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Law for Lunch in March | New Kids Bag | Whispers in the Wind | Baby Rock & Rhyme Ning social network | Concession cards | Select: Sound & Vision Collection | Baby Rock & Rhyme CD | New audiotours
Reserves on open shelves | Email notices | New satchels for sale | New library charges | Extended loans | Debt Recovery
Law for Lunch
Law for Lunch returns in March. Come along to a series of free lunchtime seminars brought to you by Wellington City Libraries and Wellington Community Law Centre - every Wednesday in March at the Central Library from 12 noon - 1pm. Check out our selection of topics and speakers below:
Wednesday 3 March / Navigating the ACC
John Miller, ACC lawyer and Wellingtonian of the Year is our speaker for this session. Topics covered will be:
- What are your entitlements?
- Different kinds of ACC compensation
- How do you challenge an ACC decision?
- The tribunal or Dispute Resolution Services Limited (DRSL)
JOHN MILLER is a Wellington-based lawyer specialising in ACC matters and crime victims' compensation. He is the recipient of the Human Rights Commission's Millennium Human Rights Award, for his work in helping seriously injured people. He was 2002 Wellingtonian of the Year and in 2006, Victoria University dedicated an annual John Miller Community Service Award to the law student who demonstrates an outstanding community service contribution
Wednesday 10 March / Keeping up with the Joneses : a guide to buying big ticket items
Joseph Liava'a, Ministry of Consumer Affairs is our speaker for this session. Topics covered will be:
- That Plasma TV: a good investment?
- Buying on credit
- Consumer Guarantees Act
- Extended warranties
JOSEPH LIAVA'A is a member of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs' Consumer Capability and Information Team. He provides crucial consumer information to organisations and particularly to communities whose members are likely to be disproportionately affected by a 'bad deal'.
Wednesday 17 March / Family Trusts : politicians use them, so can you!
John Stevens, Managing Partner, Johnston Lawrence Lawyers, is our speaker for this session. Topics covered will be:
- Short-term savings versus long-term gains
- Keeping your Trust in Order
- Trust Busting (when courts overturn property transfers to trusts)
- Helping children buy houses
- How is a trust's income taxed?
JOHN STEVENS is a Managing Partner in the law firm Johnston Lawrence Lawyers, and the author of To Trust or Not to Trust. John is also involved in offering legal advice to the wider community. He is a member of the board of trustees of one of New Zealand's most successful schools, and has been an office holder for a number of national charitable organisations. John is actively involved in his church community and with Red Cross and has held governance positions at all levels.
Wednesday 24 March / What can you do about school bullies?
Janis Carroll-Lind, Principal Advisor (Education), Office of the Children's Commissioner is our speaker for this session. Topics covered will be:
- Bullying in Schools: your child's rights
- Stopping bullying: changing the whole school culture, fostering safe reporting systems, or cracking down on individual bullies?
- How to help change the culture of bullying
JANIS CARROLL-LIND is principal education adviser for the Office of the Children's Commission. In late 2009, Janis headed the Commission's inquiry into bullying in schools, which involved reviewing bullying research, holding focus groups and school case studies, and consulting young people. The inquiry made far-reaching recommendations for New Zealand schools, and also warned that victims could sue teachers and schools that are slack in dealing with bullying.
Need a new bag for all your books & DVDs?
We have a new practical and colourful carry bag for kids - big enough to fit books, comics, DVDs - or swimming togs for that day at the beach. Each bag comes with a handy pocket for your library card, plus they close easily with a Velcro fastening strip.
These bags are already very popular, and are available at any library branch at a cost of $5 each.
Whispers in the Wind - A fabulous new WCL CD with Wellington authors!
In a first of its kind, a group of local authors have come together to record a collection of children's stories on CD, with a distinctly Wellington flavour.
