Reasons to visit Portslade Library  

 

Regular activities

• Silver Surfer session for over 50s between 10am & 1pm on last  Thursday of each month
• Reading group, meets one Saturday each month between 10.30am-12pm
• Writing group meets on first Thursday each month, 3-5pm
• Local history group meets twice per month on Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am, sessions currently full
• Past Portslade, Remembering, Family History and Creative Writing sessions take place on first Tuesday of the month 10am-12pm
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For children

• Separate children’s library with board books, picture books, fiction and non-fiction, DVDs and audiobooks
• Baby Boogie session on the third Tuesday of each month, 10.15-10.45am

For young people

• Young people's books; novels, non-fiction, reference books, DVDs and audiobooks
• Homework Club on Wednesdays 3.30-5pm

Available at Portslade Library

• Books for loan, including fiction, non-fiction, a large print section, and a separate reference collection
• DVDs, CDs, audio books and language courses for hire
• Local history section
• Newspapers and periodicals
• IT area

Internet and Computer access free

• Use our 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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