is enthusiastic about the future of public libraries, and is changing from being a service provider into a much more interesting and valuable role, contributing to the creation of social networks, whether that is physical or virtual. It is engaging users and creating content in areas such as local history and local writing and is assisting in the development of connected and inclusive communities. In order to deliver on these goals, a training framework has identified skill sets in the areas of: enabling learning; creating content; finding information; and celebrating culture; Tailored programs for these areas are offered to staff. Staff skills have benefited hugely through the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County's Library 2.0 training program. Staff are now confident to publish blogs, develop wikis and run classes in social networking.
http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/
ENTREPRENEURIAL
The Jane Austen Book Club - Central West Libraries NSW
The Jane Austen Book Club began in 2007 when CWL sent out flyers to all our branches – Molong, Manildra, Canowindra, Forbes, Cowra, Blayney and Orange and hosted an introductory meeting in July. We developed ten collections and suggested discussion points based on Jane Austen's works. Direct feedback from our book club members shows that this book club has a made a difference in their lives. For people new to the region, they have been able to meet like minded people. Others are enjoying their reading more, discovering Regency England, learning more about the author, and enjoying the social aspect of the club.
http://www.cwl.nsw.gov.au
WikiNorthia - Darebin, Moreland and Yarra Plenty libraries VIC
WikiNorthia, a joint project between Darebin, Moreland and Yarra Plenty libraries, was launched on 29th February 08 at Coburg Library by the President of the Library Board of Victoria, Hon John Cain. This initiative aims to collect and preserve the stories and images of this region's colourful history and rich cultural foundations. WikiNorthia uses social networking technology to publish people's stories in Melbourne's north onto the World Wide Web. The aim is to encourage people across the five municipalities to share their experiences, and by compiling people's stories, photographs, and moving images, a profile will be built of life in Melbourne's north.
http://www.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au/
Literati on the Glitter Strip: the birth of an iconic Gold Coast cultural event - Gold Coast City Council QLD
Literati on the Glitter Strip has been created as a unique and exciting concept to appeal to regular customers of GCCC libraries and attract people in the community who may not be regular library customers but are interested in writing and literature and being part of the cultural evolution of the city. Literati on the Glitter Strip will launch Library and Information Week celebrations on the Gold Coast for 2008. The program will consist of three separate yet complementary events. A feast of literature, featuring more than 20 authors and illustrators who will join participants over a three course meal to share their creative experiences and reveal the stories behind the stories. More than Words Children's Breakfast will be held the morning after the feast of literature with some of the authors and illustrators joining hundreds of children at the landmark Pacific Fair Shopping Centre for a breakfast at which they will share their stories. Author Encounters will also feature the authors from the feast of literature who will present panel discussions in selected branch libraries across the city. Authors will explore topics such as The Journey of Writing, Stories from the Frontline of Crime to discovering inspiration from the unique Australian environment and experience in Australian Voices.
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/libraries/
Launceston Library + Online Access Centre (State Library of Tasmania) (TAS)
Launceston Library and Friends of the Library, Launceston, have been working together since 1999 to increase our community's knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of the rich history and heritage of Launceston and the Tamar region through a publishing program that has involved the community in creating a permanent record of that rich history in words and images. With initial funding a $2000 corporate loan, contributions from over 200 individual authors and fourteen publications funded and published, all returning a profit. Total revenue to date in excess of $200,000.
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
Lismore's Living Library - Lismore City Library (Richmond-Tweed Regional Library) NSW
Lismore's Living Library provides the opportunity for people in our community, who would normally never interact, to come together in a safe, supervised environment each month The catalogue of approximately sixty 'Living Books', who are all volunteers, includes people from the local community from different religious, social and ethnic backgrounds. At each session there are up to fifteen 'Living Books' available for loan for a half hour, one-on-one chat by the 'Readers'.
