We have new books you can enjoy over summer!

We also have other titles like 'Scarecrow & The Army Of Thieves' by Matthew Reilly or 'Blue Water High' by Shelley Birse.

Please come to the Library to borrow these great reads!!  Library site is at : https://thebremer.qldtafe.spydus.com/

Images: http://www.dymocks.com.au/, accessed 5 Dec 2012.

Library hours will reduce soon!

3^rd December – 21 December.

Monday – Thursday  8 am – 4 pm

Friday 8 am – 12 noon.

Closed 24^th December – 4^th January 2013

7^th January – 24^th January (Thursday)

Monday – Thursday  8 am – 4 pm

Friday 8 am – 12 noon.

Friday 25^th January hours will be 8 am - 4pm

Normal evening hours resume from Tuesday 29^th January (Closed: Australian Day Holiday 28^th January)

Image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHHinR9uZq4XA2Zb4LcWqfFUnIpTLrS1ZdWG0Bq-WXDxJGxv4tqBWT-5n6qvBlL1rhdjOE4qa7bWUKP3lhnk4jq0gHAPU5aisXzkgeZnDDtZlsOHmn2mi6KmLgFmjCM1Vnd-RwkJx5nL2/s1600/Happy_holidays_a12.gif, accessed 20 November 2012.

Blue water high, if you liked the TV show we've got the novel!

If you liked the TV show here the book!.  Blue Water High by Shelley Birse is now available as one of our latest fiction acquisitions.

Image: http://avenuebookstore.com.au/product/143350-BlueWaterHigh-9780330423663, accessed 1 November 2012

New Fiction for your Library!

This month we have a great read.  It's 'Sold' by Zana Muhsen.  This is a true story of one woman's life lived as a modern slave.

Please come to the Library to borrow this books and other great reads!

Image: http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/0751509515/, accessed 8 October 2012

Library Holiday Hours

Bremer TAFE Library holiday hours during semester 2
(September 24th - 28th and October 2nd - 5th) are:

• Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm
• Friday                      8:00am - 12:00pm

Note: Monday October 1st is a public holiday

New to the library: The story of Edgar Sawtelle

Visit the library to borrow 'The story of Edgar Sawtelle', a captivating debut novel from David Wroblewski.

"On a farm in remote northern Wisconsin the mute and brilliant Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents.  But when his beloved father mysteriously dies, Edgar blames himself.  Grief-stricken and bewildered by his mother's desperate affair with her dead husband's brother, Edgar's world unravels one spring night when, in the falling rain, he sees his father's ghost..." - taken from back cover.

Do yourself a favour and come to the library for a great read this weekend!

Image from http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/story-of-edgar-sawtelle-david-wroblewski/1100334695 accessed 6 September 2012.



After a great action adventure read?

Vist the library to borrow Cussler's best-selling addition to his Oregon Files series - The jungle.

"Jungles come in many forms.  There are the steamy rainforests of the Burmese highlands.  There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations.  And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination.  To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and his remarkable men and women must survive them all" - taken from back cover.

Published in more than 40 languages and in more than 100 countries, Clive Cussler's books have become essential reading for action adventure fans.

Image from http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780718156930/jungle-novel-oregon-files accessed 6 August, 2012.

Enjoy "Looking for Alibrandi" ?

If you enjoyed "Looking for Alibrandi", you may like to try Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta, a new addition to our library fiction collection.

"Francesca is at the beginning of her second term in Year Eleven at an all boys' school that has just started accepting girls.  She still misses her old friends, and, to make things worse, her mother has had a breakdown and can barely move from her bed.

But Francesca had not counted on the fierce loyalty of her new friends, or falling in love, or finding that it's within her power to bring her family back together.

From the bestselling, multi-award-wining author of 'Looking for Alibrandi', comes a memorable story told with humour, compassion and joy" -- taken from back cover.

Come to the library to find this and other great reads!


Image from http://misrule.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/saving-francesca.jpg, accessed 16 July 2012.

NAIDOC WEEK

NAIDOC Display 2012

NAIDOC WEEK is a celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It provides a great opportunity to learn more about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and acknowledge their contributions to the wider Australian community.

To celebrate NAIDOC WEEK, the Bremer Library and The Indigenous Student Support Unit have a display of books, journals, DVDs and some cultural artefacts. 

The Bremer Library has a wide range of resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues:- here are just a few to get your started:

Books

Aboriginal Australians : black responses to white dominance 1788 - 2001/ Richard Broome

Binan goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health/ Anne-Katrin Eckermann

Remembering the forgotten : a history of Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission in Queensland 1887 - 1915/ Bill Thrope

Stolen generations : a way forward/ edited by Justin Healey

Journals

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Koori Mail

DVDs

Best kept secret [videorecording] : a profile of Archie Roach, singer/songwriter

White skin, black spirit [videorecording] : my search for identity

Ten canoes [videorecording]
 



NAIDOC WEEK Display 2012



Bremer Library Holiday Hours

And for your reading enjoyment...

