Important information for this Saturday.

There may be some disruption on Saturday to phone communications and services due to Council building works.

To minimise any disruption please note the following:

• Borrowers must have a library card to borrow
• The phone service may be operating at reduced capacity
• You will still be able to use the website for enquiries, renewals, reservations, booking, databases
• Any reservation placed for available items placed online may not be followed up until after the weekend
• PC/Internet bookings can be made via the website or in person (with your library card)
• Council payments at Kew can only be taken if the payment is not overdue and the appropriate paperwork is provided

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

*** Delays on reserved items ***

Due to technical issues we are unable to check for reservations as regularly as normal. Your reserve may not be allocated to you for some time. However, we will still notify you when your reserve is available for pickup.

We thank you for your patience.

ANZAC Day - half day closure

The Library Service will be closed in the morning on ANZAC Day Saturday 25 April.

Opening hours are as follows:

Ashburton Library	1-5pm
Balwyn Library	1-5pm
Camberwell Library	1.30-5pm
Hawthorn Library	1-5pm
Kew Library	1-5pm

Easter Hours

Daylight saving ends tonight!

Remember to turn your clocks BACK one hour for the official end to daylight saving on Sunday 5 April, 2009 at 3am Standard Time (Eastern Standard Time).

Turn Your Clocks BACK One Hour.

Clocks, watches and alarm clocks.

Video, DVD, CD players.

DVD regions - what are they?

There are six DVD regions in the world.

Every DVD is given a number (1-6) to show which region it's from.

The six regions are:

Region 1. USA, US Territories, and Canada

Region 2. Japan, Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East, including Egypt

Region 3. Southeast Asia, East Asia, including Hong Kong

Region 4. Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central and South America, the Caribbean

Region 5. Former Soviet Union, Indian sub-continent, Africa, North Korea and Mongolia

Region 6. China

Wherever possible Boroondara Library Service buys region 4 DVDs, however there are some region 1 and region 2 DVDs in our collection.

Some DVD players can play DVDs from more than one region - these are known as multi-region or multi-zone DVD players.

Your DVD player manual will tell you what region DVDs your player can play.

When borrowing a DVD from the library check that it is from a region that your DVD player can play.

The region number can usually be found on the back of the DVD cover.

For more information about DVD regions click here.