The new £799k building will have full disabled access and its design is dementia friendly. It will feature dedicated areas for children; study; Self Service as well as IT provision and a community garden.
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On Tuesday 25th August, we joined Jack Noel, author and illustrator of ‘My Headteacher is an Evil Genius’.
The session was a special ‘young presenter take-over’, hosted by May and Poppy, while Jack gave us an excerpt from his book, talked about pets and showed us all how to draw his favourite characters!
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As part of the latest Library Adventures Live! we joined our fantastic Librarian Kirstie and brilliant author, Emma Rea.
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Kirklees Libraries will be launching an exciting online reading development programme for children in Kirklees next week. What’s it all about? Library Adventures Live! will be the start of a fantastic programme aimed at encouraging more children to read for pleasure which will help with their long term literacy skills. There will be authors reading from their work; illustrators running
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A Kirklees librarian has been commended for her role in maintaining and promoting e-resources during lockdown by national charity Libraries Connected. A Customer Service Officer at Dewsbury Library since October 2013, Katherine Hornby has been commended for her contribution to the #LibrariesFromHome project managed by national charity Libraries Connected. Katherine worked with Libraries Connected and fellow volunteers to maintain lists
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The Royal Voluntary Service, who work with Kirklees Libraries, will be restarting the Home Library Service next week (22 June).
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Talking to people and socialising is part of life, but it doesn’t always come easy. Especially if you are feeling anxious or have low self-confidence. Our next letter joins a young library volunteer on their journey to make friends and build self-confidence.
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A Letter to My Library
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