The ‘Thanks Dad! PhotoVoice’ Competition is open for 2008.

The competition, coordinated by the West Coast Early Years Group, wants to highlight the positive influence of fathers and male role models including stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles and sports coaches in the community. Last year the competition was been enormously successful with many proud parents entering photos of the male role models in their children’s lives. All you have to do to enter is take a photo that captures a special bonding moment between a child and father or other male role model (including grandfathers, brothers, uncles, sports coaches etc). Photos, along with a short description, will be judged on the expression on the positive time between the child and male role model, not on technical quality.

Anyone can enter a photo, whether you are a parent, grandparent, coach or child. Entry in the competition is free and can be submitted at Cambridge, Vincent, Subiaco or Cottesloe Libraries. The ‘Thanks Dad’ PhotoVoice Competition closes on Saturday 16th of August. A public exhibition will be held at Challenge Stadium from 25th of August to 8th of September. Entry forms are available from all Western Suburbs libraries and Child Health Centres or via download from www.thanksdadphotos.org and clicking on Western Suburbs, Perth link.

Happy Snapping!

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The West Australian back issues now available Online

You can now read electronic editions of past issues of The West Australian on any of the public PCs at the Cambridge Library. The online edition, like the print version, is published daily Monday to Saturday but not on Sundays, Good Friday or Christmas Day.

The content of the digital archive covers July 2004 to yesterday, if you need access to issues older than that, The State Library of Western Australia has an almost complete collection of The West Australian newspaper on microfiche.

Please see library staff to gain access.

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Choice now available Online

Choice Online is now available on the Cambridge Library Computers.  Please see library staff to gain access!

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New After Hours Book Chute

Can't get to the library during opening hours to return your items? No need to worry, the Cambridge Library's new after hours item return chute has now been installed and is up and running.

The chute, located on the walkway from the carpark, operates when the library is closed. Just scan the barcode of your library card or the library barcode (not the retail barcode on the back of the item) of an item you wish to return and the hatch will open allowing you to slide your items through.

Until the end of June the chute will operate during Library opening hours so you can try it out while staff are available to answer any questions that may arise.

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The Computer School

The Computer School is now available online at Cambridge Library.

The Computer Skills Index Link!  Any Library member can click on the logo below and instantly access a powerful database that provides direct links to hundreds of (beginner to intermediate level) computer skills' tutorials - requiring no supervision whatsoever.  The Computer Skills Index Link provides you with instant, quick-lesson education.  It contains hundreds of comprehensive tutorials and more than a thousand related exercises, activities and assignments.  Learning topics include: Computer Basics, Email and the Internet, Internet Research and Design, ECommerce, MS Vista, Photoshop, Publisher, Dreamweaver, Access, Excel, Word and much much more.

This Service is only available from the public terminals within Cambridge Library

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Family History Online

Ancestry.com is now available online at Cambridge Library. 

Explore your family history through Australian and overseas historical records, including census records, birth, marriage and death records, settler, convict and immigrant lists, directories and newspaper obituaries.  Also available are photos, maps, and historical publications.

This service is only available from the public terminals within Cambridge Library.

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Hand in your Old Mobile Phone at the Library for Recycling

The Town of Cambridge Library is one of the designated "hand 'em in" locations for residents and staff to recycle their pre-loved mobile phone handsets, batteries and accessories. Help to save valuable resources and protect the environment through this recycling effort as more than 90 per cent of mobile phone products contain materials that can be extracted and reused such as plastics, gold, silver, copper and nickel. More information about the program is available in the Latest News section.

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Local Studies database (Cambridge Notes) now online

The Local Studies database, also called Cambridge Notes, is now available online.

The Timeline database holds snippets of information on historical events in the Cambridge area. These notes have been sourced from resources within the collection and from information provided by local residents. Database entries are added and amended as new information comes to hand.

The Resource database is an index of Local Studies items that are not catalogued in the main Cambridge Library catalogue. It currently holds information on all articles in our newspaper clippings collection and our photograph collection.

To search these databases online, visit the Local Studies web page then click on the Cambridge Notes link.

Type in your search terms, choose the database you wish to search, then click the search button.

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Mouse Skills

Do you lack confidence when you have to use a mouse?
Click on the following links to practice your mouse skills.
You will learn how to move and click a computer mouse, click buttons, use drop-down menus, scroll-bar menus and fill-out forms.

Central Kansas Library System presents Chris Rippel's Mouse Aerobics

Palm Beach County Library presents Mousercise

Monroe County Public Library, Indiana presents Mouse Exercises for Seniors

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