The first book in the Alone series by James Phelan is 'Chasers'.

You can now find this available for your reading enjoyment in the Library.

"Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion. Jesse and his three friends, Anna, Dave and Mini, crawl out from the wreckage only to discover a city in chaos. The only other survivors seem to be infected with a virus that turns them into horrifying predators..."

I hope you like this book and the many other titles we have in our Fiction collection.

Image source: http://images.angusrobertson.com.au/images/ar/97807336/9780733624797/0/0/plain/chasers.jpg, accessed 1 June 2012.

New to the Fiction collection is...

'Living on a prayer' by Sheila Quigley is now available to borrow. 

Please come to the Library to have a look at this great read or any of our other Fiction books that you might find interesting.

Blurb: "A week before Christmas, Debbie Stansfield's life falls apart. Her son Richard has been found hanging from a tree at the Seven Sisters. Increasingly overworked and under pressure, Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt can't ignore her suspicions that there's more to Richard Stansfield's death than meets the eye."

Image and blurb source: http://www.abebooks.com/9780099490883/Living-Prayer-Quigley-Sheila-0099490889/plp 

Library Easter Holiday hours

From 2 April until 13 April we are open:

Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Except for Friday 6 April and Monday 9 April when we are closed.

Normal library hours resume Monday 16 April 2012.

A great new fiction book is...

Beloved by Toni Morrison. This has been made into a film staring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover.

"It's the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle & Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of agony & torment. The world of Sethe is to turn to violence & death."

Image and blurb from http://www.abebooks.com/9780099273936/Beloved-Morrison-Toni-0099273934/plp, accessed 2 April 2012.

Discover and rediscover the joy of reading

The Bremer library is joining in support of the National Year of Reading 2012!

The Library will be holding events throughout the year to promote the magic of books and help Australians become a nation of readers!

Come in and discover the range of books you can borrow. We have a lot more than just textbooks.

Announcing the winner of the library ebook reader.

Jaesson Gee is the lucky winner of the “Library Subject Guides” competition. Jaesson is a student at The Bremer and is also undertaking external studies through NSW TAFE. He is thrilled to receive the ebook reader and keen to use it for his studies.

Since the subject guides were launched on 30th January, they have received 6363 hits and over 145 students entered the competition. We are delighted to receive some very positive feedback on our innovative subject guides.

“It's a FANTASTIC tool that allows you to search all the references you need under the subject you are studying instead of trying to think of the name of the book/journal/author/etc.. Not only that, it will lead to other sources you may have not thought of at the time”.

“The new Subject Guides have been done to a top standard which I have found useful”.

“I look forward to exploring them more fully in the coming semester. They look like a great resource”.

“I think it's great and should cut my research time down by heaps”.

http://bremer.tafe.libguides.com/home

New additions to the Library include:

Just to give you a taste, on the cover of this book it states 'Eat your heart out, Dan Brown, this is the real thing'. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse is an excellent read if you enjoy many different types of fiction. It includes fantasy, history, suspense and the grail legend.

Come to our wonderful new Library to borrow this great book.

Image source: http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780752860541, accessed 1 March 2012

New to Bremer Library is....

If you like 'The Da Vinci Code' then you might be interested in the man behind the book.

We now have a biography of Dan Brown, 'The man behind the Da Vinci Code' which you can come and borrow from our Library.

Image source: http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/The_Man_Behind_the_Da_Vinci_Code-An_Unauthorized_Biography_of_Dan_Brown/1920769714/, accessed 2 February, 2012.

Looking for study stuff? Find it in Library Subject Guides.

This week the Bremer Institute of TAFE library launched their new Subject Guides, designed to provide a gateway to useful study materials for your specific course, such as, online journals, new library resources, textbooks, reference and copyright guides and job information.
Win an eBOOK READER
As part of the launch, the library is giving away two eBook Multimedia READERS (one for students and one for staff). The competition is open to staff and students of The Bremer Institute of TAFE. Every Subject Guide has an entry form hidden within so you can explore the subject guide developed for the course you are studying at TAFE. Find the competition entry form online in the Library Subject Guides.
http://bremer.tafe.libguides.com/home

The staff competition closes on Monday 13th February 2012 and the student competition closes on Friday 2nd March 2012.

Out latest Fiction book for your enjoyment is....

Bremer Library now has John Connolly's 'The book of lost things'

Here is a short extract from the books blurb to entice. "..books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved by his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy world have begun to meld."

Come to the Library to have a look at this and the many other great books we have in our collections.

Image source: http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780340899472/, accessed 11 January 2012.