Oamaru Library Tour: Day 15

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 15: Today's photo is a flashback to our Christmas photo in 2010! The Oamaru Library staff are skilled, friendly and always willing to help you with your enquiry. Thanks for joining us on this virtual library tour, it’s been a pleasure. We hope you learnt a bit more about all the exciting items and services the library can offer. Hope to see you soon!

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 14

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 14: Did you know we have an Adult Literacy Collection? It is hidden away near the APNK computers-please do ask a staff member if you would like direction. This collection is great for people who find reading difficult but want more mature content. Andrina, our Large Print Co-ordinator looks after this collection and is the person to talk to if you would like to know more about the collection or make some suggestions.

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 13

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 13: Local musician and Library Assistant Lynley Caldwell, is pictured with our CD collection. This collection houses a number of music CD's from many different genres- classical, jazz, contemporary, rock, meditative/relaxing and even Lynley’s own CD- ‘Waiting for the lark’-. What kind of CD’s would you like to see in the collection?

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 12

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 12: The Heritage Collection is a comprehensive collection of local history books. These are available for use in the library only. The collection will be of particular interest to local history researchers and genealogists. Located next to the Heritage Collection is the Janet Frame collection which contains a large selection of Janet Frame’s books. A number of these books are in languages such as Danish, French and German.

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 11

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 11: Customer Services Co-ordinator Brenda Wollstein is pictured in front of our Graphic Novel collection. The graphics are a very popular aspect of the library collection and we have some great titles like 'The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman and the Alex Rider series. The Children’s Area also has a graphic novel collection with books like Tintin and Asterix. Do you like reading graphics? What are your favourites?

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 10

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 10: Library Assistant Julia de Ruiter is pictured in front of her display in the children’s area. Displays are the perfect way to showcase the treasures held in our library collections. If a book on display catches your eye, it can usually be taken out there and then. Pop into the library regularly to see what great items Julia has hunted out from the children’s collections!

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 9

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 9:
Fiona makes another appearance! She is pictured in our wonderful children’s area. This space is full of awesome materials to suit all kinds of ages and readers. Did you know this area houses the Parents Collection which provides resources for parents about issues their child may be going through? Topics include bullying, divorce, starting school, feelings,adoption & more. It’s a great collection which is often overlooked so be sure to check it out next time you’re in the library!

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 8

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 8:
Andrina Butcher is our Large Print Co-ordinator, which involves buying Large Print books, co-ordinating the arrival of the National Library Audio Book tapes, buying DVDs and more! She is pictured by our DVD collection which we have been expanding over the last few months. Are there any DVDs you would like to see in this collection? You can comment here or fill in one of our online suggestion to purchase forms www.library.waitaki.govt.nz

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 7

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 7:
Library Assistant Yvonne Wilson is pictured with our Dorothy Cayford music collection. Miss Cayford was a well-respected musician and singing teacher in Oamaru and bequeathed her sheet music collection to the library after her death in 1995. This collection is a unique and valuable asset and is of particular interest to music students and teachers. It contains notated musical scores of classical, musical and operatic genres. It also includes popular music of Miss Cayford’s time. Feel free to come and browse through the collection at your leisure.

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 6

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 6:
The Community Noticeboard is a great place to find out about different activities happening around the community. Community Services Librarian Jean Rivett organises this board so come and see her if you want to promote a community based activity.

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 5

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 5:
Our public use computers are a great resource for the library. They allow students to print out homework materials, tourists to keep in touch with their families, provide access to government websites and much more. We are super lucky that the Waitaki Community can use these computers for free as they are provided by APNK ( Aoteroa People’s Network Kaharoa). APNK is part of National Library and works with local government staff at public libraries to bring a free broadband Internet service to communities around the country. Thanks @Peepsnetwork!
You can find out more about APNK here: http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwork.org/content/about-us

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 4

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 4: Chris Meech is our Reference and Heritage Librarian. He is pictured here browsing books in our reference section which is located near the APNK internet computers. These books are not for loan which means you can’t borrow them but they do contain a wealth of information. Books in this section include Black's Medical Dictionary, The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, The Oxford Companion to American Literature and much more. Feel free to ask staff at the desk for direction!

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 3

Day 3:
Fiona Kerr is our Youth Librarian. She's our ukulele star and plays at Toddler Time and Wriggle and Rhyme each week! Fiona is pictured in our Young Adult area. This section is full of great books, magazines and audiobooks which you can take out for free. With the comfy armchairs and couch, it’s a great place to hang out with friends or use the wifi. What is your favourite part about our YA area? What would you like to see in it?

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 2

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 2:
Jean Rivett is our Community Services Librarian. What is that, you say? Well, amongst many other things, Jean plans and promotes the majority of the events at the library, buys fiction books and much more! Jean has been working at the library for nearly 20 years so she has a lot of experience to draw on, especially in helping you find the perfect book to read. The fiction section is a treasure trove of reading material so why not come in and explore?

Oamaru Library Tour: Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Oamaru Library Tour! Today I want to introduce you to Philip van Zijl who has been our Library Manager since early 2011. Philip is originally from South Africa and enjoys spearfishing and tramping. You can often spot Philip around the library so feel free to come and have chat.

Oamaru Library Tour!

Exciting news! Keep an eye out for our virtual Oamaru Library tour series that will be happening soon on the Waitaki District Libraries Facebook page and on our Twitter account @WDLibraries. Each day we will post a photo showcasing a different aspect of the library and the awesome services we offer. You can find posts on Twitter using the hashtag #OamaruLibraryTour. Stay tuned! :)