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Celebrating Libraries During Library and Information Week

Hawkesbury Library Service is celebrating Library and Information Week 2024 by rewarding its new and current members.

Join the library for a free cuppa during the week at both libraries. Morning tea will be available from Monday, 29 July, to Saturday, 3 August, between 10 – 11 am, plus 3 – 4 pm on Sunday at Central Library, 300 George Street Windsor and Richmond Branch 29 West Market Street.

The Hawkesbury Library encourages visitors to show them their Library cards to spin the prize wheel for a chance to win.

Continuing the celebrations, they are encouraging residents to join the Library during August at either Windsor or Richmond. All new members get to spin the prize wheel, as well being entered into the draw to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+. Offer ends 31 August 2024.

The Hawkesbury Library will also be out and about at the fun-filled Hawkesbury Fest on Sunday, 4 August, from 10 am – 3 pm at Governor Phillip Park, Windsor and the rescheduled NAIDOC Week event at Richmond Park on Sunday, 18 August. Drop in and, say hello and spin the prize wheel.

  • It’s FREE to join the Hawkesbury Library. Sign up for a Library card, and you will receive:
  • FREE access to books, audiobooks, magazines, DVDs and CDs
  • FREE and low-cost activities and events for all ages
  • FREE PC access and public Wi-Fi
  • FREE access to premium software and services
  • FREE access to e-resources
  • FREE scanning, low-cost printing and copying
  • … and much more!

Library and Information Week is a nationwide celebration of the contribution library and information workers make across Australia. Hundreds of libraries in schools, communities, hospitals, universities, and institutions participate by organising different events and activities.

Launched in 1968 as Australian Library Week, it is now managed by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The week-long celebration also promotes and raises awareness of the different services libraries and information services sectors provide.

This year’s theme is ‘Roots of Democracy.’ According to the ALIA: “…[W]e’re exploring how, why and where libraries are strengthening our democratic processes – the avenues, tactics and approaches they use, and what they can do to keep democracy thriving even when its very existence as an ideology and an ideal is being contested.”

“[It] aims to help libraries talk confidently with government, civil society, and their communities on how they are upholding democratic values every day simply by doing what they do.”

Glenn Truelove