Welcome to the SWAP Library Network

The Libraries of Campbelltown, Norwood, Payneham, Prospect, St Peters &

Walkerville are joined by computer creating the SWAP Library Network which allows

members to borrow from any or all of the libraries listed.

Latest Library News & Events

National Year of Reading 2012

2012 is a huge year for libraries, not only in South Australia but throughout Australia.

Libraries will hold a range of events and heaps of fun activities for children to promote the National Year of Reading.

Please see the 'National Year of Reading website for more information www.love2read.org.au

Medieval Bookbinding for beginners

In this workshop you will learn the basics of binding, how they get those ridges on the spine and the delight of making something majestic. So come and join Samantha Winston over 4 fantastic sessions and make a Medieval book.

Monday 28th May, 4th June, 18th June & 25th June
4 x 4 hour sessions 5pm—9pm

Cost:$20

Payneham Library and Community Facilities Complex
2 Turner Street, Felixstow

Bookings are essential (limited places are available) Ph 8336 0333

Healthy Living at Walkerville Library

Walkerville Library invites you to a trio of events promoting health and longevity.

Learn about vegan food, high nutrient alkaline cooking and attend a book launch for author Deidre Campbell and her new book Fibromyalgia Wellbeing. These are all FREE EVENTS.

View the full brochure and details for these greate events here.

Book today! Call 8342 7150

Flipping the script on Emotional Eating
Learn some simple tips for freeing yourself from queezy feeling emotions that send you running for comfort foods. Understand how you can use these emotions to create a better feeling happier, healthier life with just some paper & a pen.

Owner & founder of Journal Junky Australia, Editor of Living Wellness magazine. Soli makes understanding what wellness is and how you can create it easy and fun!

Wednesday 27th June
10.30am-11.30am

Payneham Library and Community Facility
2 Turner Street
Felixstow

Free event! Light refreshments provided

Bookings essential: 8336 0333

The SWAP Library catalogue is now available for your mobile phone!

Bring the power of the library, anywhere!

Search, discover, and interact with your library - anywhere you are, right away. You can search our catalogue, place holds, and renew items. It does everything the catalogue does!

You can download this app at iTunes or via the Android market place for FREE

iPhone and iPad - visit the App Store and search for LibAnywhere

Android - visit the Android Marketplace and search for library anywhere or go to www.libanywhere.com/la/getandroid.html

Blackberry - go to www.libraryanywhere.com/m/512

 

St Peters Library Closure

The St Peters Library is being redeveloped as Stage 2 of the‘Revitalising St Peters’ Project.

The Library will close: at 6pm on Friday 7th October in order for site building works to commence.

The Library will re-open: Monday 17 October 2011, at its temporary location at the St Peters Youth Centre at Cornish Street.

The Library at Stepney will operate at reduced hours and functions, will be limited to customer service, enquiries, returns and access to reserved materials.

For all the details about the closure please download this information brochure.

Road to IELTS

This FREE online resource provides hours of intensive work on vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking, helping people to develop their skills to the levels necessary to succeed in the exam.

The Road to IELTS resource can be accessed by any computer with internet access such as:

        Library PCs

        Customers’ laptops connected to your library’s WiFi 

        Customers’ own computers in their homes

Connect to Road to IELTS now and log in using your library card number.

MyLanguage - Internet searching in your languauge provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages. MyLanguage is a partnership between the State Libraries of Australia.

Library Elf

Keep track of your loans, overdues and holds with Library Elf

Library Elf is a site that assists library users to keep track of their Loans, overdues and Holds.The site does not store personal information about users. For more information check the FAQlink on the elf site. One of the great features is that multiple library cards can be entered to create one account. It’s a great feature where busy families often borrow a wide variety of material and then rely on one person in the family to keep track of the items and return them on time! The

SWAP Library Network is registered as a valid site with Elf, so all new users need to do is create an Elf account – see “Sign Up” link on the website www.libraryelf.com