Overdrive Libby for travelling families 方便旅行家庭的电子书

旅行的季节又到了！很多华人朋友都利用孩子假期、圣诞节和春节回国探亲或出国旅游。有时在图书馆遇到华人顾客因出国前忘记还书需交超期罚款很是同情。自己也曾在回国时为找孩子的英文阅读材料煞费苦心。其实，这些问题都可以用图书馆的电子资源eResources 解决。OverDrive Libby尤其适合在外旅行的家庭，因为每一家庭成员都能从中找到所需要的资源。

OverDrive Libby 基本信息

OverDrive是世界领先的电子阅读平台，为超过70个国家的图书馆和学校提供电子书、电子有声书和其它多媒体资源。基督城图书馆的Overdrive拥有几千小说类和非小说电子书和电子有声书。有基督城图书馆借书证的顾客可免费借阅。您可在任何时间借阅和预定各十本书，下载后线下阅读。使用OverDrive Libby最大的优点是您可将下载到电子设备的书随身携带到任何地方，所借阅的书到期会自动归还，不用担心超期罚款。

下载Libby插件

Libby是OverDrive新开发的插件，可下载到手机(iPhone 和Android)、电脑、iPad、平板电脑tablet和除Kindle以外的电子阅读器eReader。下载步骤如下：

1. 用您的设备在谷歌Google上查找Christchurch City Libraries，进入网站主页在，在主菜单上找到eResources。
2. 点击Featured标题下的Overdrive eAudio & eBooks，进入OverDrive说明网页。滚动到下方，在App Information标题下，根据您使用的设备点击Libby—Apple App Store（苹果设备），Libby—Google play（安卓Android设备），或点击Meet Libby 图标（见下图标）进入Libby插件安装网站在App Store, Google play 和Microsoft中选择点击与您的设备相关的图标进入新网页。
3. 在新的网页上点击install，下载安装Libby插件。安装完成后，您会在您的设备上看到Libby的图标。
4. 双击您设备上的Libby图标打开Libby插件，用借书证号和密码注册您的账号。注册完毕方可进入Libby阅读平台借书。

Libby 电子书阅读平台

所有准备工作完成后，您将进入Libby电子阅读平台选择并借阅您心意的作品。有大量适合成年人阅读的电子英文书，其中的旅行指南类书籍是旅行的好帮手。希望读中文书的顾客可点击页面左上端collection图标旁的下拉箭头，在eBook标题下找到并点击Chinese eBooks链接进入中文书网页。您可以同样方式浏览青少年电子书 和儿童电子书（包括少量中文儿童读物）。

您如果在使用中遇到任何问题可到各图书馆获得帮助。祝大家旅行季节愉快！带着“掌上图书馆”读万卷书，行万里路。

Hong Wang
Network Library Assistant

庆祝2018年新西兰中文周Celebrations in New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2018

New Zealand Chinese Language Week is a Kiwi-driven initiative aiming at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture. It was officially launched by Raymond Huo as a sitting Member of Parliament on 24 May 2014. This year New Zealand Chinese Language Week is on from 23 to 29 September. Explore all the events in the nationwide celebration during New Zealand Chinese Language Week.

New Zealand Chinese Language Week Celebrations at Shirley and Hornby Libraries

Coincidentally, Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival on 24 September and Confucius’ Birthday on 28 September fall during this year’s New Zealand Chinese Language Week. Christchurch City Libraries is collaborating with the Confucius Institute at the University of Canterbury to celebrate the two events.

Shirley Library

Our activities include paper cutting, calligraphy, plate painting, Chinese games, Chinese folk dancing, and learning basic Chinese greeting and numbers. Free, no bookings required. Recommended for all ages. Caregiver required.

• Shirley Library, Monday 24 September 2pm to 4.30pm
• Shirley Library, Thursday 27 September 2pm to 4.30pm

Hornby Library

Come and celebrate Chinese Language Week with us at Hornby Library. Lead teacher, Fang Tian from the Confucius Institute will run a Chinese calligraphy taster and Cherry Blossom painting session. Suitable for all ages. FREE, no bookings required. Wednesday 26 September, 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Find out more.

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15^th day of the 8^th month of a lunar calendar year when the moon is believed to the biggest and fullest. Chinese people believe that a full moon is a symbol of reunion, harmony and happiness so Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion. Mooncakes are the main characteristic food for this occasion. Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival was derived from the ancient rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. Folklore about the origin of the festival is based on the ancient legend of Chang’e and her fateful ascent to the heavens after having swallowed an elixir pill.

