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Surrey celebrates National Libraries Day Libraries across Surrey are holding events to celebrate National Libraries Day on Saturday 7 February. Guildford Library is running sessions to guide people through the world of e-books and e-audiobooks while other branches are holding children’s events. More details about events can be found on the council’s website. Egham High Street … Continue reading
Schools sign up students as Surrey library members Surrey County Council has launched a project to encourage schools to sign up their students as library members so they can access the wealth of online resources, including ebooks, and borrow library books too. St Andrew’s School pupil Lottie Buchanan won a competition to design the library … Continue reading
Surrey readers’ love of a thriller has fuelled a near 100% rise in ebook loans from libraries. The number of ebooks borrowed from Surrey County Council’s libraries in the first six months of this year climbed to 29,390 compared to 15,267 for the same period in 2013. This follows a growing trend which has seen online … Continue reading
World Cup fever has kicked in at libraries with a surge in young readers netting books to get the lowdown on the football extravaganza. As England prepared for the vital World Cup game against Uruguay tonight, Surrey County Council’s libraries service has revealed that sports book loans to children rocketed by almost 70% last month … Continue reading
Young People’s Laureate for Wales Martin Daws, Fizzlebert Stump author AF Harrold and Beano comic artist Kev F Sutherland are among a host of people lined up to appear at a reading festival for children. The trio will be involved at the seven-week Surrey Libraries Festival for Children, which starts on 24 May with the … Continue reading
Stop press – newspaper readers can get their daily fix of stories from home and abroad for free thanks to a new online initiative. All the day’s news, features and sport from the likes of The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Guardian are available in full colour in an exact replica of the print edition*. And anyone … Continue reading
Online library visits have overtaken those to branches in Surrey, latest figures reveal. Surrey County Council’s online library was used 4.2 million times in the 2012-13 financial year – a rise of 20% on the previous year. That outstripped the near four million annual visits to Surrey branches as library users downloaded e-books, got free … Continue reading
There’s great news ahead of National Libraries Day tomorrow – readers can now borrow a book just by scanning its barcode. A free app has been launched that allows people to read the code of any title, anywhere and get a list of the nearest libraries stocking it. Then anyone with a Surrey County Council … Continue reading
Surrey and East Sussex have joined forces to boost their buying power and slash the cost of revamping libraries by almost a third. Firms have agreed to discount the price of the likes of carpets, lighting and furniture by up to 27% after the two county councils teamed up to harness their collective clout. It … Continue reading
Medal collector David Fordham was among more than 2,200 people Surrey County Council helped to get online for the first time last year. The retired Creative Director learned how to use the internet, email and social media at one of the free courses run by Surrey’s libraries to help him swell his collection of military … Continue reading
Surrey will celebrate the joy of the written word on World Book Night during a jam-packed event featuring some of the hottest new authors on the literary scene. Novelists Elizabeth Haynes and Melissa Harrison, both Amazon rising stars, will be among 12 up-and coming-authors talking about their passion for writing and their work at Guildford … Continue reading
Teenagers are choosing books for libraries in what is believed to be the first project of its kind in the UK. And interestingly, the innovative scheme hasn’t led to endless copies of the Twilight saga adorning Surrey County Council’s 52 libraries. In fact, the teenagers have proved adept at managing the task of choosing stock. … Continue reading
Surrey’s love of erotic fiction and a boom in tablet computer sales have been credited for an 22% surge in e-book loans from libraries. The number of e-books borrowed from the Surrey County Council’s libraries swelled from 16,231 in 2011 to 19,847 the following year – an increase of 3,616. This follows a growing trend … Continue reading
Babies will be issued library cards with birth certificates and school children will receive automatic membership, as part of a national pilot project. The aim of the Arts Council England scheme is to increase the number of children and families using their local library by testing new ways to increase membership. Surrey County Council’s involvement … Continue reading
Artwork by women in Surrey prisons and others in contact with the criminal justice system is the subject of a touring exhibition in libraries. The New Beginnings Art Awards, Sugar and Spice exhibition will take to the road following a successful showcase at the Lightbox in Woking. Surrey libraries are working with Woking Borough Council … Continue reading
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