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Gamesfest | Reserves on open shelves | Email notices | New satchels for sale
New library charges | Extended loans | Debt Recovery
An Evening with Emily Perkins
Wellington City Libraries in association with Allen & Unwin, Unity Books and the New Zealand Book Council present "An Evening with Emily Perkins", bestselling author of A Novel About My Wife.
Maggie O'Farrell said about this latest book "'A Novel about My Wife' is the fascinating portrait of a marriage, in all its labyrinthine complexity and tenderness. A beautiful, shocking book, it had me gripped from its very first sentence."
When: Thursday 24 July, 6pm
Where: The Cinema, City Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington
Tickets $10, available at the Information Desk, Wellington Central Library, 65 Victoria Street.
Ticket sales in person only, no reserves. Payments accepted: cash, cheque or eftpos.
Gamesfest
Have fun, stay warm! That's the message behind our Winter Gamesfest. From Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July we'll be playing board games on the first floor of the Central Library during the lunchtime hours (12-1pm, and 1-2pm). Featured games will be: Japanese Go, bridge, lightning chess, Mah Jong and Scrabble. Free lessons will be available, and there will be a free for all area where you can bring your own board games or play those provided by us. There will also be some sessions of Texas Hold'em (the popular new form of poker) and you can browse our display of new books and magazines on indoor games. Come along and join us - we'd love to see you there!
What: Winter Gamesfest @ the Central Library
When: Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July, 12-1pm, 1-2pm daily
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1, 12-1pm | Chess (12-12.45pm) Mah-Jong Go Scrabble |
Chess (12-12.45pm) Mah-Jong Go Scrabble |
Chess (12-12.45pm) Scrabble Bridge |
Chess (12-12.45pm) Mah-Jong Go Scrabble Bridge |
Chess (12-12.45pm) Mah-Jong Go Scrabble Bridge |
| Session 2, 1-2pm | Texas Hold'em | Texas Hold'em | Texas Hold'em | Texas Hold'em | Texas Hold'em |
Samuel Beckett Exhibition
The Irish Embassy has sent us a large pictorial display of one of its most famous sons to coincide with the tour of the Irish Rugby team and "The Rose of Tralee" competition. Samuel Beckett (1906 -1989) was a celebrated writer, dramatist and poet, a follower of James Joyce and widely regarded as the first post-modernist. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. The display consists of 19 large panels illustrating his life and work. We will be receiving the James Joyce exhibition later in the year.
Where: Mezzanine Floor, Central Library, 65 Victoria Street, Wellington
When: throughout June 2008
Central Library joins other branches in providing easier access to reserved items
From 27 March, all reserved books and magazines ready for pick-up at the Central Library can be found on the new Open Reserves shelves next to the self-check machines on the ground floor. Using the self-check machines to issue your own reserved items means picking up reserved books and magazines has never been quicker.
Other libraries already offering this service are: Miramar, Karori, Cummings Park (Ngaio), Wadestown, Khandallah, Johnsonville and Tawa.
If you have reserved DVDs, videotapes, audiobooks or compact disks for collection at Central Library, please see the Issues desk staff.
If you have any questions about the new Open Reserves shelving, feel free to contact us on 499 4444 or ask a staff member at any Central Library enquiries desk.
Email notices for overdues & reserves
Did you know you can get your overdue and reserve notices by email? This service can easily be added to your customer record, just complete the online form. We also offer notices by telephone or mail.
Being environmentally friendly never looked so good!
Wellington City Libraries are selling a new range of sustainably produced satchels which are fantastic for carrying, storing and filing papers, documents and magazines. They have also proved to be very popular gifts and as mementos for overseas visitors. In three unique vibrant designs, the satchels are made from "Govt 3" approved paper sourced from sustainable forests, are produced with Enviro-Mark NZ certified printing processes, and are 100% recyclable.
By buying the satchels, you will support the library's collections. They are $3 each - so buy one or a set of three today from any of our libraries.
New Library Charges
The Council's Annual Plan for 2007/08 was finalised on Wednesday 27 June 2007. This included new charges for some library services.
These charges are effective Monday 2 July 2007:
| Adult | Children and Young Adults | |
|---|---|---|
| DVDs | $4 | 50 cents |
| Reserves | $2 | free |
| Magazines | 50 cents * | free |
| Overdues (books, magazines, CDs and cassettes) |
60 cents | 30 cents |
| Bestseller Books | $5 | $5 |
| Bestseller Magazines | $2.50 * | $2.50 |
* Community Service card discounts do not apply to magazine charges for adults.
More details about the Council's Annual Plan is available at www.Wellington.govt.nz
Extended loans now available in our libraries and via our website
You can now extend the due date of your issued items for one week for a fee of $1 per item (plus rental charges where applicable), either via our website or in our libraries. Loans can be extended up to the due date via the online service if there are no other reserves waiting. If your item is one day overdue, please visit our libraries and a librarian will be able to extend your due date by one week if there are no other reserves waiting. We hope to add the extended loans feature to our telephone service, PAL, in the near future.
Changes to Library Debt Recovery Policy
All charges, costs, commissions and legal fees incurred by Wellington City Libraries in the retrieval of outstanding items and debt through our contracted Collection Agency will be passed on to the customer. This change will take effect from 1 September 2006.
