Reasons to visit Coldean Library  

Regular activities

• Wii Saturdays, ages 8 years and over
• Silver Surfer sessions for over 50s (contact Coldean Library for details)
• Book Club for adults (contact Coldean Library for details)

For children

• Special children’s area with board books, picture books, fiction, DVDs and audiobooks
• Baby Boogie, First Monday of the month 9.15-9.45am (term-time only)
• Stories, craft and singing with Alex (from the Early Childhood Project) for pre-school children. Thursdays 9.30-11am (term-time only). Welcoming and inclusive group. Starting again on Thursday 2 September 2010.
• Micro museum -  Artefact's, pictures and paintings of the local area in cases to view. There is also an interactive source of information for everyone to use.

For young people

• Brand new young people’s area with: novels, non-fiction, reference books, DVDs and audiobooks
• Homework Club, held on Thursday 3.30-5pm

Available at Coldean Library

• Books for loan, including fiction, non-fiction, a large print section, and a separate reference collection
• DVDs, CDs, and audio books
• Essential skills collections
• Newspapers and periodicals
• Separate IT suite / small meeting room with kitchen for hire

Internet and Computer access free

• Visit the IT suite computers for word processing, access to the internet and all online services available in our Virtual Reference Library.  These include:
• Which? for consumer information
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Who’s Who
• Times Digital Archive
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Ancestry for family history research
• Range of assistive technology and furniture for disabled customers

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