Cambridgeshire Libraries 

March 2014
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Online Book Club
Sunday Scribes
eMagazine and eNewspaper services
Sawston Community Hub
All forthcoming events
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Spring Online

Beginning 31 March 2014, we will be holding a series of seminars and drop-ins to celebrate Spring Online - the Digital Unite award-winning initiative, which encourages people to 'get online' and to make more use of computers and other devices such as tablets and smartphones. 

 

The sessions will include demonstrations of our e-offer, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers. If you have a device, bring it along and we will help you to get set up. 

 

We will also be showing the amazing wealth of information you can find in our online resources, which can help with research, homework or pursuing your interests. Sessions are open to all ages. Visit one of the upcoming events or find more details on Cambridgeshire.net next week.  

Cambridgeshire Online Book Club - discuss, comment and recommend online! 

The Cambridgeshire Online Book Club has relaunched, and instead of everyone reading and commenting on the same book, there are now two featured lists, each with around a dozen titles. 

  

All the featured books are available from Cambridgeshire Libraries - some are also available as eBooks and eAudio books.  

Recommended read, March

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Looking for inspiration when choosing your next book? Our Hot new booksAuthor profile of the month and Top 100 popular authors provide a great place to find your next book. 

 

Why not visit our Reading page to find out how you can join a local reading group?

 

eTech events - try before you buy!

Ebooks

Another fantastic eTech event, supported by John Lewis, will be taking place at Huntingdon Library

 

Drop in and get free expert advice from the staff, try out a tablet or e-reader, discover what they can do. There's no pressure to buy, as this event is purely to inform the public.         

 

Sunday Scribes

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Join us at the recently formed, informal creative writing group who meet monthly at Central Library. Sunday Scribes welcome new members and encourage people to bring along a piece of creative writing that they wish to share. 

 

The group aims to provide inspiration and support to all members, whether you wish to share your writing with us or not.

Voicing the Garden talks

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Cambridgeshire Libraries are delighted to host a series of illustrated talks by Juliet Day, Development Officer at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, focusing on the Voicing the Garden community history project. 

 

Events will take place at Rock Road Library, Central Library and Histon Library between 11 March and 9 April.  

eMagazine and eNewspaper services - now available

Enjoy digital magazines and digital newspapers free of charge from Cambridgeshire Libraries.

These new services allow you to read and download 40 top magazine titles and a number of daily national newspapers on your computer, smartphone or tablet.

  

Find these services through our eLibrary Services page. Check out our eBook and eAudio book services while you're visiting the website.

Funding for new Sawston Community Hub

Funding has been allocated to create a community hub in Sawston. The hub will provide a new home for Sawston Library following a serious fire which closed the library in 2012. 

 

The library is currently operating from a temporary building installed at Sawston Village College.  

Read It Again! books for Yaxley Library

Read it Again
Friends of Yaxley Library have kindly bought a set of Read It Again! books (our Picture Book Award) so that is it easier for the schools in Yaxley to take part in the competition.

Read it Again! is a unique award for a first-time picture book where the words and pictures are the work of one individual. Thousands of Cambridgeshire children in local schools read, discuss and then vote for their favourite book from a shortlist of eight titles, all by first-time author/illustrators.

 Forthcoming events and activities

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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

 

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