Monthly Archives: September 2012

John Merriman Podcast

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

A very special episode of ‘Listeners in the Mist’ is now online, where our podcast host and Local Studies Librarian John Merriman tells us about his life and how he came to work in the library. This episode is a … Continue reading →

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New Katoomba Library Update

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

Here are some more pictures of the progress going on inside the new Katoomba Library building. Our spy reports that much had changed this week. Shelving is being put in place – this is just the framework.  The actual shelves … Continue reading →

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New Podcast Episode

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

Jeanne Rudd, Library Assistant at the Blue Mountains Library and Book Indexer, always wanted to work with books. Heidi Colquhoun interviews Jeanne this week about her experiences as an Indexer and the books she loves. You can listen to the audio of this … Continue reading →

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What Library Staff are Reading . . .

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban – The most challenging book I have read for a long time, maybe ever. The book is told by a boy living about 2000 years after a nuclear war, his … Continue reading →

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Hobbit Day

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

Today 22 September, is Hobbit Day, the birthday of the Hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins who appear in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.  While the little hairy guys share the same birth day, they were … Continue reading →

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#NYR12 Twitter Night – September

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Librarians with Altitude

Grow has been the September theme in the Love2Read / National Year of Reading monthly themes. Have you done some reading about growing, have you grown because of your reading? There will be a live Twitter discussion on September 25th, starting … Continue reading →

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