“Celebrate” Library and Information Week 2017

On 22-28 May 2017, South Australian Libraries will join organisations from Broome to Hobart, celebrating Library and Information Week 2017.

Library and Information Week aims to raise the profile of libraries and information service professionals in Australia and showcase the many and varied resources and services that libraries provide to the community.

Grab a program for South Australia's History Festival and schedule your entire month of May!

Have you ever wanted to see inside Glenside Hospital’s infamous Z Ward? Or get underground, in the Treasury tunnels? Or do you want to know about the poet who never lived, or the notorious body in the freezer? Get excited and get curious about history in South Australia with the History Festival which runs from 1 to 31 May 2017.

There’s everything you’d expect, and a whole lot more! 

(Photo: Leigh Street Architecture, Adelaide)

1-31 May 

South Australia’s History Festival presented by the History Trust of South Australia

Explore and share SA history and stories through tours, talks, walks, exhibitions and events
Search through the 2017 History Festival program here for activities in your area.

Affordable rental properties have continued to decrease in Australia and in response, there is a renewed focus on social housing. Housing SA works with departments, agencies and non-government organisations to provide housing options and support.

Community housing is one option offered by not-for-profit organisations to provide long-term rental accommodation for people on low to moderate incomes who need housing.

Job Description - Volunteer Information Officer

Photo:SALIN Committee

Joining professional groups and associations provides a wonderful opportunity to learn more about your career, find out about new trends and developments in the field and meet like-minded people working in an industry you are passionate about. 

For all these reasons and more, the library and information staff and volunteers at SAcommunity joined SALIN South Australian Library Information Network to "connect" with the library industry and meet other professionals and students.

Are you a Volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator or thinking about Volunteering?

Volunteering SA&NT contacted SAcommunity to advise us of their WeDo app that's available for volunteers to search for roles, record volunteer hours, have them verfied by the organisation and add them to their CV for job seeking.

The WeDo app - Makes Volunteering Easy

Photo: Visit the Botanic Gardens of South Australia to see the Victoria amazonica waterlilies in their flowering season between September and April each year. You may consider joining their volunteering program to become more involved in the range of activities available within the organisation.

SAcommunity volunteers have been covering a lot of recreational clubs recently and had the opportunity to speak to Robert Knightly of Yahl Indoor Bowling Club who introduced us to Secretary Craig Pearson of the Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association to tell us more about the history of the many indoor bowling teams that exist around the Mount Gambier District.

Mount Gambier District Indoor Bowls Association

From all accounts, the Largs Bay Ladies Probus Club is not your conventional club! We spoke to Secretary Erica Parham to find out more about their activities. The club is always looking for new members for their next adventure and from all accounts, it sounds like great fun.

We heard about all sorts of expeditions that occur, from a horseradish farm excursion and nighttime trips to see the Christmas lights amongst other occasional journeys. At other times, the group have hosted an array of interesting speakers and held games days at their meetings at the RSL hall.