Library Closures
As you know, all 45 Derbyshire County Council-run libraries, the Buxton Museum and Art Gallery and the Derbyshire Record Office in Matlock temporarily closed from 5pm on Friday 20 March to protect staff and customers using the services from the risk of coronavirus and to help to prevent its spread. Our two mobile libraries have also been taken off the road for the foreseeable future.
A date has not been set for the services to re-open but it is estimated they could remain closed for at least 12 weeks. Library customers who have borrowed items from their library are being advised to hold on to them until they can return them when their local service re-opens. All items currently on loan will be renewed and all fines will be waived.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Information
Derbyshire County Council have set up an information hub to provide guidance for everyone at this time. You can find all sorts of information including details about the dedicated Community Response Unit, what council services are affected, and ways that you can volunteer to help. There's also information around the virus, how to prevent its spread and what to do if you're concerned that you might be at risk.
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eBooks, eAudiobooks, & eMagazines
We have three eLending platforms available to our library users to ensure that there is still plenty of reading material available during this time:
Details on how to set all three up are available here, and you can access them via their individual websites or their dedicated apps
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Online Storytelling
We know that a lot of our families enjoy our story and rhymes in our libraries, and it's something that we're really missing bringing to you. To try and fill the gap, we've been busy preparing online stories to keep your little ones entertained!
Tune into our Facebook page every Monday at 10am for a new story. We hope to see you all there!
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Library Information Service
We're monitoring our Library Information Service every day, so please do get in touch if there's anything you need help with. Whether you're stuck using one of our eLending platforms, you need help finding a telephone number for a particular service, or you've found a really interesting online resource that you think we could share with everyone, do contact us on ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk or call 01629 533444.
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Online Resources for Children & Adults
We want to make sure that you have access to a whole range of interesting and useful online resources at this difficult time, which is why we're sharing a whole host of different links and ideas every single day on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Make sure you follow us to ensure you get our latest updates in your feed!
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Derbyshire Welfare Rights Service
For anyone whose work has been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, Derbyshire Welfare Rights Service are available to provide information and advice regarding benefits and updates/changes relating to the current coronavirus situation.
You can email them via welfarebenefits@derbyshire.gov.uk or tel: 01629 531535 from 11am to 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
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National Careers Service
Derbyshire County Council National Careers Service are continuing to work to support Derbyshire residents and are open to referrals. This support will be via telephone, Skype, text and/or email. Please get in contact with your local Careers Coach as listed below:
- Chesterfield (Dronfield/Staveley/Alfreton/Eckington) contact Wendy Leigh 07717303855
- Derbyshire Dales (Matlock/Ashbourne/Belper) contact Yvonne Power 07967 308873
- Erewash/South Derbyshire (Ilkeston/Long Eaton/Heanor/Swadlincote) contact ChrisEllerington 07896 804096
- High Peak (Buxton/Glossop/New Mills) contact Sarah Kelly 07967 391263
- North East Derbyshire (Clay Cross/Bolsover/Shirebrook) contact Sue McDonald 07967308905
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Learn My Way & Make it Click
If you'd like to keep your digital skills up to date, or spend some time developing new ones, don't forget about The Good Things Foundation's 'Learn My Way' site, which has free lessons on all-things digital, right from how to use a mouse and keyboard when you first start out, and progressing onto emails, online safety, and much more.
'Make it Click' is a section of the site that contains their Skills Directory for people already confident with how to use the internet, and who are looking for work, to switch careers, or start their own business. They have updated it with our current situation in mind to have a very useful section on Working From Home (look under 'Subjects').
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BBC 100 Novels That Changed our World
From January to October, the BBC is showcasing their choice of the '100 Novels That Changed our World', and for April they've picked the theme of 'Life, Death & Other Worlds''
The 10 titles this month are:
- A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
- Astonishing the Gods – Ben Okri
- Dune – Frank Herbert
- Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
- Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
- The Chronicles of Narnia – C. S. Lewis
- The Discworld Series – Terry Pratchett
- The Earthsea Trilogy – Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Road – Cormac McCarthy
- The Sandman Series – Neil Gaiman
Think they've missed an important title from this list? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter!
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This Month We Recommend You Read...
We're looking this month to some of the excellent children's books we have available on our eBook and eAudiobook collections, which are great choices to share with your family.
On Borrowbox's eBook page, for primary age children we've picked Natasha Farrant's brilliant 'The Children of Castle Rock', the adventurous story of Alice and her time at the boarding school, Stormy Loch Academy, as she and two friends set out to find her missing father. It's hilarious and moving, and we loved reading it!
Also on Borrowbox, for young adult age this time, is Rowena House's 'The Goose Road'. In France, 1916, Angélique Lacroix must travel across the country with her brother's flock of magnificent Toulouse Geese to raise money for food, after their harvest fails. It's a brilliant chance to examine the effect that the First World War had on those that stayed behind in other countries.
Over on RBdigital, we've got one of the best narrated eAudiobooks we've ever heard! Jessica Townsend's 'Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow' is the story of Morrigan Crow, plucked from a life where she's been marked for death by the eccentric Jupiter North, and taken to the land of Nevermoor where she must undertake the trials to join The Wundrous Society. Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy from Game of Thrones) is utterly incredible playing the cast of characters, and we're sure it'll have you and your children giggling like mad!
Need a further suggestion? We're always delighted to suggest a story! Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, or ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk and we'll do our best to find you something fantastic!
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Library Love
We'd love to hear from you with your comments and stories about why you love libraries! Please email us: ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk
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Keep in touch with Derbyshire Libraries via social media
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