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.
Dorset Council’s Health and Activity team are running free physical activity sessions in Wimborne over the coming weeks to encourage people to get outdoors, get some light exercise and make some new friends.
Children from schools in Weymouth and Portland, known as the Chesil area, now have an exciting new reason to visit their library. All year seven children from schools in the Chesil area, are awarded bespoke, superhero library cards to foster a love of reading and encourage them to make use of their local library, where… Read more Reading is my superpower – Chesil children receive special edition Dorset Library Card
From Monday 16 August customers of Dorset Libraries will be able to borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for free, via the bigger and better BorrowBox service.
Residents using Dorset’s Home Library Service have highlighted the benefits the service has on their lives in a recent survey.
Dorset residents can once again get face-to-face advice on any digital queries such as setting up and using devices including phones, tablets and PCs. Digital champions have started to return to Dorset libraries to help people who are struggling to get online. Meanwhile the Digital Hotline will keep running to help people who can’t get… Read more Digital champions return to face-to-face advice sessions
After the service was suspended in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions, Dorset Council is very pleased to be able to reintroduce reservations at libraries across the county.
Dorset Council hosted a well-attended launch event to officially mark the re-opening of its Weymouth Library and Learning Centre, earlier today (Saturday 28 September).