Books and resources in the library related to Mid-Autumn Festival 图书馆有关中秋节的读物

Confucius’ Birthday孔子诞辰

Confucius, also known as Kong Qiu, is a great Chinese scholar, teacher and social philosopher. Confucius is believed to be born on 28 September, 551BC. He was living in a period regarded as a time of great moral decline. Working with his disciples, Confucius edited and wrote the classics and compiled Four Books and Five Classics 四书五经 to find solutions. In his life time, Confucius traveled throughout eastern China to persuade the official classes and rulers of Chinese states with the great moral teachings of the sages of the past. Although Confucius did not succeed in reviving the classics, his teachings formed as a dominant Chinese ideology, known as Confucianism, which values the concepts of benevolence仁, ritual仪, propriety礼. His teachings have had a profoundly influence on Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese thoughts and life for 2500 years.

Each year, Confucius’ birthday celebration ceremonies are held on the island of Qufu (Shangdong Province, Mainland China), the birthplace of Confucius. Outside Mainland China, Confucius’ birthday is also celebrated in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea and Japan. In Taiwan, Confucius’ birthday is set as a public holiday for teachers, known as Teachers’ Day, to memorise the first great teacher in the Chinese history.

  

Books and resources on Confucius in the library 图书馆有关孔子的读物

Chinese Language Collection

• Chinese language collection for adults成年人中文读物
• Chinese language collection for kids and teens儿童青少年中文读物

Chinese eResources

• Overdrive — Chinese language eBooks中文电子书
• Dragonsource — Chinese language magazines龙源中文杂志
• Press Reader — Chinese language newspaper and magazines 在线中文报纸和杂志

    

Resources for Learning Chinese

• Mango Language – software for learning Chinese芒果语言学习软件
• Chinese language learning titles at catalogue中文学习书目

Programmes and services offered in Chinese at your library

• Chinese Book Discussion Group华人读书会
• Chinese ESOL Club and ESOL Club以英文学习为目的小组活动
• English-Chinese Bilingual Babytime中英文双语宝宝故事会
• Chinese language services in the library图书馆的中文服务
  Chinese language services are available at Halswell Library, Tūranga the Central Library, Upper Riccarton Community and High School Library and other Christchurch City Libraries with arrangement.

Hong Wang
Network Library Assistant

用图书馆资源开发您的音乐潜能: Becoming musical with library eResources

每年五月是新西兰的音乐节。人们在庆祝本土音乐的成就之余也会想到存在于不同的历史时期、不同社会、不同形式的音乐。音乐作为人类情感的表达，是任何文明社会不可缺少的。孔夫子曰：夫乐者，乐也，人情之所不能免也。 Confucius said, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”. 尽管不是每个人都有天赋成为一名音乐家，但都能通过发展音乐欣赏的能力，成为一名业余的音乐爱好者或专业的音乐人。尤其对华人移民和他们的子女来说，学会赏析西洋音乐和来自其它文化背景的音乐能丰富在远离故土的生活，甚至开启一个职业的领域。在这方面，基督城图书馆的电子音乐资源能助您一臂之力。

图书馆有两大类音乐资源可满足您的需求：

发展音乐爱好的资源：

您喜欢听美国歌曲和音乐吗？American Song数据库拥有源于美国社会各阶层、种族和各个时期的超过十一万个音乐曲目。涵盖像民谣folk，蓝调blues， 乡村country, 福音gospel 和摇滚rock 等众多的音乐类别。如果您不知道怎样欣赏这些类别的音乐，可用图书馆的百科全书Britannica Library Adults键入相关音乐类别的英文单词获得背景知识。

 

古典音乐的爱好者可从Classical Music Library数据库中找到您的最爱。该数据库拥有从格利高里的圣歌Gregorian Chants到近代的九万多个曲目。Naxos Music Library数据库云集了在线串流式古典音乐。流行音乐的粉丝们也不会失望。Popular Music Library数据库让您“畅游”在流行音乐的殿堂。如果您对世界各地的音乐都感兴趣，Contemporary World Music数据库是不错的选择。该数据库拥有超过二十万的曲目。您能在其中找到雷鬼reggae, 世界的节拍worldbeat, 柴迪科zydeco和雅乐gagaku等不太熟悉的音乐类别。当然，其中也有中国的二胡、古典民乐等音乐曲目。同样，Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries数据库的收藏也是包罗万象。其中不仅包含世界各地的音乐曲目，还拥有各种动物和自然界各种声音的录音。Music Online: Listening Plus包含上述多种数据库，集结了各种音乐专辑、曲目于一体。

     

