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Vision Australia Information Library Service

Locality: Kooyong

Phone: +61 1300 654 656

Address: 454 Glenferrie Road 3144 Kooyong, VIC, Australia

Website: www.visionaustralia.org/living-with-low-vision/library

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25.01.2022 As 2014 draws to a close we have a couple of farewells and best wishes to pass on. Stuart Clifford has been a member of our Reader Services Team for 7 years and leaves us to begin a new chapter of his life moving to Singapore. We wish him, Sharon and the family all the best and thank him for all the humour, courtesy and support he has given us over the years.

25.01.2022 Calling all budding women crime writers. Sisters in Crime in Brisbane have announced an award for the best unpublished crime story of 5,000 words or under as part of their annual Scarlet Stilletto Awards. What makes this award interesting is that the main protagonist must have a disability. Entries close on the 31st August, but if you dont make the deadline this year, there is always 2015. Read more about the Liz Navratil award below.

24.01.2022 Hear an interview with Authorprenuer Hazel Edwards, author of Writing a Non Boring Family History, talking about memoir writing. Perfect timing if you are spring cleaning and finding old photos, letters and other bits and bobs. Perhaps this will inspire you to put pen to paper for future generations....

24.01.2022 Curling up with a good read is certainly one of the most relaxing things you can do. Today from 6.00pm - 7.00pm, it is the National Reading Hour. For this hour reading becomes more important than anything else. In libraries and homes, across Australia people will be sitting down and reading. Yes! Just reading! They will be reading to their family, reading to groups or just reading for the sake of reading! So turn off the T.V, turn your phone off and just spend some time reading.

24.01.2022 This week is National Missing Persons Week The 2014 focus is on Dementia and Missing persons. The rate of moderate to severe dementia among Australians is one in 15 people over the age of 65. We have some great resources on dementia in our Library in audio and Braille; just go to our catalogue and type dementia in the search box. #dementiaawareness #missingpersonsweek

24.01.2022 Missing Persons Week 2014 - Dementia and Missing Persons is almost finished and we thought we would end the week here with this lovely article about an Amsterdam care home that embraces the changes that can come with age with warmth and empathy.

23.01.2022 For some Friday inspiration; a list of the most life-changing books by women, as compiled by CBC books. Borrow them from our catalogue!

23.01.2022 We were honoured to have Dr Anita Heiss on Hear This talking about what this years NAIDOC theme means to her. Anita is the author of Am I Black Enough for You? and some great modern womens fiction such as Avoiding Mr Right and Manhattan Dreaming, Just search for her name in the i-access catalogue to request her books. If you missed the interview, we have a link to it here: http://play.viostream.com/ Photograph of Dr Anita Heiss was taken by Amanda James

21.01.2022 What do you make of this interesting art installation from an artist in Scotland? From the Guardian Newspaper... "The Future Library project, conceived by the award-winning young Scottish artist Katie Paterson, began, quietly, this summer, with the planting of a forest of 1,000 trees in Nordmarka, just outside Oslo. It will slowly unfold over the next century. Every year until 2114, one writer will be invited to contribute a new text to the collection, and in 2114, the trees will be cut down to provide the paper for the texts to be printed and, finally, read" Read more from the article and also find out what the author and first contributor Margaret Atwood has to say.

21.01.2022 One of our intrepid Librarians in Reader Services is taking part in an art project about the evolving roles of libraries, librarians and information management throughout history for the Melbourne Fringe Festival this year. Good luck to our very own Peter Duggan for embodying the human element in this age of information overload ...

20.01.2022 Its been childrens book week this week, and childrens book writers and illustrators have been celebrated in libraries and schools all over Australia. This years winners of the Childrens book week awards included the picture book Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan. The swap by Jan Ormerod. And for the Older reader wildlife by Fiona Wood. Do you still have a small collection of picture books on your bookshelf? One of mine is Fernand the Bull. The bull who just wanted to smell flowers. You may remember it too?

20.01.2022 With so much sadness in the news of late, you may feel like a bit of a lift. Why not have a read of some Australian Rural Romance? The recipe for this growing genre of fiction starts with a bit of Mills and Boons traditional romance simmering away, add heaps of strong, realistic female and male characters, toss in a few large dollops of gritty suspense/mystery or family drama and sprinkle liberally with spice! We recommend Bonwyn Parry, Honey Brown, Nicole Alexander and many more.....

