Spring into libraries this Easter!
 Spring is finally here and school holidays are on the horizon! Are you looking for a fun, free activity to bring your little ones to? Look no further than a library near you…
Join us for stories and crafts at our Spring into Libraries events this month. Please note that spaces are limited and booking is therefore essential for these activities.
If you can’t make it, don’t forget that our Regular Activities for Children continue to run throughout the school holidays, including Rhyme Time, Toddler Time and Storytime!
Wellbeing Month
 We had a busy Wellbeing Month in libraries in March with book displays, drop-ins, special storytimes, a new online reminiscence session and more! Our grand finale is a short What helps your wellbeing video showing the various things that help our staff’s wellbeing.
Enjoy cats, cake, crafts, plants, dogs, water, sunrises, sunsets and more!
Face to Face and Remote Digital Support available
 Did you know that many of our wonderful digital volunteers have now returned and are providing free face-to-face digital support in libraries alongside the Remote Digital Support service?
They can provide basic one-off support on all sorts of digital enquiries, such as:
- Using a smart device
- Online shopping
- Staying safe online
- Using email
- Making video calls
- Using Learn My Way
To find out which libraries are offering face-to-face support, visit our Computer Buddy sessions page or contact the Library Digital Support team by email or phone on 03302 223455.
Please note that some libraries may have waiting lists for Computer Buddy sessions but support is also available remotely.
Get your start-up business set for success
This free online event is aimed at people who are thinking of launching a business, have just started, or have up to 18 months of trading experience.
Speakers include:
Wednesday 27 April 2022, 10.00am – 12.00pm
West Sussex Libraries are part of a network of Business and Intellectual Property Centres (BIPCs).
For more free business events including webinars, specialist 1 to 1 sessions and live events, see our colleagues at the Business and IP Centre Sussex in Brighton.
Into the archives for historic Worthing footage
 Enjoy fascinating films of Worthing, from a lifeboat launch in 1898 to the old Town Hall demolition and town centre changes in the 1960s.
Join Frank Gray of Screen Archive South East and Martin Hayes of West Sussex Record Office for a special talk entitled Wish you were here: archive films of Worthing 1898-1960s.
The talk will be held on Zoom at 7.00pm on Tuesday 12 April 2022. Find out more and book your £5 ticket via Eventbrite!
Sorry folks but fines are back from April
 Our overdue, reservation and hire charges are returning from Friday 1 April 2022 and we know that some of you still have library books and other items that you took out ages ago. We’d love to recover as many of these as possible so please have a look on bookshelves, under sofas and anywhere that books might be hiding!
There are many free services available, such as reservations on in-stock children’s, audio, DVDs and non-fiction books, with no daily charges on children’s items. Also, don’t forget that eBooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers remain free to reserve and borrow, with no overdue charges.
To avoid future overdue charges do sign up for library email alerts which remind you when items are due back. You can also manage your loans by downloading the Library App.
Old Worthing Library
It’s hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t a public library in Worthing. An important part of the town’s history came to light recently, as descibed by reporter Elaine Hammond in her article 21 Reasons Why Worthing Should Have a Public Library.
She describes the recent donation of a framed copy of an 1892 poster, which brings to life the pre-history of the library, from the initial campaign all the way up to our new Community Hub. Here is proof, if it were needed, that free library services for all are as relevant today, as they were 130 years ago.
For a full version of the poster just click on the image above. Or why not pop along to Worthing Library? There's a reproduction of the poster hanging just outside the entrance to the 1st floor!
Business 1.2.1 information clinics
 Have you got a great idea for a business but aren't sure how to make it a reality?
Our free one-hour business information sessions may be just what you need.
Thursday 21 April 2022 online via Zoom.
Author events in April
 Inspired by the Novels That Shaped Our World campaign, West Sussex Libraries will be holding two free author events in April.
On Tuesday 19 April at 7.00pm we will be In Conversation with best selling authors Ayisha Malik and Kate Harrison (who also writes as Eva Carter and Kate Helm) at the newly refurbished Worthing Library. Tickets are free and booking is essential using the link below:
On Tuesday 26 April at 7.00pm we will be In Conversation with best selling authors Harriet Evans and Sophie Ward at Crawley Library. Tickets are free and booking is essential using the link below:
We look forward to seeing you!
Chichester Canal 200 talk
 Join local historian Alan Green for the story of the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation, from inception through lingering death to revival in the 1980s as a leisure attraction.
The talk will be held at West Sussex Record Office at 7.00pm on Tuesday 26 April 2022 (limited numbers; booking essential); alternatively, join us online via Zoom.
To attend in person (£8; £7 WSAS members), please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online (free; trial run for live-streaming), book via Eventbrite.
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