What is drug info @ your library?

• Up-to-date

• Easy-to-read

• quality drug and alcohol resources for the NSW community

Background

• Funded by NSW Health and the State Library of NSW

• Previously known as drug info @ your local library (di@yll). Started in 2002.

Who is it for?

• The NSW Community

• Specific target groups are: parents and carers of young people secondary and TAFE students

Where is it?

• Collections in NSW public libraries, 368 locations.

• Website available everywhere www.druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au

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NSW Public Libraries

The collections

• Books, booklets and free pamphlets in all 368 libraries

• Additional books available in all 100 central libraries

About the collections

• Information on alcohol and drugs

• Personal stories

• How to talk about drugs and alcohol with family members

• Where to go for help

About the collections

• Updated regularly

• Selected by drug info @ your library staff, evaluated by Collection Advisory Group (experts in drug and alcohol information)

Book collection

• Available in public libraries across NSW• Includes information on specific drugs, personal

stories, drugs and the law and how to talk to teenagers about drugs and alcohol

• Copies available for reference and loan

Booklet collection

• In all 368 public libraries in NSW

• Includes information on –

specific drugs

how to talk to young people about alcohol and drugs

drinking guidelines

where to go for help

Free pamphlets

• Free pamphlets to take away

• In all 368 public libraries in NSW

Website

Promotional material

• Postcard, pocket cards and posters

• Pens, USBs

and other items

– check availability

Updating Collections

• Book and booklet collections updated each April

• Older items removed and new material added

• Free pamphlets sent out twice a year in April and October

• Website updated regularly

For students

The drug info collections and website include resources that support:

• the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus in secondary schools

• Alcohol and Other Drugs Work courses and modules at TAFE

Community Involvement

• Drug Action Week• Community Drug Action Teams

CDATs• Schools• Community Health Centres• Drug and Alcohol workers

For more information

Contact drug info@your library

State Library of NSWPhone: 02 9273 1684Email: health@sl.nsw.gov.au