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Kete Masterton launched

Kete Masterton has just been launched.

Part of the National Digital Strategy, Kete - the Māori word for basket - are being set up by libraries around the country to allow groups and individuals to gather, digitize, and share their records and stories.

This is a great opportunity for Masterton groups to pool stories, photos and other memorabilia, and have it online for everyone to share. 

Kete are already underway in other parts of the country. Groups already capturing their history on the Kete include the Waikato Porcelain Artists' Association, Central Hawke’s Bay Settlers Museum, and Inglewood Genealogy.

The library has computers, scanners and digital recorders, and will provide expertise and training to help you.

Contact library@library.mstn.govt.nz  or phone (06) 370-6253 for more information.

Tararua Library stars

Tararua District Library is launching Library Stars, a programme to get primary school children to read books and use the library.

Read more on the Tararua District Library blog

Tararua blog

Tararua District Library has an excellent blog, with all sorts of interesting stuff about books, libraries and current events. Excellent reading (the blog, that is).

This week is also Library Week 2009 and libraries all over the country are putting on special events.

The Wairarapa Library Service has a number of Library Week events on its website.  Sorry, I couldn't find any events on the Masterton Library site.

New books in Masterton Library

Crockpot cooking for New Zealand homes : Easy meals using slow cookers and crockpots / Nick Tressider

Design ideas for decorative concrete & stone / [authors, Ellen Frankel & Mervyn Kaufman]

Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England (Lonely Planet Guide)

Call me Dad! : a manual for new fathers : from pre-birth to 12 months / Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij, Stefan Korn.

Pilates weight loss for beginners [videorecording] / produced by Dragonfly Productions, Inc. ; directed by Andrea Ambandos.

From the Children's Collection;

Brendan the navigator : exploring the ancient world / George Otto Simms ; drawings David Rooney.

Caesar : the true story of a canine ANZAC hero / Patricia Stroud.

New books in Masterton Library

Some of the new titles at Masterton Library that caught my eye:

After the panic : surviving bad investments and bad advice / Gareth Morgan with John McCrystal

Appli-curves : traditional quilts with easy no-sew curves / Elaine Waldschmitt. Author: Waldschmitt, Elaine, 1958-

Beside the dark pool / Fiona Kidman.
I've just finished reading this. It's Fiona Kidman at her best and very poignant.

Cutting the curd : cheese making at home : with a collection of delicious recipes / Katherine Mowbray

There are dozens of new titles to choose from: here's the complete list

If you have your library card handy you can reserve any of these titles online.

Happy birthday Wairarapa Libraries

It's eight years since the merger of the Carterton, Greytown, Featherston and Martinborough libraries into the Wairarapa Library Service. 

A real success story for Wairarapa local government, it pooled lending and back-office library resources spread over four rural towns. 

The Times-Age reports on eighth birthday celebrations.