IT for You is an
exciting East Sussex Libraries project providing basic IT training to East
Sussex residents.
We support our customers to learn a broad range of skills including how
to open and use email accounts, how to search and apply for work online, how
to create CVs, use Microsoft Office, stay safe online, use Social Media and
more.
To date we’ve supported over 100 customers. To meet demand
we are now growing the project and are seeking new volunteers to share their IT
skills.
IT for You
volunteers have the opportunity to acquire excellent training experience and
the chance to make a real difference.
If you would like to know more about our work or join the IT for You team call Phil Lanham on
01323 463759 or email Phil.Lanham@eastsussex.gov.uk.
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The East Sussex WW1 project is now
in its third year and continues to expand its rich collection of information
and resources.
East Sussex Library and
Information Service, alongside other local organisations, has contributed to
the project, coordinated by East Sussex County Council. The WW1 project has now
digitised every edition of the Eastbourne Gazette, Eastbourne
Chronicle, Hastings and St Leonards Observer, Hastings and St
Leonards Pictorial Advertiser, and the Sussex Daily News for the
First World War period. This fantastic collection is being released on the project’s website each month to
correspond with the same month 100 years ago.
Alongside over 130 stories
relating to East Sussex during the war, the website also hosts a number of
educational resources to assist both teachers and school students learning
about the conflict. Existing resources focus on soldiers, women, whilst new resources on places and empire were added to
the website at the beginning of February. Check out the website
and learn a little bit more about WW1 in East Sussex.
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With World Book Day
taking place on Thursday 2nd March 2017, libraries are gearing up
for a special week of activities for the under 5’s.
The World Book Day £1 Tokens, provided by Bookstart, will be
gifted at all our libraries across East Sussex. These Tokens will be handed
out to children aged 0-4, visiting the library on World Book Day, and also at
our libraries rhymetimes and storytimes which take place in libraries
during the week 27th February – 4th March.
The £1 tokens will be accepted at all participating
bookshops, supermarkets and retailers, who will be displaying the World Book Day posters
in their windows, where children will be able to pick up a copy of specially
produced books aimed at pre-schoolers and written by popular authors.
Also this year those children attending the rhymetimes and
storytimes during this week will also receive a copy of the sticker book Bear’s Reading Adventure.
So bring your little ones along to your local library and
receive a free sticker book and your World Book Day token when you join in with a rhymetime
or storytime.
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LGBT
History month is a month of events celebrating the achievements of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people across the world and
promoting education about the issues which still affect the LGBT community
today.
East
Sussex Libraries have a great collection of books, from Patrick Gale’s A Place Called Winter
depicting the intolerance of the Edwardian era, to the celebratory children’s
picture book And Tango Makes Three the
true story of two male penguins who became partners and raised a penguin chick
in the Central Park Zoo.
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This Month, Eve, a librarian, tells us about a book she has loved:
"When
I'd finished reading The Girl On The Train, I didn’t know what
to do with myself. It felt like I was riding that commuter train with Rachel
every day and I didn’t want to get off. I decided to search the internet for
"books like The Girl On The Train".
This
was a great decision.
A
suggestion for another gripping spine-chiller caught my eye: The Kind
Worth Killing by Peter Swanson. It seemed the perfect answer
for people in need of their next fix of a Gone Girl / Girl
On The Train thriller.
The
Kind Worth Killing also begins with a transport
theme, this time on a night flight from London to Boston. Here, Ted Severson
meets the mysterious Lily Kintner. Their light conversation turns darker
when Ted jokes that he could kill his cheating wife Miranda. Lily,
without hesitation, says, “I’d like to help”. Their relationship grows,
but Lily hasn't been completely honest about her past.
Pursued by a tenacious detective, the various twists of the conspirators
seemingly spiral towards a doom-laden conclusion."
Why
not borrow The Kind Worth Killing from
your local library, or download it as an eBook or eAudiobook.
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Why not borrow a DVD from
your local library this month?
With lots of new releases
for February now in your local library, it's the perfect time to watch that
film you missed at the cinema, or have been wanting to watch for a while.
- Bridget Jone’s Baby
- Ethel and Ernest
-
Hell or High Water
DVD's can be borrowed from as little as £2,
and from £3.50 for the latest releases.
From 4th March for one week only, Bexhill library will be holding a DVD sale to make room for our newest DVDs. Pop along to the library and buy a DVD from as little as £1.
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