Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library - Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library
Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library
Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library - Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library
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Berwick Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library
known briefly as
Berwick Library
15 High Street, Berwick, Victoria 3806
Phone: 9707 3519 Email: bmi@dcsi.net.au
Librarian: Mrs Lyn Wyatt
HOURS OF OPENING
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Monday
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9.30 am to 5.30 pm
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Tuesday
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9.30 am to 5.30 pm
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Wednesday
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closed
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Thursday
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9.30 am to 5.30 pm
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Friday
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9.30 am to 5.30 pm,
7.00 pm to 8.30 pm
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Saturday
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9.30 am to 12.30 pm
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Sunday
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closed
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The Library is closed on all public holidays.
Story-telling for pre-schoolers is held in the Library on Thursday mornings at 10.30 am.
Use of a photocopier is available: 10c per A4 copy
Internet access is available as a free service: please book on 9707 3519
A user who wishes to become a borrower should make application to the Librarian. There are no charges for borrowing books from the lending collection.
The Library is managed by the Committee of Management of the Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library Incorporated Association (Incorporation Number A7098). Borrowers are invited to apply to join the association, for which there are a small joining fee of $1 and an annual subscription, currently $2.
About the Library
Berwick Library is a lending library which aims to present an up-to-date library service in a traditional manner.
In addition it houses a small heritage collection of original BMI books from the nineteenth century and the Casey Collection, which is a gift from the family of Lord Casey, Australia’s former Governor General.
The lending section makes about 50,000 loans a year, from a stock of over 40,000 books. The stock includes:
(i) fiction, including sections for Mystery, Adventure, Romance and Western
(ii) a substantial large print book section
(iii) a very strong collection of Australiana, including fiction, biography and non-fiction
(iv) a children’s section catering for young children through to teenage
(v) non-fiction, including a significant section on War
(vi) magazines
(vii) talking books
An excellent and full history of the Library, with information about mechanics institutes, can be found in the monograph
Richard Myers, Berwick Mechanics Institute & Free Library, A History,
published by the Library in 1999.
The current Committee of Management of the Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library Association Incorporated, which manages the Library, is:
President: Mrs Chris Pritchard
Treasurer: Mr Graham Hughes
Secretary: Dr Edward Vaughan
Librarian (ex officio): Mrs Lyn Wyatt
Ordinary members: Corinne Brewis; Susan Griffiths; Marie Livera; Valda Miller .
The day-to-day running of the Library is by the Librarian, assisted by a team of volunteers.
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