Did you know 2019 is designated The Year of Outback Tourism in Queensland and since April regional Councils in western Queensland are hosting events and programs celebrating lifestyle and tourism in the outback? State Library of Queensland is joining in the spirit of outback Queensland – connecting people to the John Oxley Library collections representing … Read more
Queensland Seniors Week is just around the corner, falling this year on 17-25 August. The week celebrates all things ‘senior’, and seeks to activate community awareness on issues around aging across the board, including seniors of indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Seniors Week provides opportunities for the breaking down of social isolation and … Read more
Is your library community ready to tackle cyberbullying? Young Queenslanders and community groups can apply for a grant to put their ideas into action. Grants are being offered by the Queensland Government to young Queenslanders aged 10-17 and community organisations to help tackle online bullying in their local communities. You can apply for grants to … Read more
Over 700 people ‘came’, ‘saw it’ and ‘did it’ at Tableland’s ‘See It Do It Library Day’ on Saturday 25 May 2019. The full day event was designed promote the diversity of activities on offer to the community, highlighting the library as ‘more than just a place to borrow and read books.’ Activities held on … Read more
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Kanopy the on-demand streaming service has hundreds of Indigenous films and documentaries perfect for screening in NAIDOC Week (7-14 July). Access to Kanopy is available for all Queensland Indigenous Knowledge Centres, public … Read more
Do you wish you had the tools and skills to provide guidance to clients conducting family history research? Or do you just need to refresh your skills? Then tune in to the Getting started in family history – Australian births, deaths and marriages indexes on Tuesday 2 July 2019, 1−1.45pm. An expert from the State … Read more
The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department is seeking to distribute reports from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Commission) to places where they can be readily accessed by the public. Public libraries, government agencies or non-government stakeholders that can house copies of the Royal Commission reports for public use are asked … Read more
Karen Postle and Chris Pulford, from Wandoan Library, might see themselves as just doing their job, but ask anyone in the Wandoan community and they’ll tell you that they are one of the lynch-pins of the local community. Servicing a population of just over 500 people, Wandoan Library is one of nine branches in the … Read more
Did you miss the Realising Our Potential – Rural Libraries Queensland (RLQ) and Small libraries Workshop held in Brisbane, Tuesday 30 April to Thursday 2 May 2019? Or perhaps you did attend and missed some vital information. If so, the 2019 RLQ and small libraries workshop revisit webinar is your chance to revisit what was … Read more
Last week during the Sensory Storytime webinar we heard from three different library services on the approaches they take to program and facilitate early literacy programs that are inclusive and responsive to children and families who experience sensory challenges. These sensory challenges can include developmental delays, children that live with Autism, children with sensory processing … Read more
