The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,300 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 38 trips to carry that many people.
Did you know that the Burdekin Library Catalogue is mobile and can be searched from an Android or Iphone or Ipad device using LibraryAnywhere. Click on the Android Logo to download the Android App.
If you have an Iphone or Ipad you can get the app from the Itunes store
The Burdekin Library is delighted to advise our borrowers that we have signed up to the In-Library eBook Lending Program provided by the Internet Archive.
How it Works;
http://openlibrary.org/borrow/about
From early next year when our public wifi service goes live you will be able to borrow ebooks by visiting the library with your laptop or wifi enabled mobile device such as an iPad or iPhone.
A more detailed explanation can be found here;
http://blog.archive.org/2011/06/25/in-library-ebook-lending-program-expands-to-1000-libraries/
The next session in the ”Tech Talks with John” series will be looking at The world of eBooks.
In this session John will take you through how to use a free program called calibre. We will also look at possible ways to convert e-books to the format that will work on your e-book reader.
Date: Sarturday 17th September
Time : 10:30am – 11.30am
For Information and to book call 47839970
calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:
•Library Management
calibre manages your e-book collection for you. It is designed around the concept of the logical book, i.e., a single entry in your library that may correspond to actual e-book files in several formats.
calibre can sort the books in your library by: Title, Author, Date added, Date published, Size, Rating, Series, etc.
In addition, it supports extra searchable metadata:
Tags: A flexible system for categorizing your collection however you likeComments: A long form entry that you can use for book description, notes, reviews, etc.
You can easily search your book collection for a particular book. calibre supports searching any and all of the fields mentioned above. You can construct advanced search queries by clicking the helpful “Advanced search” button to the left of the search bar.
You can export arbitrary subsets of your collection to your hard disk arranged in a fully customizable folder structure.
Finally, calibre will even go out onto the internet to find book metadata based on existing title/author or ISBN information. It can download various types of metadata and covers for your books, automatically. The metadata system is written using plugins so that different types of metadata sources can be supported in the future.
•E-book conversion
calibre can convert from a huge number of formats to a huge number of formats. It supports all the major e-book formats. The full list of formats can be found here .
The conversion engine has lots of powerful features. It can rescale all font sizes, ensuring the output e-book is readable no matter what font sizes the input document uses. It can automatically detect/create book structure, like chapters and Table of Contents. It can insert the book metadata into a “Book Jacket” at the start of the book.
•Syncing to e-book reader devices
calibre has a modular device driver design that makes adding support for different e-reader devices easy. At the moment, it has support for a large number of devices, the complete list of which is here . Syncing supports updating metadata on the device from metadata in the library and creation of collections on the device based on the tags defined in the library. If a book has more than one format available, calibre automatically chooses the best format when uploading to the device. If none of the formats is suitable, calibre will automatically convert the e-book to a format suitable for the device before sending it.
•Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
calibre can automatically fetch news from websites or RSS feeds, format the news into a ebook and upload to a connected device. The ebooks include the full versions of the articles, not just the summaries. Examples of supported news sites include:
The New York TimesThe Wall Street JournalThe EconomistTimeNewsweekThe GuardianESPNand many, many more…
calibre has over three hundred news sources and the news system is plugin based, allowing users to easily create and contribute new sources to calibre. As a result the collection of news sources keeps on growing!
If you are interested in adding support for a news site, read the User Manual . Once you have successfully created a new recipe, you can share it with other users by posting it in the calibre forum or sending it to the calibre developers for inclusion in calibre.
•Comprehensive e-book viewer
calibre has a built-in ebook viewer that can display all the major ebook formats. It has full support for Table of Contents, bookmarks, CSS, a reference mode, printing, searching, copying, customizing the rendering via a user style sheet, embedded fonts, etc.
•Content server for online access to your book collection
calibre has a built-in web server that allows you to access your ebook collection using a simple browser from any computer anywhere in the world. It can also email your books and downloaded news to you automatically. It has support for mobile devices, so you can browse your collection and download books from your smartphone, Kindle, etc.
