The Mitcham Library Service is continuing to operate due to COVID-19 in a safe manner including masks, QR codes and hand sanitiser. We monitor and review the situation and provide updates on our social media channels and website. |
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Public holiday closures
Easter Friday 15 April - Monday 18 April
Anzac Day Monday 25 April
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The Mitcham Memorial Library and Blackwood Library will be closed for Easter and Anzac Day.
The after hours returns chutes will be open. When full they will automatically close off. Please do not leave items outside the library as you will remain responsible for these items.
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Build-a-play theatre workshop
Mitcham Memorial Library | Wednesday 20 April | 2pm - 5pm
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Unleash your creativity and develop your very own play! As a team we will develop, construct and perform a play YOU helped develop. Participants will learn the process of developing a story-line, plot, creating a character, costuming and more!
For youth 12-17 years.
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How to become a Twitch streamer
Mitcham Memorial Library | Friday 22 April | 10.30am - 11.30am
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Come and hear Twitch partner Lycel give advice on how to become a content creator, cultivate an audience for your gaming.
Bring along your questions and learn the ins and outs of Twitch.tv.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Mitcham Memorial Library | Thursday 21 April | 11.20am - 3.30pm
Hawthorn Community Centre | Saturday 23 April | 1pm - 5pm
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Come along and play D&D.
Make new friends and have fun at this session, facilitated by South Australian Youth Arts.
For ages 8 - 17
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Magical creature craft workshops
Mitcham Memorial Library | Tuesday 26 April
10am | 11.30am | 1pm
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Get the kids crafting these holidays with a Magical Creature Craft Workshop.
Create a range of fun crafts in this 1 hour session, presented in partnership with South Australian Youth Arts.
Children 5 & under must be supervised by an adult.
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Free collect a craft
Blackwood and Mitcham Memorial Libraries
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Looking for something to do with the kids over the holidays? We have craft packs to collect from the Libraries and make at home.
Week 1 | Rocket
Week 2 | Spinning UFO
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Free lucky dip craft table
Blackwood Library
A lucky dip craft to make through the holidays will be available for families at Blackwood Library.
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Easter crafts
Cumberland Park Community Centre | Saturday 9 April | 10am
Mitcham Cultural Village | Wednesday 13 April | 4pm
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Come along and get the kids egg-cited about Easter! Get messy making Easter bonnets and baskets, then head outdoors and fill them up with an Easter egg hunt.
Presented in partnership with South Australian Youth Arts.
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Welcome to our fortnightly small group digital literacy course, Being Digital. Each session offers a one-hour short course on a variety of technology topics.
Getting to know your iPad/iPhone
Getting to know your Android phone/tablet
Introduction to Windows 10
Free | Limited places | Bookings essential through Eventbrite links above
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Join us for a series of one hour webinars at Mitcham Memorial Library, followed by a Q&A with library staff. These webinars are hosted by BeConnected, and include a variety of useful technology and e-safety tips.
Safer online shopping and banking
How to use government websites
Selling safely online
Helpful apps for your smartphone
Free | Limited places | Bookings essential through Eventbrite links above
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Poetry reading: Of Magpies and Kookaburras
Blackwood Library | Monday 9 May | 1.30pm
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Join us for a poetry reading from Of Magpies and Kookaburras by local poet Margaret Samways, read by Sally Ann Hunter and Dianne Reid. Samways provides a glimpse into her life that includes happy, sad, touching, and introspective moments that remind others that this journey on Earth is meant to be lived fully and not without laughter and tears.
Books will be available for sale.
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The City of Mitcham supports Climate Action Now.
Sign the pledge at the Libraries and collect a sign to put up at home.
Corflutes available at the Libraries. More information here
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Sydney Writers' Festival 2022 - Live Streaming
16 - 22 May 2022
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Mitcham Memorial Library will once again be streaming limited sessions of Sydney Writers' Festival in May.
Friday 20 May
9.30am – 10.30am | Art Spiegelman
11.30am – 12.30pm | Michelle de Kretser and Christos Tsiolkas
1.30pm – 2.30pm | Steve Toltz
Saturday 21 May
9.30am – 10.30am | Barrie Cassidy and friends: Election 2022
12pm – 1pm | TBA
1.30pm – 2.30pm | Maxine Beneba Clark and Omar Musa
Sunday 22 May
1.30pm – 2.30pm | Liane Moriarty and Caroline Overington
3.30pm – 4.30pm | I Was Wrong (a series of Festival guests)
The full Writers' Week Live streaming program can be found here.
Free | Limited seating
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We are proud to introduce our newest subscription! The Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre is free to access for all Mitcham Library Service members. It is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast. Perfect for hobbyists, students, and researchers alike.
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New directions
The staff recently held a breakfast in our lovely Mitcham Memorial Gardens to say farewell to Andree Brett as one of our Team Leaders.
Andree has led the staff through many changes over 14 years and her calm, caring and wise presence will be greatly missed.
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2022 Community Groups
New dates are available for all free community groups including:
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French Classes
We have 3 levels of French classes on Wednesdays during school terms.
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Lost a pair of glasses, a bookmark or even a well loved child’s toy? This old postcard from 1907 was in a book.
Ask staff to check out lost property if you think you may have left something behind. We really do like finding homes for lost items.
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Book Discussion Groups - spaces available! |
There are limited spaces available at both Mitcham and Blackwood book groups. Groups meet monthly on set days.
Vacancies:
- Mitcham 4A - meets Wednesdays 3.30pm
- Mitcham 5B - meets Tuesdays 2pm
- Blackwood 3B - meets Saturdays 2pm
- Blackwood 4B - meets Thursdays 6.30pm
If you are interested in connecting with fellow bibliophiles and discussing books in a friendly environment, send us an email at library@mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au
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A Justice of the Peace will be available at the Library on the following days where the Library is open:
Mitcham Memorial Library
154 Belair Road, Hawthorn
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
10am to 12pm
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Blackwood Library
215 Main Road, Blackwood
Mondays 10am to 12pm
Wednesdays 10am to 12pm
No appointment necessary.
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Blackwood Library during the bushfire season |
The Blackwood Library will close when an EXTREME or CATASTROPHIC fire warning is declared for the Mount Lofty Ranges District.
Library items can be returned via the after-hours chutes. When full the chute will automatically close off. Please do not leave items if the chutes are closed.
The Mitcham Memorial Library remains open as usual.
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Mitcham Memorial Library
8372 8244
Blackwood Library
8372 8255
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