http://www.rtrl.nsw.gov.au/branches.html
Pioneer Placement Program - Manly Library NSW
Pioneer Clubhouse is an innovative psychosocial rehabilitation day program for adults who currently have or have experienced mental illness. The service is based on a philosophy of ownership and empowerment with "work" as the tool for recovery. The Pioneer Placement Program at Manly Library makes Manly Library an entrepreneurial STAR by embracing a partnership with a community organization to aid adults with diagnosed emotional/ mental disorders to readjust to the workplace. Participants have successfully moved to permanent employment in the broader community
http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/
Info skills on the move - Upper Murray Regional Library NSW
A partnership between Upper Murray Regional Library, the Continuing Education Centre and the Hume Building Society has provided the ongoing sustainability of a mobile technology centre fitted out with the latest in technology to provide access to mainstream library and information services to the disadvantaged youth of our region by taking the service to them. The function of the service is reflected in the name of the vehicle - 'The Hume Building Society Mobile Homework and Training Centre" In working with the youth of the HighWater Theatre Company we have also entered into a partnership with The Upper Hume Community Health Service, the Victorian Department of Education and Somebody's Daughter Theatre Company. The vehicle has also provided the opportunity to develop social networks in a supported environment.
http://www.umrl.nsw.gov.au
MEETING PLACES
New hub in Bermagui: a learning and discovery centre - Bega Valley Shire Council NSW
The development and operation of the Bermagui Learning and Discovery Centre has been an unprecedented project for the Bega Valley Shire Council. The bringing together of numerous organisations under one roof has been a complex, challenging yet exciting project. In a rural area that has limited facilities and access to services, this centre is providing wonderful opportunities to provide access to professional services, forge new relationships with community groups and to encourage 'life long learning'. Designed to function as a community hub and a collaborative learning space, the centre includes the Library, the Visitor Information Centre, the Computer Technology Centre, Meals on Wheels, the Historical Society and the refurbished community hall.
http://www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au/library
The Third Place Project 2007/08 - Sunshine Coast Libraries (formerly Caloundra City Libraries)QLD
Caloundra City Libraries has delivered innovative community engagement projects inspired by the philosophy of the library as the 'Third Place' (Oldenburg, Ray The great good place Marlowe and Co, NY, 1999) supported by a Third Place forum, a one day forum for library professionals. This project included Community learning programs: A literary celebration- Australian literature lectures and workshop ; Gatherings- talks with an indigenous theme; Placebo - a youth "paste up" magazine; Talkin it up - an intergenerational oral history/storytelling project with local Indigenous community and Place me - a creative writing program based around the concept of "my place in the library" run though Caloundra City Libraries adult literacy classes. The impact of this can be interpreted through the high level of participation in libraries by community, triggered by innovative program delivery that surprises, responds and challenges. Caloundra City Libraries currently has the highest level of both loans and visits per capita to libraries in Queensland – a testament to responsive program delivery.
http://library.caloundra.qld.gov.au
Glebe Library is a community hub - Glebe Library (City of Sydney) NSW
In 2006 Glebe Library was nominated by the community for a Cumberland Business Award, in the not for profit section. This topped off the start of our celebration for the tenth anniversary of Glebe Library in 2007. The community has pride and values in its library service, it's more to them than services, books and technology. It has people's heart and soul; it's a community hub with a village lifestyle.
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
From OPAC to LibraryThing to the world - Kingston Information & Library Service VIC
Kingston Information & Library Service is endeavouring to create a new digital space for library patrons to discuss favourite authors and books all from within the online catalogue. This innovation is based around the integration of LibraryThing for Libraries data with Kingston's catalogue. Kingston is proud to be the first library in Australia (public, private or otherwise), to incorporate LibraryThing into our catalogue, and thus allowing our patrons to interact with library
lovers around the world. When library patrons use the online catalogue they can; find new books to read by similar authors or on similar topics, use the tags you and others have added in LibraryThing to find books they are interested in, and coming soon patrons will be able to rate and review books in our catalogue.
http://library.kingston.vic.gov.au
verbYL - Livingstone Shire Council (now Rockhampton Regional Council) Yeppoon Library QLD
verbYL is a stand-alone, shop-front Youth Lounge/Youth Library for young people aged 13-25, located in the main street of Yeppoon, Central Queensland. For youth, the space they know simply as "verbYL" is a funky, comfy, exciting and friendly place featuring distinctive branding and decor, where they can meet and chill out with friends, find out what's going on, borrow books, graphic novels, magazines, CDs, or DVDs, play console games, use the Internet, play music (very loudly), or watch pay TV on the big screen. If they choose to, they can also get involved in a wide variety of spontaneous and scheduled activities organised by the Youth Librarian and/or the Youth Worker, including a social game of poker or Twister, a Wii tournament, art activities, karaoke, cooking…the list goes on. If a young person needs help with homework or finding something to read, the Youth Librarian can help out; or if they're feeling blue, or just want to discuss a personal issue, they can have a quiet word with the Youth Worker.
