Posted by Nelson Public Libraries on 17 January 2012
Looking for news or your ancestors?
Come and learn more about two of Nelson Public Libraries’
online resources from an expert trainer. Claire Bristow from Proquest will be visiting the Elma
Turner Library to demonstrate Ancestry Library and Press
Display and answer any questions you may have about these
resources. Ancestry Library provides access to a huge library of
resources for researching your family history.…
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Posted by Nelson Public Libraries on 1 December 2011
Instructions
Download instructions for your device
Basic functions
Our library catalogue and other online resources are now
available for your cell phone and other mobile devices - in
a new and improved version!
Search, check your account online, place reserve requests,
see the latest Libraries' news and events, Ask a Librarian,
find out about opening hours - and interact with our
libraries - anywhere you are. How to install this free application
Android
1. Visit Android Marketplace on your phone.…
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Posted by Live Nelson, Issue 315, 10 November 2011 on 10 November 2011
Finding books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, online articles,
e-books and everything else held in Nelson Public Libraries
has just got easier with the installation of a new library
management system that includes leading edge search
technology. “Our customers will now have more information at their
finger tips,” says acting Library Manager Nicola
Harwood. “Rather than accessing our catalogue and
electronic content separately, at the push of a button,
they can now search across most of what we purchase and
license.…
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Posted by Nelson Public Libraries - Stoke Library on 4 August 2011
Stoke Library is being re-vamped and will be closed!
When?
Monday 15 August - Saturday 20 August
Returning items
While we are closed we would appreciate it if you returned
your books to either:
Elma Turner Library in Nelson or
Nightingale Library in Tahunanui
Reserved items
These items may be collected from Stoke Library either
before 15 August or from 22 August. .…
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Posted by on 6 July 2011
Elma Turner Library customers will have noticed a big change
in the main service desk area in the past month. The central
city library has installed three self-service machines and
moved the Information Services desk next to the main desk
area to create a ‘Service Hub’. The idea is that
customers can come to one central area in the library to
have all of their information, reference, computer booking,
library account and membership enquiries answered.…
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Posted by Nelson Public Libraries on 14 September 2010
Research your family history
New Zealand Society of Genealogists Nelson Branch & Nelson
Public Libraries present a series of Researching your Family
History workshops with well known Nelson genealogist Judith
Fitchett. If you have been thinking of doing genealogical research
but haven’t known where to begin then this is the workshop
for you. It will be an exciting journey of discovery as you
learn where and how to research and document your family
information.…
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Posted by Nelson Public Libraries on 25 August 2009
If you're in a hurry or tired of queuing to issue items, why
not try our new self service issue machines at Elma Turner
Library?
There's a machine in the fiction section, non-fiction
section and in the Children's Library. They'll issue
everything except DVDs, including books, magazines, CDs,
cassettes and multi-items. To use the machines simply:
Scan your library card barcode under the red scan line.…
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