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Public libraries and Coronavirus: Tameside
This is a list of the distance services that Tameside Libraries are providing doing during the Crisis. Their virtual bookchat seems to be getting some attention, with tweets being liked by the official Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot accounts
“Easter Activities
Today we have our very own activities to recommend. Our school holiday activities were planned to be about dinosaurs…so now we’re taking them online! We’ve got crafts and games all about dinosaurs for you to try at home. 🐉🦖🐊https://t.co/SB7Mrpb3jU pic.twitter.com/aZAyU9cLtX
— Tameside Culture (@tmbc_culture) April 6, 2020
Monday 6th April – Friday 17th April
Our school holiday activities this Easter were planned to be all about dinosaurs…so now we’re taking them online on our Facebook page! There will be crafts and games all about dinosaurs for you to try at home. There will be the chance for you to share what you and your little ones have made with a photo!
Storymakers and Friends
We’ve got something very special coming next week. Our very first ‘Story Makers and Friends’ video with Simon the Storyteller will go live on https://t.co/9OOHcJgvCH next Wednesday 8th at 2pm. Come join us. #TamesideLovesReading #LibrariesAtHome #childrensbook @carylhart1 📚🐉🕺 pic.twitter.com/D59MTmZvi3
— Tameside Culture (@tmbc_culture) April 3, 2020
Wednesday 8th April at 2pm
Tune into our Facebook page for our first virtual Storymakers and Friends session with Simon the Storyteller. Guaranteed to make your little one smile.
Tameside Libraries Reads at Home
We hope everyone is getting stuck into The Mysterious Affair at Styles ready for our #BookChat on Thursday. We’ll be joined by #CrimeWriting legend @medwardsbooks who knows a thing or two about a mystery, and maybe some other special guests. #LibrariesFromHome #AgathaChristie pic.twitter.com/Zt6mengo5F
— Tameside Culture (@tmbc_culture) April 5, 2020
Thursday 9th and 16th April 2pm
Join us for our first online Book Chat. We will be discussing The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. On 9th April we will be discussing the first 7 chapters and on the 16th April, chapter 8 – 13. We have some well-known authors joining us for the chat including crime writers Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis and Roz Watkins. To join in on Twitter: @tmbc_culture or Facebook: Tameside Libraries on the day.
You can access the book for free here http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/863
Time for a Rhyme
Friday 10th April 10.30am
Join musician Sarah Atter on our Facebook page as she sings some of our best loved nursery rhymes to keep your little ones entertained.
Virtual Lego Club
Monday 13th – Saturday 18th April
Join in with our virtual Lego club session and share what you’ve built on our Facebook page.
Free Access to Family History Resources
Tameside Local Studies and Archives have been able to arrange special access to online family history resources for library members during the Covid-19 closure. Local Studies and Library users can temporarily access Ancestry and FindMyPast remotely from home. See https://www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/onlineservices for full details of how to access the resources.”
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From 1st April 2018 to March 2019, CIPFA reported 35 libraries closed cf 2017/2018 127 libraries lost. 2016/17 105 closed. 121 closed 2015/116, 106 2014/15, 29 2013/14, 201 2011/12 and 33 2010/11.
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