Caretaker period

In the lead up to the Victorian local government elections, Boroondara Council will enter the election period, also known as the caretaker period.

This commences at midnight on 25 September 2012 and ends at 6pm on 27 October 2012.

During this period, we will be posting a very limited range of certified announcements.

We have also disabled the ability for members of the community to post or comment on our social media sites.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Hawthorn Library Temporary Closure 13th September.

Due to planned power outage, Hawthorn Library will be closed from 10am to 1pm on Thursday 13 September 2012.

Both the library and council customer service desk will open at 1pm.

Other Boroondara Libraries will remain open as usual during this period.

Boroondara Libraries apologise for any inconvenience.

System Maintenance Thursday 6 September.

System Maintenance Thursday Morning


Due to essential Library Management System maintenance many of our normal services will be very limited from

8am until 1pm on Thursday 6 September

The following services will be unavailable:

• Library catalogue

• Renewals and membership enquiries

• Reservations

• Payments

• PC bookings and printing

• Wi-Fi internet

• eAudio and eBooks

• Study room and meeting room bookings



During this time services will be very limited.

You will need your card to borrow.



We apologise for any inconvenience. Please see staff if you have any questions.

Camberwell Library is moving

The Camberwell Library at 25 Inglesby Road, Camberwell will lock the doors at 5pm on Tuesday 21st August so that we can move everything  to our new location.

Camberwell  Library will reopen on on Monday 10th September in our new premises at  340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell.

Other Boroondara libraries will be open as usual and reservations can be collected from Hawthorn Library during this period.

Ashburton Library

154 High Street

Ashburton

Balwyn Library

336 Whitehorse Road

Balwyn

Hawthorn Library

584 Glenferrie Road

Hawthorn

Kew Library

Cnr Cotham Road and Civic Drive

Kew

Phone number for all libraries: 9278 4666

Local and family history

All our libraries have family and local history collections.

The local and family history collection includes books, photographs, maps, manuscripts, ephemera (programs, tickets, flyers etc. of the day), access to Ancestry and Find my Past (Australian and UK editions), and access to various historical records on our PCs and microform readers. 

Ask at the information desk for assistance accessing these resources.

While none of the material is available for loan, most items within these collections are available for referral within the library. However some records and documents are not available for public use because of the archival nature of the collection.

Accessing restricted collections

Use of Restricted Local History material is at the discretion of the Local and Family History Librarian as some of the material is both fragile and irreplaceable.

Members of the public may apply online for access to a restricted item or in person at one of the Libraries.  Requests may take several days to process.

  

Enquire at the information desk 

Local history access form

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Go Global - School Holiday Program

Our July school holiday program - Go Global - runs from Monday 2 July to Friday 13 July.

We have many fun, free activities planned for all ages. Here's a guide to what's happening at your local library during the July school holidays.

Performers

Paul Jamieson: The Music Man

Suitable for all ages.
When: Week 1 - starting Monday 2 July

Paul is a multi-talented entertainer who uses reggae, rap, calypso, and many other styles of music in his performances. His contagious rhythms get everyone 'grooving', and audience participation is a keynote of his shows.

Flash Twinkle Toes Silly Circus Show

Suitable for all age.
When: Week 2 - starting Monday 9 July

Flash is a talented circus performer with one big problem ... he just can't seem to get things right! The Silly Circus Show features audience participation, comedic routines, and amazing skills in circus, magic, puppetry and more!

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Ashburton

Seeing is be-weaving!

Suitable for school age children
When: Wednesday 4 July, 11am

Discover all the different cultures that weave and make your own basket (for older children) or mat (younger children) to take home.

Cityscapes

Suitable for school age children
When: Wednesday 11 July, 11am

Build your own global city in miniature using recycled goods.

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Balwyn

Colour your world

Suitable for school age children
When: Thursday 5 July, 2pm

Join us to build and create colourful picture frames using every day items recycled into pieces of art!

Dreamtime Down Under

Suitable for school age children
When: Friday 13 July, 11am

Learn about the art of Australia's indigenous people and create your own beautiful dot-painting.

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Camberwell

Seeing is be-weaving!

Suitable for school age children
When: Tuesday 3 July, 11am

Discover all the different cultures that weave and make your own basket (for older children) or mat (younger children) to take home.

Cityscapes

Suitable for school age children
When: Tuesday 10 July, 11am

Build your own global city in miniature using recycled goods.

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Hawthorn

Passport to the world

Suitable for school age children
When: Tuesdau 3 July, 11am

Come and make your own fabulous passport with stamps, coin rubbing and postage stamps plus lots more!

Olympic dioramas

Suitable for school age children
When: Tuesday 10 July, 2pm

Create your own spectacular Olympic Games dioramas.

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Kew

Bonnie Scottish pom-poms

Suitable for school age children
When: Thursday 5 July, 2pm

Come to Kew and make your very own Scottish pom- pom to decorate a bonnie wee winter beanie.

Norwegian trolls

Suitable for school age children
When: Tuesday 10 July, 11am

Ancient Norwegians believed that trolls with magical powers lurked among the country's fjords and forests. Use your imagination to make your very own cork troll.

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Reserve a spot

Bookings will go live on Friday 22 June @ 10am. 

The 2012 Boroondara Literary Awards are open.

2012 judges

The Open Short Story competition will be judged by popular local crime writer PD Martin, City of Boroondara Library Service's National Year of Reading ambassador.

The Open Short Story competition is a national competition open to all!

Young writers

Judging the Young Writers Prose is well known and popular writer of YA fiction, Paul Collins.

And our Young Writers Poetry judge is none other than the lovely, prolific children's author, Meredith Costain!

The Young Writers competition includes Junior (school year levels 7-9) and Senior (school year levels 10-12 or 15-18 years of age) entry levels in both the poetry and prose categories and is open to young people who live, work or attend school in the City of Boroondara.


More about the Literary Awards

An information brochure for the 2012 Awards is available at any City of Boroondara Library branch or via the Boroondara Libraries website.