East Riding Libraries have been delighted with the number of responses received so far to their customer survey, which was launched at the start of May to gather customer feedback from users and non-users of the service and inform decisions for the future. The survey is still available to complete from now until 30 May, 2021.
East Riding Libraries Face in a Book Club on Facebook now has over 220 members who have been enjoying the books selected each month by the Libraries team. The club started back in February 2020, just before the first lockdown, and has gradually grown since then.
East Riding Libraries and Customer Service sites have reopened their doors to customers after operating an order and collect service during the last lockdown.
They are now conducting a survey to find out how residents view the service and what will meet the needs of the community in the future. The survey is available to complete from now until 30 May 2021.
East Riding Council has announced details of the reopening of East Riding Libraries, Mobile Libraries, and its Customer Service Centres and Multi-Service Centres from Monday, 12 April, in line with the government’s roadmap.
East Riding Libraries will continue to offer the Order and Collect service at the door for those customers who prefer to use it, and will also be open for limited browsing (maximum of 30 minutes, which may be reduced at the busiest times).
East Riding Libraries have seen a huge 329% increase in the number of eBooks downloaded since March 2020, and a 95.5% increase in the number of audiobooks downloaded free with their library memberships.
Librarian Pamela Taylor-Bramwell explained: “We’ve been delighted to have welcomed over 4,500 new members (in addition to our 45,000 existing members!) since March 2020.
East Riding Libraries are advising their members that the way they access free audiobooks and magazines will change from the RBdigital app to the Libby app on Friday, 26 February.
Overdrive, the leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools worldwide and creator of the Libby app, recently acquired RBDigital, hence the change.
East Riding Libraries are inviting families to collect a free activity pack and book, from their local library during half term, 15 – 20 February.
East Riding Leisure and East Riding Libraries have teamed up to showcase various ways they can support mental and physical health this winter.
East Riding Libraries are reminding customers that they are still offering their ‘Order and Collect’ service – customers can either phone their library or order books and then collect from their specified East Riding Library once available.
Books can be returned to any East Riding Library during opening hours and will be quarantined for three days before being cleaned and returned to shelves.
Following the latest government announcement, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced how East Riding Museums and East Riding Libraries will operate from Wednesday, 2 December, under Tier 3 restrictions.
East Riding Museums: Beverley Art Gallery, Skidby Mill, Beverley Guildhall, and Goole Museum will remain closed.
East Riding Libraries are offering the chance to explore Reading Well for Children – a list of books recommended to help children understand their feelings and worries, and cope with tough times.
East Riding Libraries stock a full collection of every book on the list in every East Riding Library, all free to borrow.
Beverley Art Gallery has launched a new series of lockdown videos, which can be enjoyed whilst the gallery has to remain closed.
Presented by curator Helena Cox, the videos look at some of the paintings and items which visitors can’t normally get to see, and which are kept behind the scenes in the repository in the Treasure House.
Now that England has begun its second period of lockdown, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents of Active East Riding.
It is a website which is full of ideas and suggestions for people of all ages during this new period when many of the council’s facilities are closed.
East Riding Libraries are encouraging residents to ‘Do something different’ on the internet for Get Online Week 2020, which runs from Monday,19 to Sunday, 25 October.
World Mental Health Day is this coming Saturday (10 October) and Beverley Art Gallery will be helping to mark the occasion.
The Gallery is delighted to celebrate the Day with the first in a series of mindful art recordings, which are part of the gallery’s Mindful Engagement with Art Project.
The East Riding Festival of Words is back for 2020 – with a varied programme of free online events, featuring a range of popular authors.
The team at East Riding Libraries have put together the programme, based on their knowledge of the most sought after writers in the East Riding.
The East Riding Festival of Words will be back in 2020 – with a varied programme of free online events, featuring a range of popular authors.
The team at East Riding Libraries have put together the programme, based on their knowledge of the most sought after writers in the East Riding and beyond.
East Riding Libraries have launched a new free service to digitally download a variety of popular eNewspapers.
Library members can now access a choice of over 160 national, local and regional UK newspapers, as well as over 2300 from other countries, offering a range of digital publications in 59 different languages, and hundreds of back issues.