Dorset History Centre (DHC), the county’s archive service has been awarded a £35,000 grant by the Archives Revealed programme at The National Archives. The highly competitive process identified the service’s efforts to catalogue the world-renowned archives of author Thomas Hardy as a high priority. DHC with its support charity Dorset Archives Trust has been leading… Read more Major boost for History Centre’s Hardy project fundraiser
Children aged 4-11 have an opportunity to get involved in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge! This year’s challenge, brought to you by Dorset Council’s library service, is starting on the 1 July 2023.
Last Friday (16 June), Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2022-2024) Joseph Coelho, visited Dorset Council’s Tophill library on Portland, as part of his nationwide ‘Library Marathon’ tour.
Have your say on the future of Dorset Council’s libraries before consultation closes.
Dorset Council has launched the second phase of public consultation to inform how they develop and deliver their library service in the future. Library users and non-users are being asked to share their views. The consultation runs from 29 September 2022 to 22 December 2022 and is available here.
Dorset Council has installed a host of energy saving measures at libraries across Dorset in a bid to cut down on carbon emissions and energy costs.
If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure for a green surprise… Avon Heath Country Park is now home to an array of new solar panels on the roofs of its café, classroom and toilet block.
In October 2021, Dorset Council launched an 11-week public consultation to inform how they develop and deliver the library service in the future.
Fourteen Dorset libraries have begun an exciting new chapter after benefiting from some of the country’s fastest internet speeds. Thanks to £200,000 of government funding, these libraries – from Ferndown in the east to Bridport in the west, and from Swanage in the south to Blandford in the north – now have the fastest possible… Read more Exciting new chapter for libraries as they upgrade to gigabit-capable broadband
There are four weeks remaining in the first phase of Dorset Council’s #LetsTalkLibraries consultation.
