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AlburyCity Libraries:community hubs

Albury LibraryMuseumAlbury LibraryMuseum opened to the public 27 July 2007A formal and community celebration attracting 7000 visitors to the opening dayA key element in Alburys cultural precinct

The BuildingDesigned by Architects ARM Design concept of a building for the 21st century but drawn from the regions historyDesign inspirations include the Railway bridge across the Murray River, and the Kiewa street landscaping representing the Murray River landscapeDesigned to be a community multi-use space: a community hub

Albury LibraryMuseum FreeTo enterTo borrow booksTo use technology To access many programs and services

Open 7 daysMonday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am 7pmTuesday, Friday 10am 5pmSaturday 10am 4pmSunday 12noon 4pm

How are we faring - quantitatively Key statistics2006 -07 Pre LibraryMuseum 2007 08Albury LibraryMuseum 2011 - 12Albury LibraryMuseum Floor space1500 sqm (combined previous Library & Museum)3000 sqm3000 sqm Visitors 150,000 Library9,000 - Museum247,000 211,000Loans180,000 268,000254,000Exhibitions6 per year 16 per year17 per yearOpening hours42hrs Museum over 7 days60hrs Library over 6 days 51 hrs over 7days 51 hrs over 7 daysHow are we faring - qualitativelyA wide ranging demographic visits the LibraryMuseum, although many more women than men, and more professional people than trades people. There is a wide ranging mix of ages visiting the facility including the 13 25 year old age group, which traditionally move away from visiting cultural institutions. Overwhelmingly our visitors like and our proud of the LibraryMuseum its architecture, ambience, community nature, accessibility and range of services, collections, exhibitions and programs.

Library zoneA range of materials for lending including:Fiction books in genre categoriesLarge print booksNon-fiction books Magazines and newspapers DVDs, Videos, Books on CDE-Library: Kindles for loan, e-audio and e-booksHome Energy Saver kits

Library zone Specific areas for all visitors Kidspace Young Adult area

Comfortable seating throughoutNewspapers to read

InfozoneSkilled staff to provide assistanceLocal & family history materials:Books, Border Mail on microfilm, access to the Museum heritage collection Information materials Small exhibitionsStudy areas Small LibraryMuseum shop

Infozone technology20 Personal computers available for free use to the public for accessing the internet, word processing, researching family history and scanning. 2 computers have adaptive technologyA free wireless network is available throughout the building. Internet awareness sessions

ExhibitionsExhibition spaces are located throughout the buildingMain temporary exhibition space allows for a changing exhibitions program to cater for a wide range of ages and interests, including national touring exhibitions and home grown exhibitionsGlass display case as you enter the buildingLane Gallery exhibitons

FROCK STARS: Inside AustralianFashion Week

Crossing Place Exhibition Permanent exhibition telling the story of Albury from first contact with the Wiradjuri traditional owners of the land to the city of today.Themes of indigenous ownership, immigration, industry, war, transport and people are explored.Bonegilla, Hume Dam and the Uiver story are just some of the features.

Community spaces Meeting rooms for hireUpstairs rooms with technology, kitchen accessDownstairs activity rooms Community and commercial rates

Community exhibition wall

New Lavington Library one stop shop The new Lavington Library will aim to provide excellence in service provision across Library and Council customer services. The centrally located facility will offer a ground floor library and council customer service centre in North Point Tower, Lavington, providing a modern and enhanced space for the Lavington community, double the size at 450sqm, of the current library. Key features of the facility include:One Stop Shop for all Council Services including payments, applications, requests and enquiries. 12 Public access computers and Wifi throughout the facilityLibraries collection of 22,000 books, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs and e-books

New Lavington Library one stop shop

AlburyCity Libraries programs and servicesService to housebound library membersPrograms for children and families including baby bounce, toddler time and storytime sessions, after school reading clubsExhibition openingsBook ClubsLiterary film nightsSchool visits and programs

Write around the Murray FestivalAnnual Write around the Murray Festival ,4 8 September 2013 : a signature arts based annual festival in Albury that celebrates writing, reading, illustrating and storytellingAimsTo provide skill development opportunities and generally promote and encourage local writers, storytellers and illustrators To support the programs of the Albury LibraryMuseum and Lavington Library and develop new audiences for these venuesTo provide innovative opportunities for the invoking and telling of community stories and memoriesTo develop and grow audiences for the festival as part of regional Cultural Tourism strategy

Write around the Murray FestivalThe current mix of events has been constant over the past 3 years including: a K 12 schools program, a literary lunch, a festival dinner with keynote speaker and a celebrity wood-fire oven bake writing and illustrations workshops, including a master class and a young adult writing workshop and one on one mentoring sessionsbook launches and a Book of the festivalpanel sessions on topics such as the future of news and news making and the road to publishing a bookindigenous story telling sessions, writing competitions and poetry eveningsa range

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Partnership Projects

Potential partnership projectsProjects that encourage life-long learning through fostering literacyPoetry Object Project: Young writers and their teachers submit poems and photographs about objects that are special to them. Participants inThe Poetry Object created beautiful installations to displaytheir poems and photographsat their school or at their local library. Books for Babies packs containing a picture/activity book for very young babies, literature on the value of literacy , a library card and program detail for the City Library all housed in a Library Bag and given to each new parent and baby. Short play competition being planned for 2014 Write around the Murray Festival