http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au
Library star - Maitland City Library NSW
In 2007, Maitland City Library actively pursued its vision of connecting the community through a focus on innovative programming across the spectrum of culture, learning and literacy. Programs have been: Look Who's Talking; Loud @the Library; Baby Book Club; Reading communities; Literacy tutoring ; @your Library themed events and Opening the doors to law . This programme includes an annual debate tournament, a production on civics and good citizenship for infants and primary school students, presentations by police representatives, seminars by specialist solicitors, presentations to Legal Studies students and other innovative events.
http://library.maitland.nsw.gov.au
We're a very small star but we think we shine - Narrandera Shire Library NSW
At Narrandera we are a small country library service. We have an EFT of 2 serving a Shire population that the ABS lists at 6012. Our Library serves a wide geographic area and over half of the Shire Population are members. We run regular School Holiday activities, but because we have limited staff hours and a tight budget, we concentrate our main efforts on running 3 major events a year. Children's Book Week, when we host most Infants, Primary and Pre-school children in the shire at Story Time and Book Week Activities. Our Annual "Christmas Craft Extravaganza" where we all endeavour to find the artist within so that we can provide an interesting array of craft projects for around 50+ of our young members aged from 5 to 15. (Not as simple as it sounds). We have been growing our "Extravaganza" for the last 12 years and now have a very popular community event with a regular crew of volunteers. Our 3rd major annual event, and one which we see as being entrepreneurial and increasing access, is: The John O'Brien Writing Competition for School Students. This is an annual competition, now in its 11th year, run by the Library as part of the John O'Brien Bush Festival. http://www.narrandera.nsw.gov.au/community/1040/1056.html
http://www.narrandera.nsw.gov.au/library/1265.html
A collaborative learning space - Rockhampton Municipal Library Service QLD
The Library service is part of the Community Information and Planning unit of Council, with this unit also including the community development section. In collaboration with this section the library has been able to provide this wonderful opportunity for people in the area to learn another language.
Language teachers are sourced from the community and engaged to conduct a program of two-hour evening classes over a six-week period. Courses to date have been offered in a variety of languages such as Spanish, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, German and Darumbal (the language of the local indigenous people). The program encourages a warm atmosphere of learning, with a light supper provided each session whereby participants have the opportunity to practice their newfound skills. Teachers use a variety of teaching aids to reinforce language learning, with plenty of dialogue in conversation, music, drama, and highly engaging skits. The final session of each program showcases the newly acquired skills of participants in each group in a large open forum, with much fun and excitement, and a special supper of pizza and drinks. Certificates of participation are presented to all learners.
http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au
Creating meeting places for readers - Yarra Plenty Regional Library VIC
Web 2.0 is changing the way Yarra Plenty Regional Library does reading development. A Reader Development Strategic Framework was recently developed in consultation with the community and key stakeholders (e.g. members of book clubs) to provide a 5 year plan to improve reading and literacy levels in our region. The goals are to increase reading in the region and to improve literacy. One of the ways we are doing this is by using web 2.0 technologies to promote collections and engage people in the reading experience through a program called Yarra Plenty Reads, which incorporates wikis, blogs and social networking sites as well as a program of author visits and other reading development activities.
http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/
More than a meeting place! - Waverley Library NSW
Waverley Council sees Bondi Junction as a special place that enriches, uplifts and inspires the human spirit; a place that welcomes, supports and sustains a vibrant and healthy community. The key to achieving this is the promotion of cultural diversity, tolerance, respect and togetherness by ensuring all members of the community have good access to a broad range of spaces, programs and activities. The Library is the centrepiece in Council's community network established to achieve this. These library spaces, which are used in a flexible way to facilitate maximum community involvement, include a Theatrette, Meeting Room, Friends Room, Computer Training and associated Theory Room, Study Rooms, Children's Activities Room and Exhibition Space. A library visit is an experience which provides an opportunity not only to borrow, read or obtain information but to look at an exhibition, listen to a recital, join in book discussion, perhaps seek refuge in a safe haven, or serendipitously come across the unexpected which adds value to the visit. Recently the library has taken on a national significance through its organisation of the Westfield/Waverley Library Award for Literature which recognises excellence in research in the creation of literary works, with nominations received from all Australian states.
http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library
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