另外，您如果喜欢听音乐会，看歌剧和芭蕾舞剧，Naxos Video Library数据库能提供超过2560个完整剧目。Naxos Jazz和Jazz Music Library两个数据库提供9000多个爵士乐专辑和最完整的在线串流式爵士乐。

  

发掘音乐潜能的资源：

图书馆的音乐资源也能用于开发个人的音乐潜能，音乐专业学习和教学。Busy Things是一款适合于三到十三岁孩子的寓教于乐的软件。其获得了 英国教育培训和技术展大奖BETT (British Educational Training and Technology Show) award。该软件中的音乐学习素材可训练孩子们在游戏中辨认乐器、发展对音乐的节奏感、认识音阶和懂得五线谱。在此基础上，Fine Arts and Music Collection, Bloomsbury Popular Music, Oxford Music Online, Rock’s Backpages 等数据库收集了大量有关音乐研究、学习和教学的材料。为学习音乐提供了丰富的素材。Naxos Sheet Music提供四千五百多个音乐作品的乐谱供下载打印。有小孩学习乐器的家长可充分利用这些材料来发展孩子的音乐潜能。

    

以上音乐数据库只提供在图书馆注册申请了借书证的顾客使用权。如果您希望使用这些数据库，请按要求申请借书证。当您点击该文章中的链接时，系统会让您输入借书证号（card number）和密码（password/pin）以便进入特定网页。希望图书馆的音乐资源能帮助丰富您和您家人的生活，发展兴趣爱好，修身养性，发掘您的音乐潜能。

Hong Wang, Network Library Assistant

读《茱萸的孩子：余光中传》，忆乡愁诗人余光中 “Nostalgia poet” Yu Guangzhong

每逢佳节倍思亲。在春节探亲访友之际，海外的华人都以各种方式表达对故土和亲人的思恋。朗诵余光中的《乡愁》往往成为人们表达这一情感的一种方式。台湾著名诗人、文学评论家、教育家、翻译家余光中先生以脍炙人口的《乡愁》赢得了“乡愁诗人”的称号。 然而，他对华人社会的贡献远远超出了这一称号冠以他的殊荣。在他的一生中， 余光中先生发表了多部诗集、散文和翻译作品。每首诗文都得益于他在一定时代背景下真实的情感和体悟。所以，他的作品能牵动亿万华人的心。傅孟丽的《茱萸的孩子：余光中传》是走进这位大师的世界，理解他的诗文的最好导读。

《茱萸的孩子：余光中传》的中文简写本完成于2007年。余光中先生于2017年病逝。因此，这本书记录了余光中先生一生的重大事件，算得上是一本较完整的传记。在书中，作者将余光中先生的一生分成五个阶段，包括大陆时期、台北时期、赴美时期、香港时期和高雄时期。以此为主线，作者也侧写了余光中先生的家庭、亲情、爱情、友情、师生情和个人性格，以达到“横看成岭侧成峰”的效果。

尽管该书各章节之间的连贯性似乎不太明显，作者严谨的写作态度值得称颂。每一事件的资料都来源于详细访谈，经过多方核实。作者很巧妙地避免了写传记时易走的两个误区。既没有将该传记写成“供词”以暴露不必要暴露的隐私；也没有将其写成“颂词”而一味歌功颂德。书中呈现的是一位有七情六欲、经历丰富的文化人—有过儿时对战争的恐惧、青壮年时的壮志凌云、客居他乡时被排挤和最终的功成名就。

这本书的另一个读点就是它将余光中先生的一生不同时期的作品和他的生活境遇有机地结合起来以解读这些作品。读过该书，您会对下面一系列问题有更清晰的答案：为什么余光中先生在散文《从母亲到外遇》中说：“大陆是母亲，台湾是妻子，香港是情人，欧洲是外遇。”？《沙浮投海》和《舟子的悲歌》表达了大师怎样的心境？为什么诗集《莲的联想》在台湾诗史的演进中很珍贵？《白玉苦瓜》的音乐性从何而来？余光中先生什么时候写了《三生石》？

如果您喜欢读余光中先生的作品，《茱萸的孩子：余光中传》是一本必读的书。建议您首先读这本书，然后通过以上链接欣赏他的作品。这样，您可能对大师的作品会有更深的领悟。同时，也欢迎您加入我们的读书会微信群（微信号：hongwangccl），参加我们的余光中作品在线讨论。

Zhu yu de hai zi

新年愿望和图书馆的资源 (New Year’s Resolutions and Library Resources)

