N E W S L E T T E RN E W S L E T T E R NOVEMBER NOVEMBER -- Whiringa a RangiWhiringa a Rangi

1127 Haupapa Street, Private Bag 3029, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua 3046 Ph. 07 348 4177 Fax 07 348 9686

www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz www.bebo.com/RotoruaPublicLibrary

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday - Friday 9.30am - 8pm

Saturdays

9.30am - 4pm

Thank you for your patience for those who have come into the library over the past month. Though the builders are doing a great job of keeping the noise to a min-imum, there have been a few rowdy mo-ments. All the more reason to take ad-vantage of the website at www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz for your reserves, renewals and catalogue searching. The picture on the right here shows the floor of the new café taking shape. The pictures below were taken only 3 weeks apart and besides the obvious change in season, according to the trees in the foreground, you can also see the difference in the building frontage. For instance the glass brick wall is gone in picture two, as is the garage extension. Interestingly, the same car is parked in the same place in both photos. Hmmm...

Ko Hikurangi te maunga Ko Waiapu te awa Ko Ngati Porou te iwi Ko Te Whanau o te Uruahi te hapu Ko Tina Toka te marae Rangitepiripiri raua ko Hemi toku matua Ko Lois Haddon toku ingoa Tena koutou katoa My name is Lois Haddon and I am delighted to have recently taken up the position of Deputy Library Manager. I come to Rotorua from the Kapiti Coast where I was employed as the Waikanae Library Manager for the last 3 years. In addition to managing the Waikanae branch I was also the District Team Leader for Collection Development and Children’s and Teen’s Services. Both of these are areas for which I will happily concede to having a particular passion. Prior to that I worked at Wellington City Libraries for 7 years. I started as a Library Assistant at Miramar library which was my first real library position (apart from a stint as a Serials Assistant at the Parliamentary Library) that I took on while I completed my Masters in Library and Information Studies. After a year at Miramar I was offered a position in the Wellington City Libraries Collection Devel-opment Team and eventually went on to become the full time Children’s and Teen’s Selector. Before deciding to take up a career in libraries I worked for a host of Maori provid-ers including Te Runanga o Turanga nui a kiwa and the Maori Land Court. In fact my first job was as a Records Assistant at Rotorua Maori Land Court (next door to the library) nearly 20 years ago! It therefore seems somewhat fitting to have come full circle and I am very much looking forward to what the next few years will bring…

WELCOME, NAU MAI, HAERE MAIWELCOME, NAU MAI, HAERE MAIWELCOME, NAU MAI, HAERE MAIWELCOME, NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

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WHAT’S ON IN NOVEMBER

♦ Book Sale—Saturday 1st and 15th November

⇒ Kuirau Park Old Tea Kiosk

♦ Toy Library GARAGE SALE Saturday 8th November at 10:00am—1:00pm ♦ Reading Round— 26 November at 10:30am

⇒ Topic “Film adaptations of books”

♦ Steve Gurney—Thursday 27th November 2008 at 5:30pm

BOOK SALE ! BOOK SALE ! BOOK SALE !

Every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month

KUIRAU PARK, Old TEA KIOSK

9.00am - 1.00pm Next sales: 1st & 15th November

DISCOVERING DEWEY PART IXDISCOVERING DEWEY PART IXDISCOVERING DEWEY PART IXDISCOVERING DEWEY PART IX We are now up to Dewey class 700, the arts. This class co-vers a wide range of subjects including some which are so closely linked to others in different classes that some people might think them better classed elsewhere. One of these subjects is landscape architecture of “private parks and groups”, that is garden design which is classed at 7.12.6. People may be keen gardeners for years scanning the shelves around Dewey number 635 (gardening) and thinking they have seen everything on offer. But, there are all sorts of great garden design and enhancement ideas in books classed at 712.6. This is the sort of short coming of the Dewey classification system which we hope to improve with the new “living room” arrangement associated with the current Library upgrade. Other parts of Dewey 700 are stuffed full with subjects, for example 746 which is the number for textile arts covering weaving, spinning, felting, embroidery with beading, tatting, crocheting, lace making, appliqué, braiding, macramé, patchwork, knitting and netting and others! Here are the ten divisions of the 700 class: 700 - The arts 710 - Civic & landscape art. 720 - Architecture. 730 - Plastic arts, sculpture. 740 - Drawing, decorative & minor arts. 750 - Painting & paintings. 760 - Graphic arts; prints. 770 - Photography & photographs. 780 - Music. 790 - Recreational & performing arts

Melvil Dewey

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The venue for the MacBeth play will be held at the

City Focus.

