3 August 2015

Winter warmers at the Library

Movie - Still Alice
Branch: Paynesville Service Centre
Date: Friday 14 AugustFriday, 14 August 2015
Time: 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm2.30pm – 4.30pm
Description: Dr. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is a renowned linguistics professor at Columbia University. When words begin to escape her and she starts becoming lost on her daily jogs, Alice must come face-to-face with a devastating diagnosis: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As the once-vibrant woman struggles to hang on to her sense of self for as long as possible, Alice's three grown children must watch helplessly as their mother disappears more and more with each passing day.

Family History Month Workshops – 4 sessions
Branch: Paynesville Library
Date: Thursday 20 AugustThursday, 20 August 2015
Session 1
9.00 am - 10,30 am: Ancestry.com
Explore your family tree using Ancestry.com library edition
Session 2
11.30 am - 12.30 pm: National Archives of Australia
View war records from the National Archives of Australia.
Session 3
1.30 pm - 3.00 pm PROV
Obtain wills and other digitized material from the past using the Public Record Office of Victoria.
Session 4
3.30 pm - 5.00 pm: Trove Newspapers
View historic newspapers and photographs using Trove, an online resource of the National Library of Australia.

If you would like to book onto any of these please call us here at Paynesville on 5153 9500 alternatively you can pop in for a visit and book in person. Limited numbers do apply.

Tech Savvy workshops

Facebook and other social media
Branch: Paynesville Library
Date: Monday 10 AugustMonday, 10 August 2015
Time: 10.00 am - 12.30 pm10.00am – 12.30pm
Description: In this session, you will be shown through the world’s largest social media application, Facebook.  We will discuss what it is, how it works and how to protect your privacy.  We will also briefly discuss some other popular social media applications.

Introduction to email
Branch: Paynesville Library
Date: Monday 10 AugustMonday, 10 August 2015
Time: 1.00 pm - 3.30 pm 1.00pm – 3.30pm
Description: This workshop covers the use of an email application including sending and receiving emails, using attachments, managing your address book and creating folders.

If you would like to book onto any of these please call us here at Paynesville on 5153 9500 alternatively you can pop in for a visit and book in person. Limited numbers do apply.

Vivan Waring author talk