Six places in Birkby and Fartown have signed up to as book drop locations whilst we wait to find a new home for the Birkby Fartown Library. We closed the library on Wasp Nest Road at the start of November to give Birkby Junior School room to expand to cope with an increased demand for school places. We know library
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We are excited to announce that this year’s Summer Reading Challenge will start on Saturday 14 July.
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We are supporting Health Information Week by running a programme of interactive sessions in the Huddersfield Library on Thursday 5 July from 10am until 2pm.
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From the history of gin to local oddities, greedy queens to Mr Men books, this month Kirklees libraries are celebrating our community history with a series of guest talks and fun events. Walks, talks, quizzes and displays…it’s all free and there’s plenty for families as well as local history buffs. We’ve picked out some of the more quirky happenings below,
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Saturday 6 February 2016 will see the 5th National Libraries Day. This is a day of events and activities promoting the different ways that modern libraries help people, families and communities across the UK. To celebrate the day, our library services are taking the whole month of February to showcase all your library’s facilities that are provided and which are increasingly
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The winners of our sci-fi themed children’s art competition have been announced. Take a look at their drawings – they’re out of this world!
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The new look Kirklees library service proposes to keep 24 libraries open with just two closures from April 2016.
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You can take part in a consultation about library services in Kirklees from 19th January to 10th April 2015.
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