Alice Springs Public Library

The Alice Springs Pub­lic Library has a range of resources for chil­dren and youth, including:

• Children’s books, DVDs, CDs
• Young adult fiction
• Graph­ic novels
• Baby board books
• Begin­ner readers
• Baby change room
• Blocks and colouring

Spe­cial Events

Haunt­ing Hol­i­days- Join the Library School Hol­i­day Pro­gram, if you dare!

It’s near­ly school hol­i­day time again in Alice Springs. Here at the Library we are delight­ed to bring you a spook-tac­u­lar Octo­ber School Hol­i­day Program!So join us as we don our mad sci­en­tist caps, cel­e­brate reknowned Goose­bumps author R.L.Stines birth­day with SLIME, cre­ate creepy crafts and play some beast­ly boardgames and more…if you dare!Some of the events require book­ings, so make sure you get in quick– book­ings are open now!

Steam Club Term 4

Book­ings open now! 

Book Your FREE Place Here

or call the Library on 08 8950 0555

This term at STEAM Club we will build real com­put­ers from start to fin­ish, while learn­ing about cod­ing using the Rasp­ber­ry Pi edi­tion of Minecraft.

Stu­dents will work togeth­er to assem­ble ful­ly func­tion­al com­put­ers fol­low­ing a detailed blue­print. Once built, they will pro­ceed through a series of Minecraft sto­ry mode lev­els, con­nect­ing dif­fer­ent pieces of hard­ware to beat the lev­els. Stu­dents will learn about elec­tron­ics, cod­ing and pro­gram­ming through a com­bi­na­tion of engag­ing sto­ry­line, hands-on build­ing, cir­cuit­ry chal­lenges and cod­ing projects.

Book­ings essen­tial, lim­it­ed to 10 people

Dates 22^nd Octo­ber – 10^th Decem­ber (8 weeks)

Com­mit­ment to the term is preferrable. 

Every Tues­day after­noon @ 3.15 – 4.30pm

FREE. For Ages 10+ 

Sto­ry­book Saturday 

The Alice Springs Pub­lic Library proud­ly presents ​“Sto­ry­book Sat­ur­day”; bring­ing all of your favourite books to life every sec­ond Saturday.

Each ses­sion includes a fun craft activ­i­ty. Come along for as lit­tle or as long as you like!

FREE. No book­ings required. Every sec­ond Sat­ur­day @ 10.30 to 11.30 am. Next ses­sion: 19 October.

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Pro­grams for Chil­dren & Youth

We run reg­u­lar FREE pro­grams for chil­dren aimed at devel­op­ing lit­er­a­cy, pro­mot­ing read­ing and use of the library resources, con­tribut­ing to com­mu­ni­ty devl­op­ment and the shar­ing of cul­ture and knowledge.

Check out all our events in our online events cal­en­dar here.

• Preschool Sto­ry­time
• Baby Rhyme Time
• School Hol­i­day Programs
• Sum­mer Read­ing Club
• STEAM Corps
• LEGO Club
• Code Club
• Author vis­its
• Scribe & Sketch Club
• Youth Week events

Reg­u­lar Programs

LEGO Club

Mon­days from 3.00 — 4.30pm.

The Alice Springs Pub­lic Library has its very own LEGO Club and you’re invit­ed to join in! All ages welcome.

LEGO is sup­plied (although dona­tions are always appre­ci­at­ed). All you need is a will­ing­ness to have fun and cre­ate! Cre­ate some­thing your­self, in a team or try out our Chal­lenge Cards. There is some­thing for every­one at the LEGO Club.

FREE. No book­ings required dur­ing School Term time.

Preschool Sto­ry­time

Wednes­day morn­ings from 10.15am-10.45am.

For 2 – 5 year olds. Learn­ing can be as sim­ple as one book. Preschool Sto­ry­time is a fun and inter­ac­tive ses­sion using books, rhymes, songs and play to stim­u­late lit­er­a­cy development.

FREE. Book­ings not required. 2 – 5 year olds. 

Baby Rhyme Time

Fri­day morn­ings from 10.15am-10.45am

For 0 – 2 year olds. Songs, rhymes, sto­ries and play are a won­der­ful way to devel­op a love of lan­guage. This inter­ac­tive ses­sion is designed to sup­port pre-lit­er­a­cy edu­ca­tion in a fun and social way.

FREE. No book­ings required. 0 – 2 year olds.

Young Peo­ple

In our Youth area, we have a range of PCs and Macs for use by 12 – 17 year olds. These pro­vide access to fil­tered inter­net, online resources and music software.

Young peo­ple can access these com­put­ers for FREE from 3pm on school days and all day on week­ends and school holidays.

Spe­cial access dur­ing school hours will only be grant­ed if a par­ent or guardian is present.

Geek In Residence

Part of the Library’s role in the com­mu­ni­ty is col­lab­o­rat­ing with com­mu­ni­ty ser­vices to pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for youth engage­ment using healthy and pos­i­tive diver­sion­ary activ­i­ties, which in turn can deter young peo­ple from engag­ing in risky or prob­lem­at­ic behaviours.

The pro­gram aims to pro­vide pos­i­tive youth devel­op­ment activ­i­ties to:

• Increase print, social and dig­i­tal literacies
• Build resilience and confidence
• Pro­vide a safe space for young peo­ple to meet and share stories
• Form a con­struc­tive rela­tion­ship between dis­ad­van­taged Abo­rig­i­nal young peo­ple and the library

With the sup­port of local con­trib­u­tors; Cen­trecorp Foun­da­tion, Ter­ri­to­ry Fam­i­lies & CAY­LUS, the library pro­vides expe­ri­enced Youth and Arts Work­ers as ​‘Geeks in Res­i­dence’ in the Youth Space dur­ing the fol­low­ing times:

• School Term: 3pm-6pm week­days and 10am-1pm Saturdays
• School Hol­i­days: 10am-6pm week­days and 10am-1pm Sat­ur­days and Sundays

For more infor­ma­tion about the Geek in Res­i­dence Pro­gram, please con­tact the Library’s Youth Engage­ment Offi­cer.

Com­mu­ni­ty Events and Organisations

In addi­tion to our reg­u­lar pro­grams, we also con­duct FREE out­reach ses­sions and wel­come group vis­its to the library!

• Local schools — con­tact us if you would like to book a spe­cial library tour
• Ter­ri­to­ry Par­ents Sup­port Group at the Fly­nn Dri­ve Com­mu­ni­ty Health Centre
• Yipirinya School Storytime
• YMCA Ear­ly Learn­ing Centre

We also take part in com­mu­ni­ty events such as:

• Children’s Week Celebrations
• Big Day Out in Har­mo­ny, NAIDOC Week and Rec­on­cila­tion Week
• Pets On Parade and School Fetes with Booka the dog, the Library’s mascot

Con­tact us if you would like the library to host a stall at your event!