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Glenelg Libraries Action Plan
Whilst books, learning and literacy and assisting people to access information whether in hard copy or online is the Library's core role, the Library is also equally committed to being a relevant, useful and contributing part of the Glenelg Community. Read more.
Kanopy
Glenelg Libraries users can access the free film and TV streaming service Kanopy, offering on-demand streaming of a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries for library members. Read more.
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Library2Go on the Road
Glenelg Libraries is on the move, providing an outreach mobile service to support the shire’s regional communities.
The Library2Go vehicle visits Dartmoor, Merino and Digby... Read More...
Online Tech Learning Guides
Go Digi, Be Connected and Tech Boomers have a fantastic range of online guides for all of your tech learning needs Read more...
1000 Books Before School
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The Read List 2019-20
This year Glenelg Libraries has chosen another 10 great Australian new releases for you to enjoy, and make the most of your summer. Read more.
Dementia Resource Library
Sensory and reminiscing support kits for families and carers. Available now from your local Glenelg Libraries branch. Read more.

Staff and Reader Picks

Agatha by Anne Catherine Bowmann A psychiatrist is counting down towards his upcoming retirement. He lives alone in his childhood home and has neither friends nor family. Often, he resorts to drawing bird caricatures of his patients instead of taking notes. His social life consists of brief conversations with his meticulous secretary Madame Surrugue, who has reigned over the clinic for more than thirty years. The two of them have no relationship outside the office, where everything runs smoothly and uneventfully. Until one day, that is, when a young German woman called Agatha arrives and demands to see the doctor and he soon realizes that underneath her fragile exterior is a strong and fascinating woman. The doctor and Agatha embark upon a course of therapy together, a process that forces the doctor to confront his fear of true intimacy outside the clinic. But is it too late to reconsider your existence as a 71-year-old?

Pathworking the tarot : spiritual guadance and practical advice from the cards by Leeza Robertson Pathworking the Tarot introduces you to three pathworking styles: intentional (intentionally selecting cards based on theme), intuitive (letting the cards guide you), and wandering (combining a little of both the intentional and intuitive styles)"--

Fair crack of the whip by Murray Hartin Murrary 'Muz' Hartin has collated the best of his heart-warming and hilarious yarns and ripper poems for everyone to enjoy in Fair Crack of the Whip, a collection of totally Aussie, character-filled stories told with a mega-watt lightning bolt of energy. His poems have long been a source of entertainment for people young and old and from all walks of life. His hilarious yarn Turbulence, about his late, great mate Billy Hayes is arguably the most popular Aussie poem in the post-Paterson era while the haunting Rain From Nowhere, an empathic insight into the life of a struggling farmer, was described in TIME Magazine as 'A celebration of resilience and hope, it is as moving a piece of Australian verse as has been published in decades'. Murray Hartin's rhyming style of verse is directly influenced by the poems of Banjo Paterson and his Moree Primary School teacher Paul Lawler. Plus a stack of crazy mates and a heap of wonderful characters who provide the inspiration for his verse. Muz--he'll make you laugh, he'll make you cry and he'll give you a great big taste of Australia.

Being Black'n chicken & chips by Matt Okine Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss. He also wants his mum to survive. When his mum is suddenly diagnosed with advanced breast and brain cancer, Mike knows it's a long shot, but if he manages to achieve his dreams, maybe it'll give his mum enough strength to beat an incurable disease. In the meantime, he has to live with his African dad whom he doesn't really know, a man who has strange foreign ways - and who Mike doesn't really feel comfortable sharing his teenage desires and deepest fears with. He doesn't even want to think about what it might mean if his mum never comes home from the hospital. Based on his award-winning stand-up show, and the loss of his own mother when he was 12, Matt Okine's coming-of-age novel, Being Black n Chicken and Chips, is a funny, heart-warming, and sometimes surreal look at how young people deal with grief, the loss of loved ones, and becoming an adult - all whilst desperately trying to fit in with the other kids.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australian Dictionary of Biography - Australia's pre-eminent Dictionary of National Biography. It includes over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history.

The Conversation

The Conversation - Launched in March 2011, The Conversation is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector – written by acknowledged experts and delivered directly to the public...

Trove (Inc Picture Australia)

Trove Online Newspapers (incorporating Pictures Australia) - What do you get when you combine an open-source search engine, five dedicated software engineers, and the combined artistic resources of over 1000 libraries, museums, and oth...

The Law Handbook Online

The Law Handbook Online - Contains thorough legislation and case indexes that are cross-referenced and linked to the content, a database of addresses and contact details to relevant legal and non-legal services, many of which con...

Australian Policy Online

Policy Online is a research database and alert service providing free access to full text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation in Australia and New Zeala...

Everyday-Law

Everyday-Law has been developed to help Victorians better understand the law and their legal system by providing the best, easy-to-understand legal information in one spot. You can search the site to:better understand yo...

Ancestry

Ancestry - Ancestry® Library Edition is one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, a...

Aussie Driver

Did you know 1 in 4 potential drivers fail their driver knowledge test the first time? Aussie-Driver.com is a new site added to the Glenelg Libraries website which allows learner drivers to test their knowledge of road rules. It is f...

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I Want To...

Latest Happenings

Glenelg Libraries Action Plan

Kanopy

E-Newsletter

Library2Go on the Road

Online Tech Learning Guides

1000 Books Before School

The Read List 2019-20

Dementia Resource Library

Staff and Reader Picks

Search The Catalogue

Databases & Online Research

Library Newsletter

Digital Library