INGHAM LIBRARY MONDAY : 9.30 am to 5.00 pm TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: 8.30 AM TO 5.00 pm SATURDAY : 9.00 am to 12.00 pm 74 Townsville Rd., INGHAM Phone: 07 47764683 Fax: 07 47763233	HALIFAX LIBRARY MONDAY : 1.00 to 5.00 pm WEDNESDAY: 2.30 to 5.00 pm FRIDAY : Fri 9.00 am-12.00 & 1.00-5.00 pm SATURDAY : 9.00 am to 12.00 pm Macrossan Street, HALIFAX Phone: 07 47777471

The Adult Fiction Section at the Ingham Library	The Children's Section at the Halifax Library

The Children's Section at the Ingham Library	The Adult Section at the Halifax Library

Items may be borrowed from the Ingham and Halifax libraries for a period of up to three weeks. You must have your borrower card with you when borrowing items.
	ENTITLEMENTS: Adults and children may borrow: 8 Books (Note: You can borrow up to 8 books from either Ingham or Halifax branches, but no more than 8 altogether from both branches.) 3 Compact Discs 3 Talking Books (NOTE: Sight impaired borrowers may borrow up to 8 Talking Books) 3 Magazines 2 Videos (per family or household) 2 DVDs per family 1 CD-ROM per family
	RENEWALS: All items may be renewed once, by telephone or in person, except if reserved by other borrowers. All items may be renewed once, by telephone or in person, except if reserved by other borrowers.
	RENEW BY EMAIL - Just click on the email link and give your borrower details. We will renew all items that are able to be renewed. Please remember that if an item is reserved for another patron that we will not be able to renew this item. In such cases we will reply to your email with that information. We will reply with your new Date Due.
	OVERDUE ITEMS: When an item is not returned by the due date, an overdue fee is charged at the rate of 5 cents per item per day after the due date. You may renew items over the phone to avoid fines building up.
	LOST & DAMAGED BOOKS: The borrower will be invoiced for the cost of damaged and lost items, so please be careful with all library material.
	RESERVATIONS & INTER-LIBRARY LOANS: Items may be reserved when they are on loan to another borrower. There is usually no charge for a reservation. Items may also be borrowed from other libraries, although some loans from other libraries do incur a fee. Reserved items and inter-library loans must be collected from the Library within 14 days of notification. We will notify you via the telephone or we will send a note if we are unable to contact you.

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The days of the card catalogue are almost gone! Today's catalogue is fully digital, making it easier and faster to find out what material the library holds. Go to http://www.hinchinbrooklibraries.com.au/ to search our catalogue online from home, the library or anywhere in the world.

Internet access, available FREE for one hour sessions at the Ingham Library and half hour sessions at Halifax Library. Take a look at our Search the Web page. Find some useful search engines and tips on searching.

Word Processing facilities are available for use in the library. Microsoft Word, Publisher, PowerPoint and Excel are available at the library FREE....you only pay for any printing you do.USB Flash drives are required if work needs to be saved. (Floppy dives are no longer available on our computers).

Inter-library Loans are available on request. If the request is made to the State Library of Queensland or to one of the public libraries participating in the Queensland Union Catalogue project no charge will be imposed. The public can access the State Library Catalogue but requests have t be placed by your local library. Charges may be required though if requests have to be made to other libraries.

Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE Library Resources may be requested through the Shire Library. Links to this catalogue are provided on this site and a terminal connected to the TAFE Library Catalogue is also permanently available at the Ingham Library. The Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE Library website shows all the library locations throughout North Queensland, the services and opening hours.

CD-ROM titles available for loan (1 per family)

DVDs (2 per family) movies and documentaries are now available for loan as well as VIDEOS (both movies and documentaries) (2 per family)

The Ingham Library houses the Local History Collection, includes historic photos of the Herbert River District, news clippings, local history books and other information. Historical Photographs of the local area as well as Thuringowa, the Burdekin, Bowen and Charters Towers are also available on CD ROM for searching and printouts

The Kennedy Regiment Library a collection of books, file, photographs etc concerning the history of the 31st Battalion (The Kennedy Regiment) and Australian military history generally.

