Bega Valley Shire Libraries will close 1pm Friday 23rd and re-open 10am Tues 3rd Jan 2023 Customers can still visit the website or the eLibrary to access eBooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more. Download the Bega Valley Shire Libraries app for fast access to your member account, loans and reservations. Libraries will be ready to welcome the community back through the doors at 10am Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

Bega Valley Shire Libraries will close at 12 midday on Friday 9 December for a staff Christmas function. Customers can still visit the website or the eLibrary to access  eBooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more. Download the  Bega Valley Shire Libraries app  for fast access to your member account, loans and reservations. Libraries will be ready to welcome the community back through the doors on Saturday 10 December 2022 at 10am.

Summer is around the corner and so are the school holidays. The Bega Valley Shire Library summer program is packed full of activities for both adults and children.  Remember to book in early, these events fill up fast!  

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Bega Valley Shire Libraries will be closed on   Wednesday 16 November   for staff development and training. Customers can still visit the website or the eLibrary to access  eBooks, audiobooks, movies, music and more. Download the  Bega Valley Shire Libraries app  for fast access to your member account, loans and reservations. Libraries will be ready to welcome the community back through the doors on Thursday 17 November 2022.

Tura Marrang Library is proud to host the winning entries in the Atlas of Life – Far South Coast 2022 Photo Competition.  After a two year break, it’s time again to celebrate the wonder and beauty of our region’s biodiversity. Come along to the library to view these magnificent photos which are displayed in high quality on our library TV screen.   Photograph categories include: Overall, Birds, Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Plants & Fungi, Marine & Intertidal , Landscape Habitat , Macro and Ecological Interactions. Tura Marrang Library is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm. Contact the library on 64 99 2340 for more information.

Sensitive Storytime’s inclusive approach to foster a love of reading 29 September 2022 The Bega Valley Shire Library’s upcoming Sensitive Storytimes pilot program aims to inclusively cater for children with sensory processing needs who may benefit from a more controlled and lower stimulus environment. Library Learning and Engagement Officer, Sugita Wahl said the sessions, which will be open to all children, are the result of community feedback given through the library’s recent Inclusive Practices in Storytime survey. “We are grateful for the community response and interest in the survey,” Ms Wahl said. “The feedback is being used to make all library programs more inclusive to children with autism and other sensory processing disorders.” Ms Wahl said Storytime is one of the library’s most popular and enduring programs. It fosters a love of reading, teaches early literacy skills, promotes school readiness and provides social networks for children and their families. “We’re...