UNPLANNED CLOSURE NOTICE
Due to low staffing, Highworth Library will be closed today Saturday 11th October. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience. We expect the library to open as usual on Monday 13th October
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Due to low staffing, Highworth Library will be closed today Saturday 11th October. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience. We always do everything we can, and have tried all options, to avoid this closure. We expect the library to open as usual on Monday 13th October. Please see swindon.gov.uk/libraries for opening hours for our other libraries. As ever, books can be renewed online at swindon.spydus.co.uk. E-Books, E-Audiobooks, E-newspapers and E-magazines can be borrowed online for free by downloading the Borrowbox app or at swindon.borrowbox.com. Any queries, email: libraries@swindon.gov.uk
Please be aware our libraries will be OPEN as normal this morning due to a last minute change in our planned staff training. Please check our website for your local library opening hours.
Please be aware that due to essential system maintenance, public computers, printing and Wi-Fi print services in Swindon Libraries will be unavailable on Thursday 14th August.
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ALT Please Note: Highworth Library will be closed tomorrow - Friday 11th July - due to a Yellow Heat-health Alert for the South West (https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/heat/south-west).
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience. We always do everything possible to avoid closures.
Our other 4 libraries will open as scheduled. Please see swindon.gov.uk/libraries for their opening hours.
Highworth Library will open on Saturday as normal.
As ever, books can be renewed online at swindon.spydus.co.uk
Please note that on Saturday 26th April, Central Library will close at the earlier time of 2pm due to staff shortage. We apologise for any inconvenience.
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ALT Swindon Library and Information Service will close for the Christmas holidays at 2pm on Tuesday 24th December 2024.
Normal hours will resume Thursday 2nd January 2025.
Check out the amazing exhibition of this year’s Illustration Competition winners at Swindon’s Central Library until Nov 20th. Thanks to @MrSteveAntony for judging the entries and @SwindonLibrary for providing the space to showcase this talent! #librarieschangelives
ALT Please note: Our Libraries will be closed for staff training on the morning of Thursday 17 October.
From 1pm, our libraries will revert back to their usual opening hours.
The Get Connected Swindon Roadshow is on today at Central Library!
If you're looking to find support, advice & guidance to #getonline and to understand your digital device, then call in & have a chat with the experts. We have some fantastic organisations here until 3pm.
Essential building works will be carried out to the roof of North Swindon Library from 7th Oct & is expected to last approximately 8 weeks. Scaffolding will be in place for the duration. The library will be open as usual & there is no planned change to how the library is accessed
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The work starts on 7th Oct and is expected to last approximately eight weeks.
Scaffolding will be in place for the duration of the work.
However, the library will be open as usual and there is no planned change to how the library is accessed."
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Please note: The lift at Central Library is currently out of order.
If customers require an item from another floor which they cannot access, please speak to a member of staff.
We apologise for any inconvenience. Engineers are working to restore the lift as soon as possible.
Joyous celebrations outside Central Library today for the Hindu festival Ganesh Utsav 🧡🌸
If you'd like to know more about Hinduism or any other major religions, or read books in other languages, you can check our library stock at swindon.spydus.co.uk/.../spy…
It’s our last week of our FREE family events!
Some need to be booked:
🎎 Making Puppet Characters
- Park Library, Thurs 29th, 10.30-11.30
- Central Library, Thurs 29th, 2.30-3.30
- West Swindon Library, Fri 30th, 10.30-11.30
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🌳 If you’d like to enjoy stories in nature, try our free Coate Water Story Trail & Lydiard Park Story Trail until 8 Sept
📚 If your child hasn’t yet signed up for the free Swindon Summer Reading Challenge or Teen Book Bingo they can at any Swindon Library until 8 Sept
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Please note that due to staff illness, Park Library will be closed on Saturday 24th August and North Swindon Library will be closed on Sunday 25th August.
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