Lachlan Shire Council Libraries
Lachlan Shire Council Libraries provide a free library service to residents of the Lachlan Shire. Condobolin is the central library with branches at Lake Cargelligo and Tottenham and a deposit station at Burcher.
There are books, magazines, DVDs, audio books and e resources to borrow. Newspapers and local history resources are available to enjoy reading in the Library. BorrowBox and Story Box Library are new eresources freely available to members of the Library.
The library provides a number of technical services to the community including:
· Public access computers with Internet
· Wi-Fi
· ITC information sessions
· Staff assistance with many processes and pieces of equipment
· Word processing
· Photocopying
· Printing
· Scanning
· Faxing.
We encourage a love of books and reading to the junior members of the community by:
· Baby Rhyme Time every Wednesday & Friday 9.30am-10am (Condobolin Library)
· Baby Rhyme Time suitable for 0 – 2 year olds
· Preschool Story Time every Wednesday & Friday 10am – 11am
· Promoting ‘Born To Read’ throughout the Shire www.borntoreadcondobolin.com
· Large range of board books, picture books, readers, chapter books and novels, books on cd, Story Box Library
· Supporting the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
· School holiday activities.
The Library also provides a Home Library Service to Lachlan Shire residents who are housebound and unable to attend the library. Please call 68952253 for more information regarding this. Condobolin Library has a wheelchair and a walker for use.
There are local and family history resources available and staff to assist with these queries.
A book club meets monthly and welcomes new members. The Condobolin Library can assist with anyone wanting to start up a book club.
There is a local writers group called The Genre Benders and they meet once a month at Condobolin Library. All budding writers encouraged to join.
Condobolin Library Knitters group knits rugs for disadvantaged people. Meeting monthly. New members welcome.
There is a meeting room available for free to non-profit groups and clubs.
Free community notice board.
Condobolin Library
130 Bathurst Street Condobolin 2877 Ph 68952253
Opening times: Monday – Friday 9am – 5.30pm (now open at lunchtime) Saturday 9am – 12noon
Lake Cargelligo Library
35A Foster Street Lake Cargelligo 2672 Ph 68981722
Opening times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9am – 12.30pm / 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Tottenham Library
At Tottenham Central School Merilba Street Tottenham 2873 Ph 0418333153 (only during opening hours)
Opening times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3.30pm – 5.30pm
A great place to meet up with people, to get out of the heat or the cold, wait for the car to be fixed, or just relax and read the paper. All Welcome.
E-Resources
Welcome to our E-resources page, where you can find quality, current and authoritative information from a range of different databases which offer full-text articles and journals, statistics and other media like photographs and video.
Click here to visit the Lachlan Shire Council Libraries Online Catalogue.
State Library of NSW
Your library card is a fast track to joining the State Library of NSW. Gain free access to the State Library's amazing resources. Register with your library card.
Individual Databases
If you would like to browse the individual databases that this search function uses, you'll see them listed below. Once again, you'll need your Lachlan Shire Library membership number. If you need any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Academic Search Elite
A scholarly collection of information covering a range of academic subject fields. With full text for more than 2,100 journals.
Australia/New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre
A range of essays presenting multiple perspectives on a current issue. Provides an overview, point, counterpoint, and critical thinking guide.
Australian and NZ specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books included creating a large collection of regional full-text content.
Great sources of full-text information on a diverse range of health-related subject areas. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases.
GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.
Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 magazines covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
A readers' advisory service with a comprehensive database of fiction books and authors - a great resource to expand your reading and find new authors.
Science Reference Center is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs.
