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Bourke Public Library

Locality: Bourke, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6872 2751

Address: 46 Mitchell St 2840 Bourke, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.bourkelibrary.com.au

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25.01.2022 Try our brand new kids escape room game online. https://view.genial.ly/5f16f6f4/game-breakout-kids-breakout

25.01.2022 BorrowBox is Always Open your library in one app. BorrowBox is the leading and most user-friendly digital lending solution of eBook and eAudiobooks in the world. To download and install the app, simply search for ‘BorrowBox’ in the Apple App Store or on the Google Play Store and follow the prompts. Once installed, open BorrowBox and enter your login details to begin enjoying the best range of content since digital lending began!... If you wish to access BorrowBox from a PC or Mac then you can follow this link: https://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_/b2i/mainPage.html If you wish to become a Library member please visit the library. Don’t hesitate to contact Bourke Library directly via email or phone if you have any questions about the award-winning BorrowBox App.

21.01.2022 We still have 6 Christmas craft kits left if anyone would like one.

21.01.2022 It's National Science Week, and we are celebrating with some fun online activities. Check out our website, www.bourkelibrary.com.au, for science escape rooms for adults and kids. Once you've solved the escape room, bring the solution to the library to collect your prize! We also have a colouring in competition for the kids. Forms can be picked up at the library, and need to be returned by Friday 28th August. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

19.01.2022 Christmas craft kits now available to pick up at the library.

19.01.2022 Here is the first version of our slideshow. Many more still to be added, and we will continue to update over coming weeks. Don't forget to send in your photos and stories so that we can add them!

18.01.2022 Don't forget to enter our trivia challenge tonight at 7:00pm. Questions will be posted on our website in the National Science Week page. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

18.01.2022 Great new titles available now through BorrowBox. #borrowbox #alwaysavailable

17.01.2022 Portia and George read Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford for National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) 2020 #NSS2020 #1millionkidsreading

17.01.2022 Read any good ebooks lately? We were blown away to find out that NSW public libraries have collectively processed over 800,000 eloans since the #Covid19 lockdown! Get access to thousands of ebooks, audio books, online newspapers and magazines, and more. All you need is a Library card.... Join online here: https://bourke.libero.com.au/libero/WebOpac.cls #LIW2020 #MyLibraryGetsMe

16.01.2022 The library is currently closed until further notice due to a water leak. We apologise for any inconvenience.

14.01.2022 Bourke Public Library is open again and welcomes everyone back to the library. The library is open from Monday 1st June, with limited hours. On Monday 1st and Tuesday 2rd June the library will open for 2 hours from 11:00am to 1:00pm while we ensure we have everything in place to make the library safe for staff and customers. From Wednesday 3rd June the library will be open from11:00am to 3:00pm Monday to Friday, with an extra hour on Mondays from 10:00am to 11:00am and on Thu...rsdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm for seniors only. While the library was physically closed, there were many online offerings to enjoy including virtual storytime, online book club, ebooks, Zoom craft and more. Although some of these offerings were only temporary, library users can always access eBooks, eAudio and eMags through Borrowbox, RB Digital and indyreads, as well as our many online databases. While the library was physically closed, we still had 36 people join the library online, 525 visits to our website, 148 eBook loans, 59 new Facebook page likes, and our Facebook posts had 1212 engagements. Now that its open again you can find many new titles on the shelves, a calendar of full of fun and dynamic programs and much more. Library users can give their feedback about what they missed most from the library at bit.ly/MissedMyLibrary. If you have any questions please feel free to call the library on 0268722751 or email at [email protected]. See more

13.01.2022 Watch out for our National Science Week Trivia Challenge on Friday night. Questions will be posted on our website at 7:00pm Friday 21st August. Go to our website www.bourkelibrary.com.au and click on National Science Week to download the questions. https://www.scienceweek.net.au

12.01.2022 It's National Science Week this week, and to celebrate, we have take home craft packs available. Call or email to reserve your pack. Don't forget we also have our colouring in competition on at the moment, so make sure to grab an entry form. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

10.01.2022 National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is back for its 20th year! Join us on Wednesday 27 May 2020 at 11:00am to enjoy the story of Whitney and Britney the Chicken Divas! Although we can’t celebrate NSS as we normally do, there are still many ways you can participate! - Through Story Box Library, NSS 2020 participants will be able to watch Emma Watkins from The Wiggles read this year’s book, with a guest appearance from creator Lucinda Gifford and real-life chickenettes! Logi...n with your library membership card here: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/libraries - Join the book’s author Lucinda Gifford reading the story live on either Scholastic Australia or the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Facebook pages. This will be the first ever live reading by an NSS author! - The State Library of NSW have lined up Australian Children’s Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky for a special live reading of this year’s book. Limited to 500 registrations. Register here: https://bit.ly/2WX9Vev - Join Denise Scott on ABC Kids and ABC Kids iview as she reads from the Play School Story Time couch - Hold your own Story Time at home (be sure to dress up!), with a PDF copy of the book available here: https://bit.ly/3d2CGfl - You might also like to make this microphone or egg cosie craft: https://bit.ly/3d6fP2I - Or add your own glamour to these chicken diva colouring in pages: https://bit.ly/2ZvasGd - There is also a Whitney and Britney jigsaw puzzle to complete: https://bit.ly/2yyfRkM - Download this awesome activity pack and learn more about chickens and even design your very own chicken coop: https://bit.ly/2zroWME - Visit Learn From Play to download teaching resources and activities: https://bit.ly/2ZvfjqV - Download this fun resource pack which includes instructions on making your own tiara and picture frames, as well as some find-a-word and crossword puzzles: https://bit.ly/3gdJc53 #NSS2020 #1millionkidsreading

09.01.2022 We still have a few holiday craft packs left. If you would like a pack please request on by email or Facebook.

08.01.2022 Children's Book Week is coming up. This years theme is Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. Check out the video for some interesting facts for curious minds. #CBCA2020

07.01.2022 Children's Book Week 2020 is on this week! We have lots of fun competitions available for kids aged up to 12 years. Make sure to have a go at scavengers materials to make your own curious creature!. Competitions are available on our website, www.bourkelibrary.com.au. Click the link on the homepage to download them. Competitions close on Friday 6th November. #CBCA2020

07.01.2022 Bourke Public Library is seeking photos of servicemen and women from Bourke. At the moment we are particularly after those who served in WWII, although we are interested in any of the wars. We are looking to compile the data and photos, and will be putting together a slideshow like the one we created for WWI. If anyone has any photos they are willing to give us a copy of, it would be greatly appreciated.

07.01.2022 Are you aged 16-22 and living in regional Australia with a story to tell? Share what life is like in your part of the world with the ABC’s Heywire Competition! Winners have their story featured on the ABC and receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the Heywire Regional Youth Summit. Enter now! http://www.abc.net.au/heywire/competition/

06.01.2022 Great news from Ancestry - they have extended remote access until the end of August! All you need is a library card to access this fantastic service. If you are already a library member, go to our library website www.bourkelibrary.com.au and select Library Catalogue. Log in to Member Sevices and access Ancestry in the menu on the left. If you're not already a member, you can sign up online through the library website and get started on your family history today!

04.01.2022 The library will be re-opening at 10am today. We thank you for your patience while closed.

01.01.2022 Holiday craft packs now available at the library. Numbers are limited, please request a pack if you would like one. There is a limit of 2 packs per family. Packs MUST be collected by 5:00pm Tuesday 14th July.