Cambridgeshire Libraries

December 2015

In This Issue

Holiday opening times

Card Aid at Central

Christmas lunch @ Cafe

Beer Festival £2500 donation

Income workshop - thank you!

All forthcoming events

Quick Links

Free Library WiFi

Library and LAP opening times

Search and renew items

Online resources

Hire meeting rooms

Christmas at Cambridgeshire Libraries!

There are lots of festive activities taking place at your local library this Christmas. Families can enjoy the Christmas Colouring Competition at Ely Library, a host of Christmas events at St Neots Library and the Arthur Christmas Festive Fun and Film Screening at Ramsey Library (5 December). Why not visit Santa at Littleport Library (5 December) or St Neots Library (21 December).

Our Christmas Engage events will also run throughout the county during December.

As Christmas is a time for giving, we'd like to remind everyone that we are always happy to receive donations of good quality books or magazines. Just drop them off at your local library.

Those visiting Central Library can also add a "why I love my library" bauble to the Christmas tree, when they give a small donation to the library.

Christmas holiday opening times

Central Library will be open during the holidays - see special opening times. All other libraries will be closed from 1pm on Thursday 24 December 2015 (unless scheduled to close earlier) until Saturday 2 January 2016, when normal service will resume.

Loan periods will automatically be extended to cover the longer break and

items can be renewed online or by telephone.

Card Aid at Central

It's not too late to get your fantastic Card Aid charity Christmas cards from Central Library. There's a great range to choose from during December.

The shop is next to the first floor helpdesk.

Christmas lunch at Central Library

Enjoy a traditional Christmas lunch at the Cafe @ the Library!

Available on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 December, with roast turkey all the trimmings and dessert plus tea, coffee or fruit juice for �8.95 (for two courses).

Rock Road Library Survey

Have you visited Rock Road Library in the past? If you have, what did you think of it? If not, what is stopping you from going?

A group of Cambridge University students have been asked by the Friends of Rock Road Library to find out people's views of the library, and offer suggestions for how it could be improved. Please complete the library survey to help us formulate proposals for what Rock Road Library should look like in the future.

Histon Beer Festival �2500 donation to Friends

Histon Beer Festival has kindly donated �2500 to the Histon & Impington Library Friends (HILF). A cheque was presented to the group at the Red Lion pub on 23 November.

Thank you to the organisers of the beer festival for their generosity and support.

Income generation workshop - thank you!

A public income generation workshop took place on Saturday 7 November. We'd like to thank everyone who attended to share and explore ideas for the library service. The work of the Member Review Group and the workshop itself were discussed at the Highways and Community Infrastructure Committee on 1 December. The Member Review Group will continue to meet over the coming weeks, before recommendations are made for longer term plans.

Cambridge Volunteer Centre visit Central Library

The Cambridge Volunteer Centre run drop in sessions in the foyer of Central Library the first Saturday of each month 11am - 1pm (next session on 5 December). They promote over 500 volunteering opportunities and help people find volunteering that interests them. In addition to the drop-in they offer one to one sessions during weekdays and offer telephone or online assistance, see www.volunteercambridge.org or call us 01223 356549.

Recommended Read, December

Looking for inspiration when choosing your next book? Our Hot new books and eAudio books, Author 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?

Mobile Library service - collect hearing aid batteries

A remider that the Mobile Library Service has linked with Cambridge Hearing Help so you can now collect NHS hearing aid batteries from your local mobile library. Call into your local service to exchange batteries whilst you discover what the Mobile Library Service has to offer.

Check out which of our 418 stopping locations in 235 villages throughout the county is closest to you.

52 Stories film at Cherry Hinton Library

52 Stories is a reading and story telling programme that takes place every Saturday morning run by volunteers from local schools and the Cherry Hinton community.

A film to celebrate the programme will be launched on Saturday 5 December, 10.30am at Cherry Hinton Library.

Cromwell Museum news

From 1 April 2016 the Cromwell Museum will be staffed by a team of volunteers. The Museum would like to hear from anyone interested in helping us to provide our visitors with an excellent and enjoyable experience. We will provide full training, and offer the opportunity to learn new skills and broaden your experience in a wonderful setting.

Museum staff will be in Huntingdon Library on Saturday 19 December with a paper statue of Oliver! Please call in to meet them, or contact the Museum to register your interest on 01480 375830 or cromwellmuseum@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

RNIB Talking Book Service

Subscribe to the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Talking Book Service for free and get access to our collection of more than 23,000 unabridged titles by Digital Download to your favourite device through RNIB Overdrive, or on DAISY CD and USB stick, delivered direct to your door.

To be eligible to join the service you have to be a UK resident who is blind, partially sighted, or have an impairment that prevents or limits you from reading standard print.

Forthcoming events and activities

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

Arbury Court Library	Littleport Library
Bar Hill Library	March Library
Barnwell Road Library, Cambridge	Milton Road Library, Cambridge
Buckden Library	Papworth Library
Burwell Library	Ramsey Library
Cambourne Library	Rock Road Library
Central Library, Cambridge	Sawston Library
Chatteris Library	Sawtry Library
Cherry Hinton Library, Cambridge	Soham Library
Comberton Library	St Ives Library
Cottenham Library	St Neots Library
Ely Library	Warboys Library
Great Shelford Library	Whittlesey Library Learning Centre
Histon Library	Willingham Library
Huntingdon Library and Archives	Wisbech Library
Linton Library	Yaxley Library

Bassingbourn Library Access Point	Little Downham Library Access Point
Bottisham Library Access Point	Melbourn Library Access Point
Fulbourn Library Access Point	Somersham Library Access Point
Gamlingay Library Access Point	Swavesey Library Access Point
Haddenham Library Access Point	Waterbeach Library Access Point

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