19.01.2022 Did you miss our chat with Miriam Margolyes? Catch up on what you missed as Miriam talks about Dickens, life and her upcoming show for 2015 The Importance of Being Miriam https://soundcloud.com/frances-j-key/1-miriam-margolyes

18.01.2022 That feeling you have when you find a book that you have been wanting to read for ages....

18.01.2022 Help celebrate The Indigenous Literacy Foundation today for this Years Indigenous Literacy Day. From the website: "Indigenous Literacy Day aims to help raise funds to raise literacy levels and improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote and isolated regions. We need your support to help raise funds to buy books and literacy resources for children in these communities" Their page has lots of great links including events to celebrate the day and raise awareness.

17.01.2022 Thank you for following the Vision Australia Library Facebook page. Wed love to keep hearing from you and sharing content that you find interesting. To do this we would like to ask you to like the Vision Australia Facebook page. This is where you will find all future posts about the library as well as information about the other services that Vision Australia provides. Library content will be identified using the tag #VALibrary. To stay connected please hit like on the Vision Australia page today. See you there!

16.01.2022 Just how did we develop our Daisy online 3G Player? On Hear This we spoke to one of our tech mavericks, Ed Gamble about how an idea, a Daisy disc player, some caterpillar clips and lots of coffee turned into 2,000 online players currently being used by our Library members in the comfort of their own homes. https://soundcloud.com//ed-gamble-talks-about-the-daisy-on

16.01.2022 Our second farewell is to the wonderful staff at the Christian Blind Mission Library (CBM), who have been supplying audio material for nearly 40 years. We know that all of their clients will greatly miss the periodicals and devotionals that CBM made available over these years. Vision Australia Library will continue to provide the Christian talking books in Daisy, so please let us know if you would like to know more about this collection. Pictured are Stephanie, Ross and Phil from the CBM Library. We thank them, we will miss them and they will always be Honorary Members of the Readers Services team

14.01.2022 What place do public libraries and librarians hold in this information age? Artist Arie Glorie and Reader Services Librarian Peter Duggan got to explore, contemplate and interpret the role of The Librarian and libraries as a third place at the Melbourne Library Service https://soundcloud.com//arie-glorie-and-peter-duggan-talk-

13.01.2022 On Hear This Anne Ford speaks with Library at the Docks Justine McCarthy and Lisa Lang about their Story Lounge. Lisa is a professional Storyteller and provides an hour of reading aloud for anyone who wants to pop in from their apartment or office and take some time out to listen, while taking in the views of Victoria Harbour. Call 03 9658 9998 or email [email protected] to find out more.

13.01.2022 In praise of Braille! Read the winning essays from the Onkyo World Braille Essay Contest. #Braille #a11y #EBU

12.01.2022 Banned Books Week; Sometimes lurid, sometimes hilarious, most times inexplicable and always of concern; particularly as it still happens in schools and libraries throughout the world. Here is a little retrospective on the wonderful world of books and authors the Australian Authorities thought we shouldnt read ..

11.01.2022 We hope one and all are feeling well for RUOK? Day. Sometimes animals can ask the question without words, just like Jamies dog Gamboler in our photo. But if you are human its probably better to ask verbally. Not so awkward. Seriously though, our thoughts go our to all who may be struggling at present with mental and emotional health issues. The RUOK? website can be found at https://ruok.org.au/

11.01.2022 Today is Vietnam Veterans Day.The Vietnam War was the longest major conflict in which Australians have been involved; it lasted ten years, from 1962 to 1972, and took place at the same time radical and divisive changes were occurring in Australian society. Some sought active service willingly while others were unwilling conscripts via the Birthday Ballot. Visit our Library catalogue I-access online, search Vietnam War and you will find some fantastic books in our collection such as veteran Barry Heard with Well Done, Those Men or Tears on My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam by Narelle Biedermann, and many more

10.01.2022 Books to send a shiver down your spine! Whether your taste runs to handsome vampires, veangeful ghosts, zombie apocalypses or wicked witches, we have books in Braille and audio to put goosebumps on your goosebumps and a chill in your thrill... http://i-accessonline.visionaustralia.org/Pag/results.aspx

10.01.2022 The passing of Gough Whitlam has reawakened interest in his long life and enduring legacy. We have quite a few books in Braille and audio that you may find interesting, including Goughs autobiography, Abiding Interests and Jenny Hockings comprehensive biography, Gough Whitlam: His Time. We have books on 70s politics and the politicians of the day by commentators such as Laurie Oakes, Mungo McCallum and others, as well as The Dismissal, written by Paul kelly We also have Margaret Whitlams autobiography My Other World. Just click on the i-access link to below to find our Whitlam books and in the meantime we hope you enjoy this lovely family photo. http://i-accessonline.visionaustralia.org/Pag/results.aspx