Well done ! Ka pai!Well done ! Ka pai!Well done ! Ka pai!Well done ! Ka pai!

WINNERS of the Rotorua Public Library STAR SEARCH were Paula and Jun Lee

Rotorua Public LibraryRotorua Public LibraryRotorua Public LibraryRotorua Public Library welcomes

Steve Gurney Thursday 27th November 2008

at 5.30pm Steve Gurney is one of the finest

endurance athletes in the world. He has

won the Coast to Coast - the unofficial

World Multisport Championships - a

record nine times.

Listen to Steve’s story and get an au-

tographed copy of his book, Lucky Legs.

Presenting the stories behind several generations of seven Maori-Chinese families whose voices have seldom been heard before, this account casts a fascinating light on the historical and contemporary relations between Maori and Chinese in New Zealand. The two groups first came into contact in the late 19th century and often lived and interacted closely, leading to intermarriage and large families. By the 1930s, proximity and similarities had brought many Maori-Chinese families together, the majority of whom had to deal with cultural differences and discrimination …. 993.004951z IP Don Stafford Room Upstairs.

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Did you know that as a member of Rotorua Public Library, you can access thousands of high quality electronic publications, including New Zealand and international full-text journals and mag-azines, photographs and graphics? New Zealand libraries banded together to buy access to a collection of EPIC e-resources which are only available to li-brary members - you will need your li-brary card barcode number to access them via our catalogue.

♦ Completely redesigned for improved navigation

♦ Over 50,000 subject articles and biographies written by over 6,000+ contributors from 98 countries

♦ New! Full text of The Oxford Companion to Music (Alison Lat-ham,2002)

♦ New! Full text of The Oxford Dictionary of Music (Michael Kennedy, 2006)

♦ Over 500 audible musical examples

♦ Improved Works List display

♦ Timelines and Topical Guides provide study tools for teachers and students

♦ Links to Classical Music Library and Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)

♦ Links to the RILM database of Music Bibliography

♦ Direct links from biographies to the

♦ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography/

GROVE MUSIC ONLINE

Your subscription includes: Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music

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NEW MAGAZINES NEW MAGAZINES NEW MAGAZINES NEW MAGAZINES

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. Hazrat Inayat Khan

Swan Peak finds Dave and his sidekick, Clete Purcel, in western Montana, hoping to exorcise the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina with a little trout fishing and clean mountain air…the rugged setting makes a grand stage for these battered characters, living "on the ragged edges of America" and slugging their way through this big, brawling novel.

Movies, Hot Picks and MusicMovies, Hot Picks and MusicMovies, Hot Picks and MusicMovies, Hot Picks and Music

JUMPER: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to tel-eport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has exist-ed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and

those who have sworn to kill them.

THE INVASION: As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers

her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

READING ROUND For adults who enjoy reading

Wednesday 26th November at 10.30am

This month’s topic: “Film adaptations of books”

Everyone most welcome

Used Used Used Used toys galore!toys galore!toys galore!toys galore!

Saturday 8th NovemberSaturday 8th NovemberSaturday 8th NovemberSaturday 8th November

10am 10am 10am 10am ---- 1pm1pm1pm1pm

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AUDITIONS COMMENCE AUDITIONS COMMENCE AUDITIONS COMMENCE AUDITIONS COMMENCE

here at the Library on the following days:

Monday 8th Dec 08 10:00am-12:00pm

Tuesday 9th Dec 08

2:00pm-4:00pm

Wednesday 10th Dec 08 10:00am-12.00pm

Thursday 11 Dec 08

2:00pm-4:00pm

Friday 12 Dec 08 2:00pm-4:00pm