Library Services: eMagazines free to LINC members

Did you know a LINC (State Library) membership card  now gives Tasmanians free 24/7 access to hundreds of eMagazine issues to keep forever? Lots of different genres including these titles:

  • Australian Geographic
  • Australian Gourmet Traveller
  • Australian Women’s Weekly
  • Delicious
  • Diabetic Living
  • Economist – Asia edition
  • Gardening Australia
  • National Geographic
  • New Scientist
  • Practical Parenting

Read more at the LINC Tasmania site.

2014 in review

Welcome to Library News for 2015. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 700 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 12 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Have a great Christmas!

We hope you have a happy, healthy and safe time over the holiday.  We will be back with more Library Services on 3rd January.

Meanwhile, here are a few tips for a trouble-free Christmas that won’t tip the scales (too much):

Experts’ top 10 healthy Christmas swaps

Lighten up it’s Christmas!

Healthy Christmas feast

Make Christmas healthier (without anyone noticing)

If you are off to the beach this holiday get the Beachsafe App from Surf Life Saving Australia in the iTunes Store.
With Beachsafe’s coverage of Australian beaches (Approx 12,000 of them) you can find the nearest beaches to you in seconds!

This time of year is often busy and crammed with family activities.  Here are a few Christmas – tips to reduce the stress and show you How to survive (and enjoy) Christmas and Lifehacker’s view of  How to deal with family members that stress you out . We also remember that friends and family may be Managing grief at Christmas making it a challenging time.

The Christmas break from routine and the end of the year can give space for reflection. Try these 10 tips for freshening your relationships from Relationships Victoria.