OUR BLOG HAS MOVED

We can now be found at http://burdekinlibraryqld.wordpress.com

Want to know more about Office 2007, Windows 7 and more?

We are now able to provide access to self paced computer instruction in the following areas via the web.

• Introduction to Computer Technology
• Using and searching the Internet
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Setting up email accounts
• Windows 7

Social Network Training (Twitter, Facebook, Blogging) 

 Library members can access the Dynamic Learning Online web site.

Enter your Burdekin Library Barcode Number (e.g. M7000353XXX) and you will be authorised to Create Your Account on the Dynamic Learing Online web site.

If you enter your Barcode Number incorrectly you will see a message saying you are "Unauthorised". Press the "Back Button" on your web browser and try again.

You will then need to either click the New User or Returning User links.

Paper Tole exhibition now on at the Library

THE Ayr Library’s final art exhibition of the year puts a whole new slant on paper.


The show features the work of the B.V.B. Paper Tole Girls – three local women who have come together to combine their skills in paper crafting.

Burdekin Library manager John Scott said the artwork created by Beverley Eathorne, Vicki Oar and Beverley Bosel showed how a flat image could be brought to life.

Paper tole, also known as three-dimensional decoupage, is the art of handcrafting three-dimensional pictures from flat prints. Paper tole art is created by skillfully cutting, shaping, and assembling pieces of paper layered onto an image until a three-dimensional version of the image emerges.

Cooking classes at the library

Wow - last week saw tasty smells wafting through the Library during the cooking class. Cooking for ones and two's in partnership with the health promotions team is a great success.  6 people every week are learning new cooking skills and having a great time. The claases will run again in 2011 so stay tuned for further details.

Conference presentation

The Burdekin Library is attending the SirsiDynix APAC user conference this coming week. For those wondering its about the software that runs our Library system including the public on-line catalogue.

We are doing a presentation on how we use "LibraryThing for Libraries" which gives you suggestions for other authors to try and reviews many of the books we have. The conference will have Librarians from Australia and Asia-Pacific.         

Web site gems or - a rose amongst many thorns

From time to time library staff comment about web sites that have caught their eye. This is one that leaves me spellbound, strongly recommended.

TED - ideas worth spreading. As the web site says "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world"

Nutrition week at the Burdekin library

What a week we are having with Nutrition week, there have been health checks and cooking classes amongst other things this week. The photos below give some indication of what we have been up to. A very big thank you to the team from Health Promotion Connections Inc. at Bowen who partnered with us.