新的一年到来了！在这辞旧迎新之季，我们每个人都对来年有所期盼。自助书籍作家Melody Beattie 说过，新的一年就像一本书待写的一章，需要我们设定目标来完成。在西方社会，人们都有制定新年计划和愿望 (New Year’s Resolutions) 的习惯。这一习俗沿袭了四千年前古巴比伦的传统。早期的基督徒将其作为反省过去的过失，规划来年的契机。在中国，人们在新年之际也会互相发送新年寄语和收集一些 鼓励自己的话语。即使没有写下来，我们的心里可能都有这样一份自我规划和自律的清单（ A to-do list）。然而，要将这些写在纸上的规划和愿望逐条地付诸实施并非易事，需要心理准备和物质条件。在这方面，图书馆的资源能提供有益的帮助。

所谓心理准备就是了解自己的弱点和预期实施计划会遇到的障碍，从而克服这些困难以达到预定的目标。成功地实施新年愿望的关键就是能自我控制，持之以恒地向预定的目标努力。社会心理学家 Roy F. Baumeister和纽约时报科学专栏作家John Tierney 认为，人类不同于动物的一大特点就是人类的自制力或称毅志力（willpower）。人类能够为了长远的目标自我克制以免受暂时诱惑的影响。人们的目标可能是组建一个和睦的家庭，追求一个成功的职业，寻求经济上的安全感，拥有和保持健康或追求兴趣、爱好和梦想。无论那一个目标的实现都取决于个人的自制力。在上个世纪六十年代，心理学教授Walter Mischel和他的同事在斯坦福开展的著名的棉花糖实验（Stanford Marshmallow Test ）显示了自制力与成功密切相关。

今天，信息技术的发展给我们提供了便捷，同时也带来了极大的困扰。很多人都会觉得每天几乎被各种高科技的“诱惑”占据了所有的业余时间，批评孩子们花太多时间上网。在这种环境下，自制力对个人的成功更为重要。图书馆有关的书可帮助我们认识，培养和开发自制力。这样，我们可以克服不良的习惯，为成功地实施新年愿望做好心理上的准备。

同时，实现目标所需要的各种资源也是不可缺少的。下面是一些图书馆拥有的、适合于华人移民个人和家庭的语言、求职、运动休闲、子女教育方面资源的例子。它们可以为您实现新年愿望助一臂之力。

• 语言和技能：如果您的目标是提高英语水平，学习一门新的语言或鼓励您的孩子学习汉语，Mango Language 和 Rosetta Stone Library Solution 是不错的选择。如果您今年计划学习一项计算机技能, Lynda.com 提供一系列的由专家讲授课程的录像，可成为有益的辅导材料。

      

• 求职：如果您今年要找工作，图书馆指导写简历的书和Careers NZ网站能提供相关的信息。
• 子女教育：您的目标可能是在新的一年里让您的孩子能养成每天在家做一点功课的习惯。Busythings, Literacy Planet, SmartMath Practice 是不错的选择。

     

• 运动、音乐， 种植和社区生活：如果您喜欢运动，图书馆有关练习瑜伽、 在基督城步行 的资料可提供指导；音乐爱好者不要错过 Music Online: Listening Plus，其中包含各种类型的音乐供选；种植爱好者可在图书馆找到大量有关园艺的书和杂志，一些推荐书目尤其有用；CINCH: Community Directory 收集了大约6,000家基督城的社团、俱乐部和成人教育的信息，能为您提供社区活动和组织的资讯。
• 阅读：如果您想培养阅读的爱好，DragonSource, Overdrive, BorrowBox, PressReader 能提供您中文杂志、电子书、有声电子书和世界各地包括英文和华文报纸。

        

• 基督城图书馆华人读书会：如果您喜欢读书、交友和与其他阅读爱好者交流读后感，欢迎加入Fendalton基督城华人读书会。我们每月第二个星期五晚6.30pm-7.30pm 在Fendalton 图书馆见面。

祝大家在2018年心想事成，发展自制力，享受多彩的生活，更好地应用图书馆资源以达到您的目标！欢迎在下面分享您使用这些资源的意见和体会。谢谢！

Hong Wang, NLA

OverDrive has gone all multilingual!

One of our busiest and most popular eResources is OverDrive, an eBook and eAudiobook service that lets you download your favourite titles for free. Recently in recognition of the variety of people we have in our fair city of Christchurch we have added a number of titles in other languages. So far there are a number of eBook titles in Chinese, Korean and Tagalog.

These eBooks are for grownups as well as children and cover both fiction and nonfiction titles. What we need to do now is to spread the word about their existence. So if you speak – or are learning – any of these languages then do take the time to explore these eBooks. If you know of people that speak these languages, then please tell them about this fantastic resource. As a library, word of mouth is one of our most important tools to make sure everyone is aware of the many services we offer to those who are not native English speakers.

