Holiday opening hours

SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ALL YOUR LIBRARY STAFF

 This year, in addition to being closed on the public holidays, the libraries will be varying the hours of opening over the Christmas/New Year period. Click here for details.

Web-based language learning that’s easy, fast and effective!

Mitchell Libraries is excited to launch this web-based language learning program available from Thursday 8 September 2011. This program is available free of charge to all library members.

Byki is a powerful and personalised language learning system, an exciting program intended to provide a fun, engaging and effective environment for language learning. It locks foreign language words and phrases into your memory so that you can recall them perfectly and remember them forever. There are over 90 languages available for you to learn plus 17 English as a Second Language (ESL) Courses. Library members have 24/7 unlimited access – anywhere, anytime with simultaneous access. Byki features listening, reading, speaking and writing exercises, speech analysis to improve pronunciation skills and interactive dialog and reading exercises. Individual progress tracking and assessment tests help identify areas for improvement and move users in the right direction.

If you want to use Byki at the library you will need to provide headphones to use within the library due to noise considerations.

Byki will be available from a link on the libraries homepage

Library survey

Now is your chance to let us know what we are doing well and areas where we can improve. We are running our annual customer satisfaction survey for the month of September. 

Temporary closure of Kilmore Library

Kilmore Library is currently undergoing refurbishment involving both external and internal works. These works have started and will include repairs to the roof, new toilets and new carpet. Kilmore library will be closed for approximately 2 weeks from Monday 13 June 2011 until Wednesday 29 June, reopening Thursday 30 June 2011. Borrowers will still have access to the library catalogue online through the library website to renew items and place holds on titles. We apologise in advance for this interruption to our services. Broadford, Seymour and Wallan libraries will be open as usual. For more information, call Kilmore Library on 5782 1322 until Sunday 12 June 2011. After this date, please contact the Wallan Library on 5783 3555 for updates on the renovation and assistance with library related enquiries.

Swift upgrade / catalogue unavailable

Sorry, slight confusion regarding the timing the catalogue will be unavailable...

The catalogue will actually be unavailable on Tuesday 10th May from 9.15 pm (not 9.15am as previously stated). The system will be back online at approximately 10.00am Wednesday morning - 11th May.

This means that you will not be able to access the system to browse, reserve or renew items on the catalogue until it is back online.


Apologies for any inconvenience.

SWIFT update

On Tuesday 10th May, from 9.15 am our libraries, as well as all the other Victorian SWIFT libraries will not be live due to the upgrade to the new version. We will be offline on this day and until approx. 10am on Wednesday 11th May.


This means that you will not be able to access the system to browse, reserve or renew items on the catalogue until it is back online.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Festive season

SEASONS GREETINGS FROM ALL YOUR LIBRARY STAFF

This year, in addition to being closed on the public holidays, the libraries will be varying the hours of opening over the Christmas/New Year period.

Click here for details.