Cambridgeshire Libraries

November 2012
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Mood boosting books 2012
Arts Alive in Libraries
Hot new books in November
Last chance - 2 for 1 cinema tickets
Chrismas and New Year opening times
Online services
Forthcoming events
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Search and renew books   

 

Online resources
 

Hire meeting rooms 

 Libraries for hire
Huntingdon meeting roomLooking for a venue to host your next meeting or event? With prices from £3.50 per hour, why not consider your local library meeting room?
 
Our excellent meeting venues make the ideal location for local community groups. Equally we can provide businesses, from large to small, with high standard meeting rooms and facilities at reasonable prices.
 
Meeting rooms are available throughout the county. Venues include Central Library, Chatteris, Ely, Huntingdon (pictured above), March, Ramsey, Soham, Wisbech and Whittlesey. 

  

We also offer some meeting venues and local libraries to hire out of normal opening hours. 
 
To find out more about our meeting rooms or to see if your local library is available to hire please visit our website or contact us on 0345 045 5225 or your.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Mood boosting books 2012

Mood boosting books Feeling stressed, depressed or suffering from the winter blues? Boost your mood with a recommended read.

 

Here are some of our readers favourite mood boosting books:

 

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka

Lottery - Patricia Wood

 

See the complete list of our recommended mood boosting books. You can share your favourite mood boosting books on our Facebook page.

Arts Alive in Libraries

Arts AliveA series of arts events at libraries across Fenland has been launched on community website ShapeYourPlace.
 

'Arts Alive in Libraries' is a programme that looks to transform libraries into places where the local community can enjoy and take part in art activities and performances. It is funded as part of the Library Development Initiative from the Arts Council, England.

 

There will be a wide range of events and activities from comedy clubs to a community TV project. The initiative has been developed as a partnership with the new CS3 Arts Consortia and Cambridgeshire Libraries, with Library Friends groups across Fenland taking a lead in deciding what will take place in their local library.

  

See ShapeYourPlace for a full list of events.

Recommended read in November

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 November list of Hot new books, Author Profile of the month or Top 100 Popular Authors.

 

Visit our Reading website, and why not join a reading group too?

Last chance - 2 for 1 cinema tickets with your library card

Arts Picturehouse

The Reading Agency has teamed up with Picturehouse Cinemas to offer library card holders two for one entry to see Liberal Arts. All you have to do is present your library card when buying your tickets.

 

You can watch Liberal Arts at the Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge. The offer ends on 30 November 2012 so be quick!

Chrismas and New Year opening times

Christmas HollyAll libraries in Cambridgeshire, except Central Library, will be closed from 1.00pm on Monday 24 December (unless scheduled to close earlier) until Wednesday 2 January 2013, when normal service will resume.

 

Cambridge Central Library is closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

 

All opening times for libraries, Library Access Points and the mobile library service over the Christmas and New Year period will soon be available on our website.

Have you used any of our online services?

You can use your library card and PIN to access our online catalogue, to renew and reserve items, download e-books and audio books to your media device. Installing our mobile app on your phone also means you can view your account on the go.
 
In addition, why not use our online resources that include newspapers and journal articles, encyclopaedias, business listings, biographies, government publications and other general reference information for research, homework or purely for personal interest. See our online resources now.

 

 Forthcoming events and activities

Calendar 

Click on your local library to discover what events and activities are coming up in the next few months.

 

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Littleport Library
Bar Hill LibraryMarch Library
Barnwell Road Library, CambridgeMilton Road Library, Cambridge
Buckden LibraryPapworth Library
Burwell LibraryRamsey Library
Cambourne LibraryRock Road Library
Central Library, CambridgeSawston Library
Chatteris LibrarySawtry Library
Cherry Hinton Library, CambridgeSoham Library
Comberton LibrarySt Ives Library
Cottenham LibrarySt Neots Library
Ely LibraryWarboys Library
Great Shelford LibraryWhittlesey Library Learning Centre
Histon LibraryWillingham Library
Huntingdon Library and ArchivesWisbech Library
Linton LibraryYaxley Library

 

We're trialling a new layout of the events and activities section of the newsletter. Is it easier to find what's on at your local library? Let us know what you think.

 

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