Libraries Week takes place from 8 to 13 October and South Gloucestershire residents are invited to drop in to their local library to find out about the new service and how libraries can support the health & wellbeing of communities and residents.<\/p>\n
Our new library service has now been in operation for a year and we would like to tell everyone more about our development, including:
\n* The option for library users to visit selected libraries when they are unstaffed seven days a week with Open Access
\n* A growing range of digital services that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
\n* The improved LibrariesWest app that enables you to manage your library account at any time.<\/p>\n
We continue to provide a staffed library service which promotes the value of reading to our communities and includes an exciting programme for children of all ages, along with expert-endorsed book collections on a wide variety of health matters, a local information service, and digital skills support.<\/p>\n
Cabinet Member for Communities and Tourism Cllr Paul Hughes said: \u201cCome along to your local library during Libraries Week and find out about everything on offer including our new services.
\n\u201cOver the last few months the library service has been working on its development plans for the next three years. As part of this we have created a new vision for South Gloucestershire Libraries: the space where people, communities and ideas grow. This reflects the role of libraries as unique community buildings, which are open to everyone and provide resources at a local level which can inform and inspire people of all ages.\u201d<\/p>\n
Libraries Week drop-ins will take place at the locations, dates and times below:<\/p>\n
Bradley Stoke Library, Monday 8 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Staple Hill Library, Monday 8 October, 2pm \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n
Yate library, Tuesday 9 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Emersons Green Library, Tuesday 9 October, 2pm \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n
Patchway Library, Wednesday 10 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Kingswood Library, Wednesday 10 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Thornbury Library, Thursday 11 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Hanham Library, Thursday 11 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Filton library, Thursday 11 October, 2pm \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n
Cadbury Heath Library, Friday 12 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Downend Library, Friday 12 October, 10.30am \u2013 12 midday<\/p>\n
Winterbourne Library, Friday 12 October, 2pm \u2013 4pm.<\/p>\n
In addition, induction sessions for our Open Access service are being held at Yate Library on Sunday 7 October and Bradley Stoke Library on Sunday 14 October at 10am, 11am and 12pm. To book a place at Yate go to www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/open-access-swipe-card-library-induction-session-at-yate-library-tickets-37764905850<\/a> and for Bradley Stoke go to www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/open-access-swipe-card-library-induction-session-at-bradley-stoke-library-tickets-44629148986<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Libraries Week takes place from 8 to 13 October and South Gloucestershire residents are invited to drop in to their local library to find out about the new service and how libraries can support the health & wellbeing of communities and residents. Our new library service has now been in operation for a year and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18564,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554\/revisions\/18564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}