• Librarian
   
  Contact: Sandra Tarry 03 9842 5324
     
• Indexes
   
  Magazine Listing - Reference Sheet and colour coding.
   
  Library Index - Column Headings definitions.
  
  Major Magazine Article Listing (A-Z) Index Update - July 20 2009 (below)
  
  Magazines - Alphabetic Article Listings    A-E    F-L    M-S    T-Z
   
  Specialist Topics - Box Making   Wood Carving   Wood Turning   Scroll Sawing
   
  Audio Visual - Collection
   
  Book - Collection
   
  All of these PDF Library Index files are searchable.
  Each file may be up over 0.5Mb and at dial-up speeds may take a minute or so to download.
  You will require Adobe Reader to view and search them.
  You can download and/or install Adobe reader from www.adobe.com
   
• Borrowing procedures
   
  All members are encouraged to browse, research and borrow materials from our library. It is there to be used!
  To borrow any publication or audio-visual material please follow the following steps.
   
  1. Note the name and number of your loan material in the Library Loan Book with your name and your group ID  e.g. John Smith Wed. Day Turners.
   
  2. Return your book etc within 4 weeks and sign it off in the Library Loan Book.
   
  3. If you feel you will need it longer please consider photocopying the relevant pages so the publication is available for others.
   
  4. When you return any publication please try to return it to its right box. If you feel uncertain about this or can’t find the right space please leave your magazine in the new publications box and it will be put back for you.
   
• Contributing to the Library
   
  Our Library is only as good as it is because of the donations made by individual members. All donations are appreciated and welcomed. The more books and other materials we have the better we can cater for the needs of our members and their developing skills. We want our library to be the best it can be.
   
  Any magazines are welcome no matter how old as we do have gaps in some of our collection. Your magazine may be the one we need. We sometimes need to replace well used materials: your contribution may help.
   
  Please leave any contributions in the box for new materials to be catalogued to be found near the Index Folders or ring Sandra Tarry (9842 5324) to make special arrangements.
   
• History of Woodcraft Manning ham’s Library
   
  Up to 2000
  The library was a collection of magazines, a few books and two videos donated by various members of the club. They were kept in a cupboard in the corner of the work- room. All the magazines were filed in a variety of boxes accessible for browsing but not as a resource for ideas, skill development and knowledge for our members.
   
  2000-2003
  All the articles in the magazine collection were catalogued and cross referenced according to the headings used today in the General Index except for Scroll Sawing and Box Making which were added later when these crafts were added to the skills being developed within our club. It was an attempt to make our library a resource for all our members. A colour scheme was devised so magazines of a specific title could be quickly identified and found on our shelves in boxes with same coloured labels and a numbering system (usually the issue number and/or the date) added to find the specific magazine. The index was produced in hard copy form and has been reprinted annually.
   
  2005
  The Committee decided to get the library out of the cupboard and give it a more appealing and permanent home. Robert McNamara built and installed the attractive shelves we use today. Annual subscriptions were made to three magazines to enhance the depth of the library.
   
  2006-present
  Members have continued to donate books, audio-visual materials and other magazines to the library as they realise how useful the resource is. Specialist indexes were created for Carvers and Turners so they could reduce the time taken to search for the material they require. All the entries in the Carvers’ Index relate to Woodcarving and likewise the entries in the Turners’ Index relate to Woodturning. These are updated in hard copy form annually. Book and Audio-visual collections expanded significantly owing to the generosity of members.
   
  2008
  We entered the IT age. While the cataloguing continues as before and the hard copy maintained, the General Index, Carvers’ Index and Turner’s Index were installed on our website so members could do their searching at home. Specialist indexes were also created for Box Making and Scroll Sawing.
   

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