Looking for events in the Library?

Then check out the new events page to see what's coming up.

If you weren't able to join the celebrations have a look at our St. Kilda Library 35th Birthday celebration Flickr set

The Port Phillip Library Service now has a lending collection of Playstation 2 and Wii games!

You can borrow one game at a time (i.e. one PS2 game OR one Wii game), for 2 weeks, no renewals.

The collection is housed at the St Kilda Library but you can reserve titles and pick them up from any branch.

Each borrower is entitled to have four console games on reserve at a time.

The (sub)cultured program of creative workshops for young people rocks onward with yet another six months worth of workshops!

Next up its a "t-shirt transfers and/or stuff" workshop  - Check out the (sub)cultured page for details on this workshop and all the others that are on their way.

A note for the not-so-young: the (sub)cultured program is specifically targeted at folks aged 12-19. If you're not quite as youthful as you used to be but still keen to get cultured, all is not lost! If there is sufficient interest in workshops we may run them for all ages later in the year. Simply give us your details and we'll let you know when.

The 2008 season of Poetry Idol heats are over! But the Grand Final is on Sunday, August 31 at 7.15 pm in the ACMI Cinema, Federation Square.  

To find out more, email Michael Crane on mfcrane2000@yahoo.com

The Lightning Readers!!

The Lightning Readers are a book club made up of 7-12 year old book lovers.

The Lightning Readers meet in the children's area at St Kilda Library on the first Wednesday of each month, from 4.15-5.30pm.

The next session will take place on Wednesday, September 3.

Anyone from 7-12 years is welcome to join the club!

For more information contact Linda Todd on 92096655, or Diana Panas on 92096622
or see the Children's Book Club page.

Armed & dangerous

Armed & Dangerous was the youth arm of the 2007 St Kilda Film Festival. Last year the program included 11 great short films made by young people from various schools, TAFE colleges and the St Kilda Youth Service. Port Phillip Library Service recently hosted an exhibition of the films and artefacts from the making of the films.

Photos of this exhibition can be viewed on the Armed & dangerous flickr set

Hugo bags

Port Phillip Library Service sells library bags for $2 a pop. These bags feature a beautiful stencil image of Hugo. Hugo is a lovely fuzzy grey cat who visits the St Kilda library everyday for milk and cuddles.

To see a bunch of pictures of hugo visit the Hugo flickr set

St. Kilda Library turns 35!

Check out the photos on the St. Kilda Library 35th Birthday celebration Flickr set

The Out There & Active pedometer loan scheme supports and encourages older adults to increase their daily walking.

Adults in the 55+ age group can borrow a pedometer from their nearest library branch and use it to get going on a daily walking program. Along with the pedometer borrower's will receive a resource kit which includes instructions on using the pedometer, information and resources on healthy activity, and guides to a lot of great walking programs available within the City of Port Phillip.

For more information on borrowing a pedometer call Port Phillip Library Service on 92096655

For more information on getting out there and into healthy activity for older people, visit the City of Port Phillip's Integrated health promotion page and the Victorian Government's Go for your life for older adults page.

Our Beach wheelbarrow library service recently won a Customer Service Innovation Award courtesy of Civica - the people who provide us with Spydus, our library management software system. Hurrah for orange barrows!

The same service also gained a write up in a prestigious U.S library journal and subsequently we received messages of acclaim from librarians throughout the United States. One librarian wrote: "I felt absolutely compelled to write and congratulate you on such a fabulous idea. Such flashes of brilliance should be acknowledged. I just wish we had a beach here in Chilicothe, Illinois, for me to 'borrow' your idea."

See the wheelbarrow library page for all the sun-baked and sandy details of our adventures.

To help raise awareness of water saving issues the City of Port Phillip, with support from South East Water, are offering Port Phillip residents a great opportunity - exchange your old inefficient showerhead, and get a new water saving one for free!

The Port Melbourne, Albert Park and St Kilda libraries are all acting as exchange points for the showerheads.

For all the details of the exchange program - who is eligible, what you need to do and where you can get your water saving showerhead - see the Showerhead Exchange Program page.

It's not everyday a library service releases an album. Somewhere between shelving stacks of returned books, answering tricky reference queries and re-programming catalogues, the staff at Port Phillip Library Service have put together SSSSHH!, a thrillingly diverse compilation written, performed and presented by the musical prodigies among our library staff.

SSSSHH! sells for only $12 a pop with all proceeds going to the St Kilda Youth Service.

The CD is available at all branches of the library service.

Use eServices to ask us a question, request information or give us feedback online. If you prefer call ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 and ask for Port Phillip Library Service.

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