Read Jo’s post in Korean about the Korean eBooks.

 

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Christchurch City Libraries

Our 2016 Year of the Monkey celebrations at Christchurch City Libraries are underway! There are fun activities for the Chinese New Year, including:

• Library scavenger hunt – quizzes, Chinese Zodiac Challenge and lantern riddles: simple quizzes to get to know your library, make a quest on the Chinese Zodiac, solve the Chinese lantern riddles to get your brain exercised.
• Chinese New Year Colouring in: great for adults and kids.

Wow! Check out the amazing #ChineseNewYear colouring pages that we'll have available from next week! #Monkey ^DC pic.twitter.com/nCHuFXOIdg

— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) February 4, 2016

• A display on researching Chinese family history in New Zealand – interesting historical photos, articles from family history databases, research done by library family history expert – looking into the life of early Chinese settlers in New Zealand.
• Bilingual storytelling: bilingual stories from library staff on Chinese New Year, learn simple Mandarin and get your body moving.
• Family Fun Day
  • Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre Saturday 13 February
  • Upper Riccarton Library Saturday 20 February
    Technology taster – 3D printing, 3D pen to make your own creation;
    Shadow puppet show – taste this wonderful Chinese tradition and get to know the Monkey King from the famous Chinese novel “Journey To The West”;
    Quiver – bring your colouring alive;
    Craft – make your own lanterns

We just made colouring in alive! #quiver #FunPalaces #funpalaceschch.^DR pic.twitter.com/dyEDGsLiwb

— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) October 2, 2015

Chinese eMagazines with Dragonsource!

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A Midwinter Christchurch’s Dream of Shakespeare 基督城冬季的莎士比亚之梦

With 23 April 2014 marking the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare‘s birth, the Court Theatre is celebrating the Bard by bringing the midsummer heat into our Christchurch winter!

It is currently staging one of Shakespeare’s most imaginative and magical plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and, fittingly, it is presenting it in a unique conception.

Talented Chinese actors from Peking University’s Institute of World Theatre and the Court Theatre’s favourite Kiwi actors are performing together to interpret this masterpiece. The result promises to be a fascinating blend of their individual creative approaches.

Not being an expert on Shakespeare myself, I thought I’d translate and paraphrase part of a poem written by a brilliant Chinese poet (王佐良 1916-1995）33 years ago:

Shakespeare, with open mind and heart, absorbs one’s charisma,  莎士比亚, 你的心胸坦荡荡吸收这个的俊逸,

Imitates the other’s wildness, 模仿那个的开阔,

To write touching plays, 只要能写出动人的诗剧,

Lets emotions on stage fuel up flames, 让感情在舞台上燃成烈火,

More eternal than fire. 但又比火永恒.

The fate of many characters became the subject of deep thoughts: 多少人物的命运留下了长远思索的命题:

A young intellectual’s confusion, 一个青年知识分子的困惑,

An elderly father’s moaning in the wilderness, 一个老年父亲在荒野的悲啼,

A warrior husband’s love and paranoia, 一个武士丈夫的钟情和多疑,

Another warrior’s awakening at the edge of life, 另一个武士在生命边缘的醒悟,

Made many travellers stop by, 都曾使过往岁月的无数旅人停步,

Searching for the path of life again. 重新寻找人生的道路.

Do you agree with this assessment? Do you think it reflects Shakespeare’s work accurately? What changes do you envisage Chinese actors will bring to the feel of this special staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

 P.S. Given the multicultural nature of this performance, I thought you might enjoy seeing the following translations of “William Shakespeare” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in different languages.

Chinese:   莎士比亚  –  仲夏夜之梦

Māori:   Rurutao   –  Te Wawata o te Pō Raumati

Korean:   윌리암 셰익스피어  –  한 여름 밤의 꿈

Japanese:   ウィリアム・シェイクスピア  –  夏の夜の夢

I particularly like the fact that Shakespeare translates in Māori as “to stab at one’s emotions” – if you do speak another language, do feel free to share with us how Shakespeare’s name and A Midsummer Night’s Dream have been translated in it.

Chinese eBooks now available on OverDrive

We have just introduced a collection of Chinese eBook titles into OverDrive with a view to exploring other languages as content becomes available. We recognise that English is not necessarily the first language of our members.

Spread the word if you know people who may be interested!!

There is no doubting the popularity of OverDrive, our downloadable eBook and eAudiobook collection. We have thousands of fiction and non fiction titles to satisfy your reading needs.