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Central Library - Business as usual |
 We are pleased to report that Cambridge Central Library opened for normal business from Tuesday 28 August following the closure of the library due to the extreme weather on Saturday 25 August.
Once again, we would like to take the opportunity to thank all staff and members of the public for their help, and understanding following the flooding.
There will need to be some scheduled further works to isolated areas of the library and advance notice will be given when these are likely to take place. |
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Cambridgeshire County Council Budget Consultation |
 Have your say on what the Council should spend money on and where it should make savings with new survey.
Please help us complete the budget consultation survey which will help Cambridgeshire County Council makes £37 million in savings next year. The survey should take only 10-15 minutes, and it will be open from 5 September to 17 October 2012. |
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National Poetry Day - Thursday 4 October |
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Celebrate National Poetry Day this year with a creative contribution of your own! We invite you to assemble Book Spine Poems in our libraries, and we will set aside special shelves or tables to display them, on the day itself. Then we really hope that as many of you as possible will be able to photograph them and upload them to our Facebook page.
Is Book Spine Poetry new to you? All you have to do is select a small number of books with titles which fit together in, for example, a resonant, thought-provoking, shocking or amusing way, and arrange them in the order you would like them to be read.
We are encouraging children to write out their favourite poem on a star-shaped piece of card and these will be displayed in the children's libraries. Don't forget that children will find a rich variety of suitable book titles to use for their poems, in our children's libraries.
For further information about National Poetry Day, visit www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk. Look out for additional displays of poetry in Cambridgeshire libraries on the day, too. |
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Black History Month 2012 |
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 Cambridgeshire Libraries would like to invite you to celebrate and discover Black History Month during October 2012.
We have collected some of the most influential writers and books whose writing reflects the social issues and lifestyles of modern-day multicultural Britain and the United States. Our booklist aims to cover a representative selection of the variety available in our libraries.
Look out for more books and authors celebrating Black History Month 2012, in libraries across Cambridgeshire and share your favourites with us on Facebook and Twitter. |
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Free e-audio books download service |
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 Cambridgeshire Libraries is pleased to offer its new e-audio download service, provided by One Click Digital. This new service is completely free and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are no waiting lists and the hundreds of bestselling audiobooks are compatible with iPod, MP3 players, tablets (e.g. iPad and Android) and personal computers.
The simple 'one click' download process is available from any PC with broadband internet connection. You will need to become a library member before using this new service. Access is available from HOME PCs only using your library card number and PIN. |
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Mobile Libraries story competition winner |
Ambrose Voituret-Hrebeniak (pictured on the right) is the proud winner of this years Mobile Libraries story writing competition sponsored by Kimbolton Rotary Club.
Well done Ambrose and thanks to Rotary for sponsoring the competition.
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Recommended read in September |
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To help give you some ideas of what or whose books to read, and what and who is a popular read why not have a look at our September list for:
Hot new books
Author Profile of the month
Top 50 Popular Authors o
Visit our Reading website, and why not join our reading groups too? |
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Forthcoming events in September and October |
 Please find below the summary of forthcoming events in libraries. Full details can be found on www.cambridgeshire.net.  
Cambourne Library
- Job Club every 3rd Wednesday of the month
- Wednesday 31 Oct at 10:30am: Family Art Workshop
Central Library, Cambridge
Ely Library
- Thursday 27 September at 10am: Cambridgeshire Celebrates Age event
Histon Library
Huntingdon Library
Linton Library
March Library
Papworth Library
Ramsey Library
Sawtry Library
Soham Library
Somersham LAP
St Neots Library
Willingham Library
Whittlesey Library
Wisbech Library
Yaxley Library
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Following serious fire damage 