Holiday Activities for children

Both the Ingham and Halifax libraries conduct FREE craft activity sessions each week during the school holidays for children aged 4yrs and above. Bookings are required as numbers are limited, phone the Ingham Library on 47764683. All craft material is supplied. Sessions last approximately one hour

The Hinchinbrook Community Languages Collection contains books in Italian, Chinese, Slovakian, Czech, Spanish, Finnish and Thai. Others can be ordered from the State Library of Queensland upon request.

Community language collections accessible through the State Library of Queensland

The community language collection consists of approximately 110,000 books in over 55 languages. The collection is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to read a language other than English. Materials from the collection are sent out in bulk to public libraries throughout Queensland. Members of the public wishing to borrow community language materials need to contact their local library. This is a free service.

Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Cambodian
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Fijian

Finnish
French
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Kurdish
Latvian

Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malaysian
Maltese
Maori
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Sinhalese

Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog/Filipino
Tamil
Thai
Tongan
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh

Access the Internet and Library information in your own language through the Multilingual Bridge

The Multilingual Bridge website has been designed to assist public librarians in Queensland provide services to you in various community languages. It is also designed to assist in accessing the State Library of Queensland's multilingual collection of approximately 100,000 books in over 55 languages.

A Display Area and Community Noticeboard is available for use by the community. Simply call the librarian and request a time slot for displays (Days or weeks). To use the community notice board just ask at the counter, showing us your notice and we'll endeavour to find space. Every effort will be made to accomodate you. You will also find a display of information booklets and brochures just outside the main entrance to the Ingham Library and also at the Halifax Library. Feel free to take these, they are there for your information.

Photocopying Facilities: An A4 photocopy costs 22 cents and A3 is 44 cents. Colour photocopying is also available, ask library staff for details.

	Education Services
North Queensland Public Libraries and the State Library of Queensland are proud to offer, FREE ONLINE TUTORING. Connect to real, live tutors who are experts in their fields and who are proficient at tutoring school students online. They provide instant help and tutoring in all main subjects .
A Homework Help Club is provided on a weekly basis during school terms, for students working on assignments. A computer is set aside for students and Black and White computer printouts and photocopying is FREE.
Queensland Museum Kits 2007 The Hinchinbrook Shire Library Service coordinates distribution of he Queensland Museum's Country Loans Kits for the Hinchinbrook community. Museum Loans bring museum resources to the heart of Queensland communities. Country Loans are all object-based themed kits encompassing the areas of natural history, anthropology, geology, prehistoric life, physiology and social history with accompanying educational materials. As many of our borrowers are from Queensland schools our educational materials combine our expertise in object-based learning with current Education Queensland curricula and offer opportunities in all Key Learning Areas. This is a FREE service to regional and rural Queensland borrowers. Contact your local library on 47764683 or inghamlibrary@hinchinbrook.qld.gov.au to request a booking. Subject to availability and demand a booking will be made and you can arrange collection your kit from the centre within business hours. Loans can be collected personally, by a nominated representative or by professional courier.
Story Time for children Every Wednesday at 9am Story Time is conducted at the Ingham Library. Enjoy the stories and craft and make friends at the same time.
Webzine Can of Words is an online civic space for the Hinchinbrook community, encouraging and supporting the literary and cultural interests of the community and highlighting local efforts in this field. Can of Words publishes articles written by residents of the Hinchinbrook Shire, North Queensland Australia. The focus is on articles of literary interest but updates from the Arts community and promotion of the area generally are also included. Teachers are welcome to submit class work and Students are welcome to submit stories, poems and other works of art to be placed on the local community webzine. Call us on 47764683 if you have any queries. Submission details can be found on www.hinchinbrooklibraries.com.au/canofwords
FREE Online Databases
The State Library of Queensland provides FREE access to sophisticated and in depth online databases for all patrons of Queensland's Public Libraries. . These offer users the opportunity to search numerous newspapers, magazines and academic journals. Most search results provide full text articles that may be printed, saved or emailed. Library staff will provide free demonstration for school staff and students upon appointment, phone 4776 4683. You can also be guided through the use of these databases by collecting a free booklet from either Ingham or Halifax libraries.