Kia ora. With the festive season and holidays in sight, now is a good time to organise your summer reading. If you haven’t yet, you may like to request books for the long holiday break. Perhaps you already have books on hold and you are anticipating a few problems. For instance, you are worried they will arrive when you’re out of town. Or maybe your many requested books arrive all at the same time, leaving you with little option to pace your reading.
We have the solution! Did you know you can ‘freeze’ your holds? Freezing your requests means your holds are suspended. You maintain your place in the queue without moving. How do you do this? Log into your library account via the Auckland Libraries App or the website. If using the app, select ‘My Account’ and then ‘Holds’, scroll to the item and select it, and hit the yellow ‘Freeze Hold’ option. If using the website, click on your name at the top-right and go to ‘Holds’, find the item(s), click the arrow next to the blue ‘Cancel Hold’ button, and click ‘Freeze’. Don’t forget to unfreeze your holds when you want to resume your position in the queue. And of course, you are welcome to visit us and we can help with your library account management.
We also have some news about one of our team. Our Claire is retiring. Claire is inherently kind and practical. No doubt she would have helped you print a document or answered your knotty digital question. Or you may have had a wonderful conversation and been quietly impressed by Claire’s knowledge of and passion for books. Given her wide ranging taste in books, it was only natural that she led our Book Chats group. Book Chats is one of our most popular and longest running programmes and we are sure she will be missed by the BC group.
For the Leys team, Claire is the fountain of procedural knowledge. She always knows what needs to be done and how to do it – everything from fixing a wayward door to figuring out the mysteries of the air conditioning unit. She also makes us laugh, which is such an important component of the working day.
Claire said it has been a pleasure spending the last five years of her working life at Leys. She wanted to thank the Leys community for its warmth and connection. She has also enjoyed patting all the lovely dogs that visit our library. If you would like to say goodbye to Claire, please pop in before the end of November.
Hours Monday-Friday 9am to 6pm.
Ka kite
Leys Institute Little Library, 14 Jervois Road, T: 09 377 0209, new.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz
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