Coming soon – Wifi!

What is Wifi? Well – it’s a technology which allows you to use the Internet wirelessly. An aeriel that is attached to a broadband telephone line transmits a signal that can be picked up by a Wifi enabled device without that device being plugged in to a data point. Devices can include lap tops, mobile phones and games consoles. Provided your device is Wifi enabled you can bring it in to the library, turn it on and use the Internet. Customers will need to have a library card. If you’re not already a library member joining takes just a minute of two while library staff add your details to our records. Use of Wifi will be free.

Keep your eyes open for signs of its arrival. If you’d like an introduction to Wifi, once installed, call into the Library and we will show you how to get started. We also hope to offer demonstrations of how to use our new electronic library catalogue and the Archives catalogue. You can use the library catalogue to look up all the library stock in Nottinghamshire, order items, check which items you already have on loan and renew the loan period if you want to keep them longer. If you’d like someone to show you how it works or how to use the Archives Service catalogue we’ll be taking bookings shortly. Drop in to Arnold Library or give us a call on Tel: 0115 9202247. If you have Internet access at home you can use the library catalogue by entering www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/nelib2

TRY IT at Woodthorpe Library (Wensley Road, Woodthorpe)

On Friday 17th October from 2.00 – 5.00 p.m. Woodthorpe library will be offering some basic computer awareness sessions for anyone new to using a PC. These will be one-to-one introductions lasting one hour. Topics covered are: using a mouse and keyboard, using the Internet and setting up and using an email account. To book a place please contact Woodthorpe Library Tel: 9266900

Woodthorpe is open Monday and Wednesday 2.00 – 7.00 p.m. and Friday 10.00 – 12.30 and 2.00 – 7.00

Mad Science!

On Saturday 25th October 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon the Mad Scientists will be at Arnold Library with lots of wild and wacky experimental fun for children aged 8 – 10 and their families. The event is free but tickets will be available from the library in due course.

Reading Café

The Reading Café opens every Wednesday morning from 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon. Each month we have a theme with a collection of related books and spoken word for loan. Refreshments are served and a wide range of topics are discussed – not just books! The Café is an ideal way to meet people and learn about all sorts of things in a relaxed, informal environment. You don’t have to attend regularly – just drop in as and when convenient. Once a month we have a discussion or a speaker on that month’s theme.

On 15th October 10.30 – 11.30 a.m. the Workhouse storytellers from Southwell will be at the library to re-enact the lives and hardships faced by people in nineteenth century Nottinghamshire.

In November we have free tickets for a visit to the new Bonington Cinema to see Brokeback Mountain on Tuesday 18th November at 4.00 p.m. Copies of the book will be available at the library from mid October, and there will be a discussion of the film and the book at the Café on Wednesday 19th November 10.30 – 11.30 a.m. Anyone interested and able to attend both events is very welcome to join us. Please call into the library or ‘phone us beforehand, so that we can reserve you a place and a copy of the book.

Books on Prescription

Do you suffer from anxiety, depression or stress? Libraries are working together with the local NHS Primary Care Trusts to provide collections of items o help people improve their well-being.

If you live in Arnold your GP will be able to prescribe you some reading that might help. They will ive you a prescription for a particular book. You bring the prescription into the library and we will be able to give you a book to take away immediately. You don’t need a library card and you won’t have to fill in any forms.

Not been to the library in years?

Why not come and have a look around and see what we’ve got for you? There’s all the daily newspapers, a range of magazines, DVDs – including a big ollywood collection, music on CDs and scores, including guitar and keyboard for all you musicians,
books and toys for children, Ordnance Survey maps nd telephone directories, parish registers and census returns, displays and a Café, - and a constantly hanging selection of novels and information books. And don’t forget to ask us about local organisations
and events in Arnold area and beyond.

Arnold Library is open:
Monday – Friday 9.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.