Well it’s that time of year again for the Burdekin’s Annual Water Festival, which is held in the main town area of Queen Street on Saturday 3rd September. As some of you may already know, the Burdekin Shire Council is being represented with a Senior Ambassador entrant. This year the Council is represented by Miss Ashley Coppo, who is a trainee here at your very own Burdekin Library. If you are free this Saturday, and are looking for some fun, come down to the main street and watch the amazing parade of floats from all your local businesses and schools. Take your children down for some rides and enjoy some of the great food and entertainment that will be provided. Most importantly don’t forget to cheer on our own Ashley Coppo, and have a good time.
The Water Festival website can be found here
If you are seeing a lot of reference to “Internet TV’ in the media lately but are not quite sure of what it is all about then the next “Tech Talks with John” is for you.
As Wikipedia says “Internet television allows the users to choose the program or the television show they want to watch from an archive of programs or from a channel directory.
Many providers of internet-television services exist including conventional television stations that have taken advantage of the internet as a way to continue showing programmes after they have been broadcast often advertised as “on-demand” and “catch-up” services. Today, almost every major broadcaster around the world is operating an internet-television platform”
Here in Australia the most well known “Catch up” TV is the ABC’s Iview.
Recently the Library has purchased an internet enabled TV for use in the Library and this Tech talk will examine what might be possible with these “Internet ready” Televisions. The sucess or failure of Internet TV will be totally determined by the content that can be accessed on our TV’s.
The tech talk will examine our new Internet ready TV, look at content available from the internet and explore where this interesting world may take us.
Do you have a digital TV then why not come along and discover how you may be able to may be able to access Internet content on your TV.
This will be a fascinating look at the world of Internet TV and the content we can access from anywehere and view it on our Digital TV.
If you are considering purchasing a “Internet enabled TV” or have a Digital TV with a HDMI port and would like to access Internet TV then this session is for you.
Date: Saturday 13 August
Time: 10:30am – 11:30am
All bookings and enquiries welcome on 47839970
At a recent Council meeting changes to the opening hours at the Home Hill branch library were approved. The changes are highlighted in bold.
(Mon/Tues) 1:00pm – 5.00pm
(Wed) 10.00am-12.00pm, 2.00pm-5.00pm
(Thurs) 1.00pm – 5.00pm
(Fri) 1.00pm – 5.00pm
(Sat) 9.00am – 12.00noon
Closed: (Sun)
Post Author – Library Manager John
We are posting this as an example of a current email scam that was received by the Burdekin Library.
Why is it a scam ?
1. No Government logo
2. Spelling mistakes in the email
3. You will be asked to provide your bank account details. NO government agency would ever ask for your bank account details
If you get this email in your in-box delete it its a scam.
Copy of email below
G’day
We checked your account and we need to refund you 210.75 AUD.Please verifiy your account to receive your Tax Refund.
We also provide you a link to your account , for you to do a faster transaction.
Link to my account
P.S. Our staff needs to clarify your account status in the next 24 houres.We are sorry for the problems we may cause.
Best Regards,
Australian Guv. Tax Refund
Once again happy school holiday participants at the Burdekin library Ayr.
Whether it’s English Breakfast, Chai or Rooibos, sipped from bone china, stoneware or titanium, Queenslanders enjoy a good cuppa.
State Library of Queensland, in partnership with Cancer Council Queensland’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, is seeking special tea cups and tea-related stories from individuals and communities across Queensland.
Stories collected will be added to State Library’s Tea & Me collection, and selected tea cups will be collected for display on the State Library’s iconic Queensland Terrace and online.
The story may be in the form of a special card, photograph, letter or other memento, or may be a tale told by text, sound or video file.
The tea cup may be one passed down through generations; the sole possession of your relatives when they arrived in Australia; a cup you used to share tea with a long lost friend; a reconciliatory cuppa with a family member, or one that sparks a special memory.
To share your special tea cup picture and story, or just tell us why you love a cuppa:
Visit: http://www.facebook.com/teaandme
Email: heritage@slq.qld.gov.au
Call: 07 3840 7879
If you need help with Facebook, visit your local Queensland public library.
Tea & Me is made possible with funding through the Queensland Library Foundation, which supports development and access to State Library’s collections for all Queenslanders.
For more information on Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea see www.biggestmorningtea.com.au [new window]
Funded through the Queensland Library Foundation
