by Admin | 23 Nov 2015 | news |
Are you doing your Christmas shopping? Ordering groceries? Buying presents? If you are, the chances are a lot of it is done online. Did you know that you can help support your local library while shopping? We have a page at Go Raise, an organisation which collects donations from large retailers if you go via our page to place your order. It costs you nothing, and we get a percentage of whatever you spend while you’re online. It’s a really great, FREE way to support the library while doing the stuff you have to do anyway.
To find out more about it, visit our page here: Go Raise
by Admin | 18 Nov 2015 | news |
It’s a place to sit. And read. And be part of the community. Where have we seen this before?
Source: Amazon Books: The Company’s New Seattle Store Feels Like … a Library – The Atlantic
by Admin | 17 Nov 2015 | news |
BBC Director-General Tony Hall today announces Get Reading – a campaign for 2016 that will celebrate great authors and their works and get the nation reading and sharing the books they love.
Source: BBC – BBC launches year-long campaign to get the nation reading – Media Centre
by Admin | 17 Nov 2015 | news |
Tim Siddall and Lewis Parker are poets for hire. You give them a title, they write you a poem, you pay whatever you think it’s worth. They can usually be found outside Tate Modern in London, and they have been the surprise champions of Hay on Wye.
Source: POETS FOR HIRE – Humber Mouth
by Admin | 17 Nov 2015 | news |
When Dakota County asked people in Eagan what they wanted in a remodeled library, the No.
Source: Most libraries close the book on coffee shops – StarTribune.com
by Admin | 12 Nov 2015 | events, news |
On 4 November, Sally, Sonja and Annie went to Brent Civic Centre for the Brent Community Champions Awards 2015 ceremony, where Sally was presented with an award for her work on saving Cricklewood Library.
The Brent Community Champions Awards are held annually by Brent Council to honour and recognise individuals who have given outstanding community and voluntary service in Brent.
The award was presented by the Mayor of Brent, Cllr Lesley Jones MBE, who said:
“I am delighted to be a part of the Brent Community Champions Awards 2015.
“The awards are about finding, recognising and celebrating those selfless individuals who contribute so much for the benefit of their communities and our borough. These volunteers devote their time and energy to helping others in need and have given up days, weeks or even years of their time – quite often overcoming personal difficulties to do so.”
While Sally collected the award, she points out that it was “So great to get this award – which also recognises the hard work of Sonja Nerdrum and Eric Pollock amongst others.”
Well done to Sally, Sonja and Annie (pictured) and all other members of the FoCL team for their hard work.
