Welcome back to an exciting year ahead for the library and the community.
We plan to become part of the Community Hub, based in the old Tudor pub, supported by the Parish council and includes others such as the Volunteer bureau. We have already moved the Farmers Market site to the new Hub and hope this will be positively supported by one and all.
Come along and look at our displays, see the route the cyclists will be taking, find books to read on cycling and other sports.
On the 13th December the Managing Committee of your Castle Donington Community Library agreed unanimously in principle to move the service to the proposed community Hub. This decision was based on an analysis of the long term financial options open to the library remaining at its current location and the anticipated benefits to the library service that become possible from within a building that houses a number of community focussed operations. This decision comes after extensive community consultation on the proposed development of a community Hub over the last few years and acts as an anchor for the planning discussions relating to the public access areas of the Hub that are now taking place. We will, of course, keep you updated with progress on this exciting project as it develops.
The Library staff have decided to support a worthwhile cause by holding two coffee mornings in aid of the Macmillan cancer support charity. Why not come along and have a cuppa with us? We’ll be open from 10 am to 5 pm on Friday, September 30 or from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, October 1. Or you could even come to both!
Their will be a meeting for people interested in volunteering to help run the new Community Library. It will he held at the Library on Delven Lane on
Wednesday 20th April at 7:00pm.
You will find out about the roles and training courses and be able to book training sessions.
Below is a list of scheduled training sessions planned for the two weeks before we take over running the library. At the moment all we ask is that people note the dates an keep some time free on these dates. A booking system will be published shortly
An introduction to your library
You will learn about:
Your library information manual
Data protection
Safeguarding
The layout of the building
Opening and closing the building
No computer experience necessary
Tuesday 7th June 10-12am & 6:30-8:30pm
The Library Management System
Session A ( for all computer users)
You will learn how to:
Borrow and return a book
Renew a book
Pay fines/ charges
Join new members
Tuesday 14th June 2-4pm & 6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday 15th June 7-9pm
Session B (must have attended LMS A)
You will learn how to:
Deal with incoming deliveries
Look for books for other libraries
Customer copying
Thursday 16th June 10-12 noon
Friday 17th June 10-12 noon
Library Management System Absolute beginners
For those less confident with IT
Tuesday 14th June 10-12 noon
Stock handling
You will learn how to:
Identify different book categories
Shelve fiction and non – fiction books
Shelve children’s books
Promote your stock
Handle donations
No computer experience necessary
Tuesday 7th June 2-4pm
Wednesday 8th June 7-9pm
The digital library service
A look at our digital offer:
How to access our online catalogue
Searching for and reserving titles online
Online reference library
E-Books, E-Audio, E-Magazines
Customer printing
Computer experience beneficial
Thursday 9th June 10-12 noon
Friday 10th June 10-12noon
This week we received notification from The Charities Commission that Castle Donington Community Library is now a Registered Charity (Charity No. 1166274)
Castle Donington Library will start to be operated by toe community on 20th June 2016. Training of volunteers will start on 6th June. The link below provides a summary of the training available. Training sessions will take 2 hours and will be timetabled when the library is closed. Training sessions will be mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends.
http://www.castledoningtonlibrary.org/training/
Here is a few examples of the roles that need to be filled. These are just examples, volunteers will be able to design their own role in the organisation.
You need on experience, all you need is enthusiasm and a couple of hours a week.
