YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 PAGE
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‘Me ‘n’ Me Mate’
Celebrate the Every Generation Festival with ‘Me ‘n Me
Mate’ performed by the Splash Theatre Company.
Aussie blokes present an energetic, toe-tapping array
of Australian ballads, songs and yarns from famous
Australian writers including Henry Lawson,
Banjo Paterson and others.
Together they combine all-Aussie humour and larrikin
spirit to produce a fun-filled event suitable for every
generation 16 years and over that will have the audience
singing along in no time. These blokes will lift your spirits
and leave you wanting more.
Bookings are essential for this event to be held from
2-3pm at the Port Adelaide Library on Saturday 11
October. Visit
or contact the library on 8405 6580.
Why do I need a will?
Two upcoming information sessions on the importance
of having a will are to be presented by the Law Society
of South Australia. During these sessions a lawyer will
dispel some common myths about wills, and explain
some of the legal terms associated with the process.
Information sessions will be held at Greenacres Library
from 6.30-7.30pm on Thursday 6 November and at
Semaphore Library from 6.30-7.30pm on Thursday
13 November. Bookings are essential on 8405 6580
or online
Wii fun for seniors
Enter the world of digital gaming and enjoy using Wii
games with like-minded others at Greenacres Library.
Wii games can help improve your balance, coordination
and strength, and there will be a range of games on offer
including Wii Fit, Tennis and Bowling.
Bookings are essential for these sessions, to be held
at Greenacres Library from 10.30-11.30am on the
following Thursdays: 16 October, 23 October, 30 October
and 6 November. Visit
librarycalendar or contact the library on 8405 6540 to
book for one or more of these sessions.
Just Google it!
Are you frustrated looking for information on the Internet?
Wanting to find things more quickly and efficiently?
Are you finding Google, Google Maps or Google
Images a mystery?
Join us and learn some tips and tricks to help make your
Google Internet searching more effective. An opportunity
to practice some of your newfound skills on computers
in the library will follow the main presentation.
A session will be held at Greenacres Library from
2-3.30pm on Tuesday 7 October and another at Port
Adelaide Library from 2-3.30pm on Monday 28 October.
Numbers are strictly limited and bookings are essential
with the host library. Contact the Library on 8405 6540
or visit
to
secure your place.
RFID Update
Preparations are well underway for the implementation
of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology across
our library service, with the system due to go live on
Thursday 16 October. This innovative and fast way of
borrowing items uses radio signals and tags to track and
monitor items and will allow borrowers to check out their
own materials. Multiple tags can be rapidly processed,
enabling many library items to be checked out in a short
period of time.
New RFID self-service kiosks and security gates have been
set up at each of our libraries to enable testing and staff
training. Our dedicated team of volunteers and staff have
applied and activated RFID tags, converting almost all of
our collection which is approaching 200,000 items.
RFID is quick and easy, it frees up staff to provide more
valued services to library users, while also reducing
manual handling. Library staff will continue to be on hand
and pleased to assist customers using the new self-service
kiosk or other services.
Performers ‘Me ‘n Me Mate’
