east melbourne library and community centre opened august 2006

EAST MELBOURNE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY

CENTRE

Opened August 2006

New features of the Library• Environmentally sustainable design• Well-equipped Community Meeting Room• Local History Room (shared with the local Historical

Society)• Outdoor area for patron use• Increased public internet access and wireless access• Self-checkout machine• Bi-lingual picture book collection• Vietnamese cookery collection• Injection of new material into existing collections

Melbourne Leader

Soft Opening 7th AugustOfficial Launch 22nd August

East Melbourne Library Branding

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Target groups• Existing and lapsed patrons• New residents, particularly young apartment dwellers• Young families• Local and CBD workers e.g. office workers, hospital staff

and volunteers• Visitors and travellers• People with an interest in the environment• People with an interest in the arts – literature, music,

visual arts• School, childcare centres and community groups• Potential meeting room users

Opening Events Program

• Kate Holden• Lonely Planet• Carrie Tiffany• “Voices in the Library”• Internet and Email for

Beginners• Holiday Theatre Show• Vietnamese Cooking

Demonstration

• Bedtime Story time – Silly Stories

• “Water Week” schools event

• Illustrator in Residence• “Sustainability in our

Community” Day• Historical focus• Lunchtime music