The CD features 10 Wellington children's authors, many of whom have been recorded for the first time: Joy Cowley, Janice Marriott, Fleur Beale, Rachel Hayward, Barbara Else, Barbara Murison, Kevin Boon, Philippa Werry, Denis Wright and Ali Middleton.
Generously sponsored by Creative New Zealand, this CD allows Wellington children's authors to create a closer connection to children, and for children to hear local authors telling or reading their own stories, which deepens their experience of the story.
Click these links for a sneak preview of the stories: Growing Bones by Janice Marriott and Feeling Cakes by Joy Cowley
The brainchild of Wellington City Libraries staff, Whispers in the Wind is aimed at 5-12 year-olds. This new CD follows the successful launch of a Baby Rock & Rhyme CD produced by the Wellington City Libraries last year.Whispers in the Wind is now available to borrow at any branch library and is also available there for purchase. For online orders:
- CDs cost $20 each (plus $2 postage & packaging within NZ, or $5 if overseas)
- Email enquiries@wcl.govt.nz with your order (please include your billing address so we can provide an invoice)
For more information on this project, please contact : Ella Martin (Phone 04 803 8222) or Chris Megennis (04 801 4110)
This CD was recorded at Life of Riley Studio, Korokoro.
Baby Rock & Rhyme Ning social network
Wellington City Libraries has joined Ning, a social networking site where all Baby Rock & Rhymers can interact with each other and Libraries' staff online.
If you would like to join please create an account on Ning, complete this form and hand it in at your local branch. We will then send you an invitation to the network - this is so we can ensure your privacy and keep this space safe.Any queries or questions? Just want to know more? You can email us, and we will endeavour to answer any questions that you have.
If you'd like to find out more right now, you can view this slideshow and preview our Baby Rock & Rhyme Ning network.
Get more for less with library concession cards!
Are you a regular user of the Bestsellers collection, or do you frequently reserve library items or borrow magazines?
These concession cards are now available for purchase at your nearest branch:
- Bestsellers concession cards cost $25.00* for six Bestsellers book rentals (one free).
- Reserves concession cards cost $20.00* for 12 reserves (two free).
- Magazines concession cards cost $10.00* for 24 issues (4 free).
The cards are valid for one year from the purchase date and are available from your local library (note the Bestsellers concession cards are available at branches with Bestsellers collections).
Save yourself time and money - or gift them to other book lovers!
* Community Services Card discounts do not apply.
New 'Select: Sound & Vision' collection
Get the latest CDs & DVDs faster! The 'Select' collection is designed to make it easier to borrow heavily used and reserved items within our audiovisual collection at Central Library. The titles in this collection have a reduced loan period of 3 days, meaning you can access the most popular CDs and DVDs faster for the same price and find them on the shelf more often. Just look for this sticker:
The small print:
- Loan prices and overdue fines for items within the 'Select' collection are the same as the ordinary collection..
- The 'Hire-3-get-one-free' discount does not apply to titles within this collection.
- You cannot reserve or renew any items in the collection.
Enjoy Baby Rock & Rhyme at home - with our new CD
This new CD is a great gift for the young ones in your family, as it's a quality production of 33 songs to share with babies and children under 5. It includes traditional songs, nursery rhymes and waiata - all your favourites. It was recorded and produced by Wellington City Libraries and features the musical talents of library staff along with some very special guest singers from Capital City Pre-school.
Song samples (all in MP3 format): Haere mai | Wheels on the Bus | Eensy Weensy Spider | Hokey Cokey | Paki Paki
The CD is now available for sale for $15 at all our libraries. Stocks are limited so get in quick!
Now available - Central Library audiotours
Borrow a free audio tour to help you find your way around the Central Library and our collection - it's easy! The self-guided audio tours are available at the Information Desk on the Ground Floor. We have the tour on MP3 players you can borrow and it will soon be downloadable from our library website, for listening whenever you want. To see which areas of the library are covered, here are the maps showing the tour spots: ground floor | first floor | second floor
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.
