Library News
Listen- Knitting at Crowthorne Library
- Using the internet for family history research
- Winter Library Challenge 2 is coming
- Changes to home area on computers in libraries
- Birch Hill Library hits record borrowing (getbracknell)
- Major roof works at Bracknell library
- Online resource for learner drivers
- 10 ways your public library can save you money
- Join us on Facebook!
- Need help with choosing a book?
- Owl monitors
- Find out who you are at Bracknell Library
- Don't Search - Find
Knitting at Crowthorne Library
On the last Tuesday of the month from 2pm to 3.30pm we have a new knitting group for all who would like to knit together, get advice or exchange wool and tips. If you enjoy knitting or sewing, or would like to learn something new, drop in to the group which will be meeting at Crowthorne Library once a month. Please let library staff know if you are interested.
Using the internet for family history research
Join us at Crowthorne Library and learn how to research your family history using websites such as Find my past and Ancestry.com. Our sessions, which take place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm, are suitable for beginners as well as family historians who have a particular query related to using the internet. Places should be booked. Our next session is on Tuesday 21 February and will be run by Peter Beavan.
Changes to home area on computers in libraries
It is no longer possible to store files in your home area on the computers in our libraries. Find out more.
Don't forget that you keep up to date with what's happening in our libraries by following us on Twitter!
Online resource for learner drivers
Anyone who is learning to drive can practise for the driving theory test through their local library.
Theory Test Pro provides a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory test. It contains the entire official test question bank, hazard perception video clips and an online version of the Highway Code.
Access is free for library members who either call in to any of Bracknell Forest Libraries or want to use it at home. Sign up to take practice driving theory tests by visiting the Theory Test Pro website.
If you don't have a library membership you can obtain one easily by visiting your local Bracknell Forest library. More information is available on the Library Membership and Borrowing page.
Become a Facebook fan of Bracknell Forest Library and Information Service and interact, digest and be involved in a world of books, multi-media and information. Within the Facebook pages is an online book group, in which users can share opinions and write reviews of a designated book. Through Facebook, find out the latest events, activities and information from all nine Bracknell Forest libraries. This is more than a gateway but a virtual world in which you can search, renew and request all your favourite items from Bracknell Forest Library and Information Service.
To be an active part of the library, set up a Facebook account and click the Like button on www.facebook.com/bracknell.library.
Need help with choosing a book?
Stuck for an idea of what to read? Visit our section on choosing a book for more ideas or simply ask one of our librarians. Don't forget that we also stock a wide range of non-fiction and spoken word resources.
More interested in audiobooks for your MP3? Find out more!
Owl monitors can help you understand and reduce your energy consumption. Monitors can be borrowed from any library in the borough.
Find out who you are at Bracknell Library
Volunteers from the Berkshire Family History Society’s Bracknell and Wokingham branch will be in Bracknell Library on the second Tuesday of each month from 2pm to 5pm to help residents research their family trees.
We offer access to reputable reference databases from your computer, whenever you have that niggling little question you don’t know the answer to. We subscribe to a number of databases to satisfy that quest. Whether it’s that ‘Who wants to be a millionaire moment’, more in-depth enquiries, helping the kids with their homework, what was happening in the world on your birthday, are you really related to the royal family… we’ll have the answer for you.
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