Cambridgeshire Libraries

April 2016

In This Issue

Grantchester City Read

BBC Make it Digital

Huntingdon Music Fun Day

Queen's 90th Birthday

Arts Alive

All forthcoming events

Quick Links

Hire meeting rooms

Free Library WiFi

Library and LAP opening times

Search and renew items

Online resources

New opening hours announced for Libraries and Archives from 25 April

Some Cambridgeshire Libraries and Archives opening hours are set to change from Monday 25 April, to make savings in line with the Council's business plan. The pattern of hours has been set following feedback from consultation with local residents.

Some 1,400 people took part in the surveys to shape the new opening times at our seven largest libraries (Cambridge Central, Ely, Huntingdon, March, St Ives, St Neots and Wisbech) and the Archives collections (Cambridgeshire Archives, Huntingdonshire Archives and the Cambridgeshire Collection).

We will also make reductions across various sections of stock following feedback on priorities for spending.

Thank you to those who took the time to respond to the public consultation.

Grantchester City Read

As part of the World Book Night celebrations, we want to encourage as many people as possible to read a 'City Read' by giving away free copies of 'Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death' (book one in the Grantchester series) by James Runcie. We will give away 600 copies supplied by Bloomsbury from Wednesday 6 April. Pick one up, read it, then pass it on.

The promotion is run in conjunction with Bloomsbury Publishing and The Reading Agency Reading Partners Programme. (Free copy subject to availability).

Visit our website or follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find where you can collect your copy.

BBC Make it Digital

BBC Make it Digital is a BBC led UK-wide initiative to inspire people to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology.

We're supporting the initiative with the likes of our Tea & Tablet event at March Library and online services demonstrations.

Find out more about our online services

Huntingdon Music Fun Day

Huntingdon Library is delighted to welcome the return of Huntingdonshire Music School for a day of fun musical activities for all the family to enjoy.

The event will take place on Saturday 9 April, 11am - 2pm. Come and try four fun family friendly musical activities!

Recommended Read, April

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?

The Queen's 90th Birthday

A number of library events will take place to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. Events are being arranged for all ages across the county as local communities prepare to celebrate.

Find out about what we've got planned over the coming weeks

Arts Alive events

Have you discovered our excellent series of Arts Alive in Libraries events? Arts Alive is a project funded by Arts Council England. We're delivering the scheme in partnership with ADeC and CS3 (Cambridgeshire and Suffolk culture & sport consortium). Find out what's on this month

Cambridge Volunteer Centre drop-ins

The Cambridge Volunteer Centre run drop in sessions in the foyer of Central Library the first Saturday of each month 11am to 1pm - we will next be there on 2 April. We promote over 500 volunteering opportunities and help people find volunteering that interests them. Volunteering is a great way to make a difference to your community, try new things and meet new people. In addition to the drop-in we can offer one to one sessions during weekdays and offer telephone or online assistance. Visit www.volunteercambridge.org or call us 01223 356549.

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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