Library Information
Picture Past It 2012
22 February 2012
Alter your reality showing us where and when you would love to read in Logan’s past, present or future. Using a picture from Logan and a picture of you reading (or with a book), manipulate the photo to create your own “Altered Read-ality”.
Key Dates:
- Launch and promotion of competition: 1 March to 22 April 2012
- Competition entries close: Sunday 22 April 2012
- Exhibition tour: May to November 2012
- Winners Announced: Thursday 26 April 2012
Prizes:
Entrants will be categorised as, under 18 and 18+ with a total prize pool valued at $450. Prizes will be awarded for both categories to the indicated values.
Mayors Choice $100
| Under 18s | 18 and Over |
| 1st prize $100 2nd prize $50 3rd prize $25 |
1st prize $100 2nd prize $50 3rd prize $25 |
Terms and Conditions:
Please view the terms and conditions before entering the competition. For any enquiries phone 3412 4165 or via email.
Entry Form:
Three separate entries are permissible from each entrant. An entry form must be filled out for each entry.
Finding “Logan” Photographs:
Need help locating some “Logan” pictures? You are able view our helpful hints on finding photographs in our collection, or just ask our friendly staff for assistance. More photographs are available in the Local Studies Collection which is situated at the Logan Central Library
Basic Photo Manipulation:
Need help manipulating photos? Please utilise the tutorial manipulating photographs using the free GIMP software.
Do homework with yourtutor and win!
22 February 2012
How can you win an iPad2?
Thanks to Logan Libraries and yourtutor, you can enter to win every time you sign in to the yourtutor Online Homework Centre to ask a homework or study question.
Simply type your email address in the yourtutor after-tutorial survey and get a pdf copy of your tutorial conversation.
The iPad2 even comes with $150 12 months data credit, plus there are $50 book vouchers to win.
The competition closes end of Term 2.
Get started this afternoon with yourtutor.com.au!
Logan City Mayor’s Reading Challenge
29 November 2011
Read and win over summer! Visit any of the Logan City Council Libraries to find a great range of books to read over summer and for your chance to win. Register at your Logan City Council Library and read for your chance to win. Children can also enter the writer’s and illustrator’s competition as part of the Mayor’s Reading Challenge.
Every time you visit and borrow books from a Logan City Council Library you receive an entry into the weekly book prize draw. Read (or have read to you) your targeted number of books over the holidays, and return your completed log sheet to the library to be in the grand draw to win an iPod Nano.
Logan Libraries are taking part in the Queensland Department of Education Mayor’s Reading Challenge. The program is aimed at school aged children attending a State School in 2011 or 2012 up to grade six. All other children can enter the challenge at their local library to be in the weekly prize draws to win a book and grand prize draws to win an iPod Nano. Collect your passport at your local library or print off your reading passport at Logan reading challenge to keep track of the number of books read.
For more information, visit the Logan Libraries Events Calendar or view about the challenge.
Good luck to all challengers – I look forward to reading the many entries for the Budding Writers’ Challenge and to presenting certificates to the many successful challengers across Logan City.
Best wishes, Pam Parker
National year of reading: 2012
29 November 2011
2012 will see a whole range of amazing, fun reading activities taking place around Australia and online, so people of all ages, from different backgrounds, can discover and rediscover the joy of reading.
Australian libraries and library associations are supporting a campaign to turn 2012 into the National Year of Reading, linking together all the great things that are already happening around books, reading and literacy, and giving them an extra boost with inspirational programs and events taking place across the country.
Many events and activities are planned for 2012. A few of these include:
- It’s never too late … to learn to read. An adult learners’ week short story writing competiton.
- One country reading. The search for eight books to define the Australian experience.
- Creative reading prize. For teens, we will be running the National Year of Reading Creative Reading prize.
- Australia’s first Children’s Laureate. This December Australia will name its very first Chidren’s Literature Laureate!
Have a sneak peek at what NYOR 2012 is all about.
Logan North’s Sci-Fi & Fantasy Month winners
11 September 2011Sci-Fi and Fantasy month is over for another year!
At the end of August we drew the winners of our Colouring-in and Find WALL-E competitions, as well as the lucky draw prize for the month.
These are our very happy winners!
For the Space Colouring-in Competition, Lucille Heath won in the 0-4 years category, Naadirah Seedat in the 5-8 years category, and Zainah Meman in the 9+ category.
For the Find Wall-E Competition, Jelena McCulloch won in the 0-4 years category, Josiah Pfeiffer in the 5-8 years category, and Daniel Robinson in the 9+ category.
The Monthly Prize Draw Winner, who went home with a Harry Potter lunch box signed by Draco Malfoy (as well as an Optimash Prime Mr. Potato Head) was Courtney Hose.
Congratulations to all our winners.
