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THE CITY OF UNLEY LIBRARIES

This week

Hi everyone,

Wow, it has been a big week this week. With the announcement last Friday of libraries being able to open, it has been all hands on deck to get our services up and running. We are so excited to be able to open our doors at 10am on Monday morning (18 May).

We will be open Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm, until further notice. To adhere to health and safety guidelines, some limitations will remain in place. You will be able to:

Place holds online and collect from the Libraries.
Seek assistance from staff to access the Libraries onsite collections.
Use the Unley Libraries Home Service.
Return your items through the Libraries returns chutes.
Access ongoing online activities and events for all ages.
Access the eLibrary online.

Social distancing guidelines and a limit of ten customers at one time will apply. And unfortunately, the Toy Library collection is unavailable.

However, our holds shelves are overflowing with your requests.

It is the same on both sides here at Unley Civic and similar at Goodwood!

We are asking you to drop in to collect your items quickly. One way would be to ring us ahead of time to enable us to collect any items that might be on the shelf and have them ready for you when you reach the library. We are asking you to use our self check machines, providing hand sanitiser and encouraging social distancing for your health and safety.

We are so looking forward to seeing you all again.

Next week is National Volunteer Week and we would like to recognise the massive contribution our volunteers give to our Libraries and our City. The Unley Civic Library facade will be lit up red all week in recognition of these wonderful people.

Stay safe and we hope to see you soon!

Ruth

Library Promotions Coordinator

The City of Unley Libraries

Please note: we are now combining communication across our three subscription lists, the main library eNews, the family eNews and the Reboot eNews. We plan to deliver content relevant to all our audiences. However, if you do not wish to receive these emails please unsubscribe at the bottom of the email.

We transformed into Chicken Divas! Check out our video! 🌈 We are getting ready to go live for National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday 27 May at 11am. You can make your own Diva costumes like ours by downloading our template or picking up a craft kit from Unley or Goodwood libraries from Monday 18 May.

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY, 11 AM

LIVE ON FACEBOOK

facebook.com/unleylibraries

Cooking With Food Scraps

Keen for some inspiration in the kitchen? Join us for a live tutorial demonstrating some great tips and tricks to make the most out of what you have. No kitchen prowess required.

There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions, and all recipes, instructions and guides will be emailed to you after the session.

This tutorial is presented by KESAB Environmental Solutions on behalf of The City of Unley and is for City of Unley Residents only.

SATURDAY 23 MAY, 11.30 AM - 12.30 PM

ONLINE

Free, bookings via Eventbrite

In books this week

Did you know a package of new magazine titles have become available to read through our e-book platform Overdrive?

Public Libraries Services of SA have negotiated a 12 month subscription to a bundle of popular magazines, previously unavailable through Pressreader, including The Economist , The New Yorker and Rolling Stone .

View the collection here : https://sapln.overdrive.com/library/magazines

Download the Libby App if you haven’t already for easy access to this e-resource from your device.

We love LEGO(TM) Masters! Each week we will be setting master building challenges for you and awarding $20 gift e-voucher prizes to the best ones.

Master Building Challenge #4 is Minecraft theme! Ruth built this amazing Ghast. Hopefully you all create some awesome creatures and objects inspired by Minecraft too.
The best entries from each challenge will receive a $20 eVoucher. Send your entries via Facebook direct message or to [email protected]
Entries for this challenge will close Friday 12 June 2020.

Children's Discovery Club - now online!

The Little Bang Discovery videos have now gone live on our blog! If you would like to do a self-paced science inquiry program with your children, recommended for 3 yrs+, head to our library blog to access equipment lists and the videos. You can try one, or do them all!

Tell us how you go and we love seeing photos, so send us a photo of your little scientists participating in this program!

Conduct experiments at home with your young scientist through Little Bang Discovery On Demand! Developed by Inspiring South Australia, Libraries SA and the Children's Discovery Museum this is an online version of our regular Little Bang Discovery Club lesson.

This weeks storytime has Karen reading 'Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons'.

During these isolating times, Unley Libraries is able to offer a Storytime Online once a week on Tuesday mornings at 10.30am. The videos are released on our YouTube channel and they feature the familiar faces of our Youth a n d Children's Team.

Subscribe to this eNewsletter for a weekly update on our services, or alternatively for our videos, you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where we offer videos for all ages.

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

Published by HarperCollins

Accessed April 2020.

One of my favourite books (and movie adaptions) of the early 2000's was P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern. PostScript is the continuation of Holly's story 7 years after the events of the first book. Cecilia Ahern's writing style has changed quite significantly in this time, however the characters return to life in PostScript in a way that made me nostalgic for the first book again, but pleased to re-imagine where the characters lives headed.

Jackie

Team Leader Literacy & Learning

City of Unley Libraries

(P.S. I Love You and Postscript both available for download on the Libby app)

We have a Babytime this week! Join Amelia and Jackie and spend some time with your baby in your lap. Lots of rhymes and songs and valuable time with your baby.

The videos are released on our YouTube channel on Friday mornings at 10.30am and they feature the familiar faces of our Youth and Children's Team.

Subscribe to this eNewsletter for a weekly update on our services, or alternatively for our videos, you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where we offer videos for all ages.

Babytime with Amelia & Jackie - Episode 3

Building Your Brand in the Digital Age

In partnership with the Unley City Council, MindFuel Coaching and MILCO Design, we're thrilled to be offering you this FREE webinar: Building Your Brand in the Digital Age!

A brand is not a logo and a logo is not a brand! How do you want your brand to look and feel? What messages do you want to convey with YOUR audience?

In this one-hour online webinar with Milly Toovey, international entrepreneur and Remco Albers, founders of MILCO Design, you will learn how to build your brand from designing a logo to creating a memorable experience for your brand.

You will have the chance to learn how to create a simple website or receive feedback on how you can improve your existing one. This will be an informative, engaging and productive session that will leave you feeling inspired and motivated to take your brand to the next level.