Important information for this weekend.

Due to Council works relocating the main server room the Library Service will be operating offline for all transactions on the weekend 7-8 February 2009.

• Borrowers must have a library card to borrow

• The library phones will not be operating

• You will still be able to use the website for enquiries, renewals, reservations, booking, databases

• Any reservation placed for available items placed online will 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

The City of Boroondara Library Service apologises for any inconvenience caused.

Meet the Author - Sara Hardy

author of Dame Joan Hammond: love and music.

More information here

Tuesday 10 February 2009, 2pm.

Hawthorn Library

Meeting Room, 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn.

Phone: 9278 4666

Afternoon tea will be served.

Free event but bookings are essential.

How to book: by phone or in person at any Boroondara Library.

or Click here to book online.

Camberwell Library is open.

Thank you all for your patience during the unexpected weekend closure of Camberwell Library.

Camberwell Library closed this weekend.

Due to circumstances beyond our control the Camberwell Library at 25 Inglesby Road, Camberwell, will be closed until 1 pm on Tuesday 27th January.

This is due to a potential safety hazard for our patrons and staff.

Please note that the after hours chute will also be closed during this time.

All other Boroondara libraries will be open as usual on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th January, and closed for the Australia Day public holiday on Monday 26th January.

Click here for information (hours and locations) on the other Boroondara libraries.

The Boroondara Library Service apologises for any inconvenience caused.

365 Library Days Project

Boroondara Libraries are taking part in an online photo project titled 365 Library Days.

The library aims to post 365 photos on Flickr in 2009. The photos aim to depict all aspects of library life - books, the buildings, the technology, and everything in between.

If you want a sneak preview of how we're going, scroll down to the bottom of the page and view our 365 library days slideshow.

Check us out on Flickr here.

Reading my way through the year.(2008): update

Emma, a Library Officer at the Boroondara Library Service, set herself the goal of reading 50 books in 2008.

As last reported, she had finished 48 and as Christmas approached, anticipation rose as to whether she would reach that magical goal.

Take a bow Emma. Yes, the 50^th book was laid aside with a big sigh of relief and a great sense of accomplishment.

The last two titles, nicely balanced with a fiction and non-fiction book, were A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and The Promise: an Italian romance by Lisa Clifford.

It was rewarding to complete the number of titles and enjoy the diversity of writing which was presented in fiction, non-fiction, the classics and contemporary works.

However, this year Emma wants to concentrate more on a deeper quality of reading experience and more fully immerse herself in each book she chooses to read without the pressure of a set number of books to tick off the list.

Congratulations Emma!

Welcome to 2009

All the libraries are back to normal opening hours.

Come in and choose some summer reading.