The Wheatsheaf Library will be closed for re-carpeting from Wednesday 7th November 2007 for approximately 3 weeks.
Books and other items on loan can be returned to the Special Services unit which is situated opposite the main Library entrance in the Wheatsheaf Centre.
Heywood Library will be closed from Monday 12th November 2007 for approximately six months for extensive refurbishment works.
Some of the stock from Heywood Library, notably Best sellers and Graphic Novels, are being temporarily transferred to Darnhill Library, which will have a temporary extension to its opening hours.:
Darnhill Library opening hours from 12th November 2007:
| Monday | 9.30-1 | 2-7.30pm |
| Tuesday | 9.30-1 | 2-5.30pm |
| Wednesday | 9.30-12.30pm | |
| Thursday | 9.30-1 | 2-5.30pm |
| Friday | 9.30-1 | 2-5.30pm |
| Saturday | 9.30-1 | 2-4pm |
We still want to see you, even if these libraries are closed!
Items issued at Heywood and the Wheatsheaf in the run up to the closures have extended loan periods so that they are not due back until the libraries are expected to re-open. Fines are not incurred on days when libraries are closed.
Borrowers from Heywood and the Wheatsheaf Libraries are welcome in all libraries in the Borough. Your barcoded library card lets you borrow or reserve items from any of our libraries.
We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience.
Half term week
Monday 29th October to Saturday 3rd November
Make a mask at your local library
What’s available?
Here’s a clue!
Witch pumpkin the cat make the wolf owl with?
Call in any time during usual library hours
From my first look at the rough figures we have increased those starting The Big Wild Read by 18% and the figures for those finishing is up by 2%. (I haven't had all the starters' cards back in yet for me to double-check all the figures so we're not audit-proof yet.)
We had about 36% of the children finishing, which is below our target but getting nearly seventeen hundred children involved and reading something over the summer holidays isn't to be sniffed at.
Once I've confirmed the figures I'll see how they relate to the promotional work we did at schools just before the holidays. It'll be useful to see if our visiting a school to talk about the summer reading game leads to an increase in participation.
Today's National Poetry Day, with this year's theme being dreams.
Do you have a favourite poem on this theme? Please use the "Comment" function on this blog to let us know about it. My favourite poets are Paul Cookson and Spike Milligan.
Some of the children's poetry books in our libraries.
Pamela Taylor-Bramwell went to last night's open night at Springhill High School to promote the services for schoolchildren we provide in our libraries. The school's very keen on the children being members of their local library. Karen Taylor, the school librarian, is encouraging as many as possible to join and is working with Pamela to make sure they've all got PIN numbers as well as their library barcodes so that they can use all the facilities available on the Kids' Portal.
Pamela explained how to use the Kids' Portal and also told them about the online information services that are available for the children to use at home as well as in our libraries.
It's Children's Book Week, the annual celebration of reading for pleasure organised by Booktrust. This year's theme is the environment, which follows on nicely from the Big Wild Read and complements other activities we've been involved in such as LEAF and the BBC's Breathing Places campaign.
If you or your children don't already have a favourite book or story about the environment, or if you want to try something new, our Big Wild Read and Little Wild Read lists might give you a few ideas.