09.01.2022 We were absolutely thrilled to bits to be visited by acclaimed English actress Miriam Margoyles. Miriam met up with Tracey, one of our staunchest library members who read some Harry Potter in Braille to mark the occasion. After a delightful afternoon tea, Miriam then came up to the Vision Australia Radio studios to chat about her love of Charles Dickens, her work and becoming an Australian citizen. You can hear this interview on Hear This, the Library radio show on January 9th #MiriamMargoyles

09.01.2022 This March, Vision Australia are celebrating Seeing Eyes Dogs Australia (SEDA) . So in the spirit of things we will have Sheila Hocken, author of the well loved Emma and I on our Library Radio show Hear This. Stay turned and let us know of any questions you would love to ask her. In the meantime here is a link to all of Sheilas Emma books available on I-access: http://i-accessonline.visionaustralia.org/Pag/results.aspx

07.01.2022 Fabulous Insight into the past Booker Prize winning novels A collection of audio podcasts with winning author interviews and book excerpts from the Man Booker Awards Soundcloud page. As the 2014 winner will be announced in October, we hope they will update the podcasts shortly

06.01.2022 Curious about our next generation of Daisy players? Already 600 of our Library members are currently enjoying their audio books, magazines, podcasts and daily and weekly newspapers using our 3G Daisy player without waiting for books in the mail or sending back piles of CDs. Michael Simpson, Manager of Vision Australias Accessible Information Solutions (or AIS which includes the Library), has overseen the development from the start and you can hear Michael discuss this on Hear This ....

06.01.2022 We have some fantastic news for users of ipads, iphones and ipods. Read2go is an app that can be purchased from the itunes store making it possible to download our daisy books, magazines and newspapers directly onto your devices. Please find below a short video with audio description on exactly how to do this and please call us if you have any queries.

06.01.2022 Well its Friday and here we are a week into November. Just where has the year gone? One of our Library members came in today with a beautiful bunch of roses handpicked from her garden, which brightened our day considerably. A big thankyou to Leonie and have a great weekend everyone *smile*

03.01.2022 Australian author Morris Lurie also passed away this month. Known for his acerbic wit and sharp obversational skills he was an expert at the art of short story writing with his work appearing in The New Yorker and other prestigious Literary journals. We have quite a few of his short story collections in Braille and audio, and also his autobiography whole Life in which he tells of growing up in a Jewish family in Carlton in the 40s. Here is the list from our catalogue: http://i-accessonline.visionaustralia.org/Pag/results.aspx https://www.facebook.com/VALibrary/manager#!/VALibrary

03.01.2022 Read Watch Play are celebrating Movember by discussing book characters who sport a moustache. Hercule Poirot is one proud flourisher of these facial furry fixtures. Read on... http://readwatchplay.wordpress.com/

03.01.2022 Its National Diabetes week and as this great slice recipe provided by the Australian Diabetes Association shows, you can eat all the right foods as a diabetic and still have a slice or two this yummy sweet treat. Unfortunately for many people with Diabetes and Diabetes Retinopathy - which causes damage to the very small blood vessels on the back of the eye leading to vision loss - can be a real issue. That said, its not all bad news (did we mention the slice?) By eating the... right food and maintaining good glucose levels, Diabetes Retinopathy is something that can be avoided. We hope you enjoy the slice. http://www.australiandiabetescouncil.com//date-and-muesli/

02.01.2022 Karens Roller-coaster Ride : a journal of living with type 1 diabetes by Australian writer Karen Nelson rounds off our reading suggestions for National Diabetes Week 2014. The book was written in collaboration with Shanne Kast, a diabetes educator. We have this book in our collection in audio if you would like to borrow it. To join in some discussions and find some good info visit the Diabetes Australia Vic Facebook page or find some great resources on the Diabetes Australia webpage

02.01.2022 Sweet and Sour: a Diabetic Life by Peter Corris Most people know Peter Corris as the creator of the Australian detective series featuring investigator Cliff Hardy. Peter has also written a personal account of his diagnosis and coming to terms with diabetes. This book is available from our library in audio and you may like to read this interesting article by Peter Corris on coming to terms with blindness #Diabetes #nationaldiabetesweek