If you are an existing borrower and have use of
the internet follow this link to order a book.
Complete an online form here
You can also phone and leave a message on our phone 01594 516296.
If you want to speak to a human it will be best to call
during our published opening times.
Once you have selected a book you will be notified
when it will be ready to collect.
You can order books through other libraries, just as always and
they will be brought to us here in Newnham.
We also have a Facebook page
We can do photocopying too – up to A3
Have you seen the Book Stop?
Located outside The Club in the old bus shelter.
Help yourself to books and puzzles.
If you wish to donate books please leave them in a bag so they can be checked.
It is preferred that you don’t leave anything other than books.
Have you tried digital books? May be you have an iPad or Kindle
There is an app called Libby, which is a free. It lets you borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from your public library.
You can stream books with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere.
All you need to get started is a library card.
Here is link to the County Library page
NEW BOOKS
These are just some of the books we have bought in the past few weeks:-
Showstopper – Peter Lovesy
The Echo Chamber – John Boyne
Rangan Chatterjee – The 4 Pillar Plan
Gill Hornby – Godmershan Park
Susan Stokes-Chapman – Pandora
Hanya Yanaglhara – To Paradise
Roald Dahl – Boy
Lily Murray & Jenny Lonlie – A Dress with Pockets
If you call in and ask one of our volunteers you may find that book much sooner here in Newnham than you would by ordering from another
County library where there could be as many as 50 other borrowers in the queue ahead of you. Our new books are ring-fenced for our local readers.
We support the Gloucestershire County Council Summer Reading Scheme.
We have a reading group you could join.
We sell unwanted books at bargain prices.
There is a rolling exhibition of paintings by local artists.
Please ask for details about our story time for very young children
and
support for Newnham Primary School’s study projects.
The Library has FREE Wi-Fi access to the Internet, so you can come in and surf the ‘net’ too.
Update
We can do copying, scanning, binding, trimming and laminating
Please ask in the library office
Laptop
We have a laptop all set up for visitors to use. It allows much faster Internet access than the People’s Network Computers and can be used at any table in the library.
Please ask the librarian when you visit. It is not suitable for use by un-supervised children.
You can use it for writing, browsing the Internet and looking at your emails.
You can also print from it too – in colour and up to A3 in size.
EVERYTHING ELSE
On the book front – do keep feeding us ideas on what to get.
So look out for great things shortly, and do please tell us if you have any ideas or concerns. We are determined to make the Library become a great success, and without your continued input that will be impossible.
Some of the things that we have done already
John Putley talked to us about Tudor Barber Surgeons, the highwaymen of Gloucestershire and there will be another one coming soon, possibly on pirates – who knows?
In the past
Caves in the Forest of Dean
Douglas McLean
Adventures in The Book Trade
Tribal History of The Forest
Wine Tasting
Meet the authors:- Tony Curtis, Rebecca Tope & Andrew Taylor
Ghost Stories for Christmas
Doctor Who days
F W Harvey evening
Horrible Histories
Cabinet of Change – Flow Contemporary Arts.
Medieval Barber Surgeons
Victorian Workhouse at Westbury on Severn
Poetry Reading – Tony Curtis
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Pilgrims
A Little Off The Top
Stand & Deliver
I’m absolutely delighted to tell you that Justice McKenna has this morning ruled in favour of Gloucestershire library users in the High Court on Equality grounds – this is a real vindication for our campaign which has long said that is it unfair to remove libraries from the most disadvantaged/vulnerable members of our communities.
What exactly this will mean for our libraries going forward is still under discussion by the QCs in court. This is all I know at the moment – I’ll let you know more detailed news as I get it from the texts and tweets coming in.
There is lots of media coverage already.
See FOGL twitter page for links as we get them https://twitter.com/#!/FOGLibrarie
NEWNHAM COMMUNITY LIBRARY (NCL for short) provides all the services and features obtainable from main Gloucestershire County Council libraries. You can order books from other libraries, return books that you have collected from other County libraries and browse the book shelves just as before. We can also make paper copies of your documents up to A3 size. We also have two Peoples Network computers for Internet use and an independent laptop you can work on and print from.
Ancestry.com is accessible for FREE via the County Library network.
We have our own office space, but share the main ground floor space with other community users.
Outside normal library hours (which remain broadly the same as they always have been) you can return your books through our letter box. This is sited uphill and to the left of the Armoury Hall entrance. The phone number remains the same 01594 516296.
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NCL is run by a board of directors as a Charitable Company Limited by guarantee whose main members are Isobel Bihlmeier, Susan Faircloth and Mike Penny. The directors are supported by a team of over a dozen volunteers.
Just as a gentle reminder, please remember to bring your library card with you when you come and visit us.
Our formal address is:-
I’m absolutely delighted to tell you that Justice McKenna has this morning ruled in favour of Gloucestershire library users in the High Court on Equality grounds – this is a real vindication for our campaign which has long said that is it unfair to remove libraries from the most disadvantaged/vulnerable members of our communities.
What exactly this will mean for our libraries going forward is still under discussion by the QCs in court. This is all I know at the moment – I’ll let you know more detailed news as I get it from the texts and tweets coming in.
There is lots of media coverage already.
See FOGL twitter page for links as we get them https://twitter.com/#!/FOGLibraries.
The Armoury Hall
Dean Road
Newnham,
Gloucestershire GL14 1BB
Tel. (01594) 516296
If you know your borrower number, you can
Access Gloucestershire Libraries’ “e-book”