New reads, International Womens Day and more...



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Spring has sprung and we are all starting to feel more hopeful of better days to come. Whilst we can’t welcome you back into our libraries just yet, there are still plenty of new things for you to explore and enjoy online.

February saw us launch our new Library website - and with a new look & feel we hope you find it much more flexible, modern and visual. 

With our new Discover & Get Involved section, it’s jam packed with content including books & digital resources, click & collect, guidance on jobs and business start-ups, learning help, entertainment for children & young adults, and so much more! 

 

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Finding your favourite magazine is easy with Libby! 

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Have you heard the news? Our popular RBdigital eMagazine collection has moved to OverDrive and the Libby App. It's all the same great mags but just on a brand new app!

You can download, or read online, a range of eMagazines for free. And with over 3,000 magazines available there is plenty to choose from.

 

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New eReads on BorrowBox
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No waiting lists, no queues, just download the app and get reading! This months campaign titles include,

The Moment of Lift, "Melinda Gates" | The Shape of Water,  "Andrea Camilleri" | City of Friends, "Joanna Trollope" | Need You Dead, "Peter James" | The Testaments, "Margaret Atwood" | Mudlarking, "Lara Maiklem" | The Flower Girls, "Alice Clark-Platts" | The Surface Breaks, "Louise O’Neill" | Tom Gates is Absolutely Fantastic, "Liz Pichon. "

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Celebrating Women

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Our latest online jigsaw puzzles are in celebration of International Women's Day and show some truly ground-breaking women from Nottingham’s past.

Enjoy piecing back together the ‘Women Window Cleaners’ from 1917, who were allowed to work in trousers and the ‘LN&R Female decontamination squad’ from World War II.

Once you have completed this month’s jigsaws, test your knowledge of  Nottingham’s most famous women with our short online Local Studies quiz!

Jigsaw Puzzles [ [link removed] ]

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World Book Day

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Well celebrations were a little different this year, but we hope you enjoyed it none the less!

If you missed the fun there is still tons of book activities, crafts and more on our website...

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Book Group Read

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This month, our online book group will be reading "The Sparsholt Affair" by Alan Hollinghurst. 

We would love it if you joined us: Wednesday 31 March, 7pm. 

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Politics, Power & Protest
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Don't miss the chance to book your tickets to these inspirational workshops on the theme of: Politics, Power & Protest.


* Forgotten Voices of Women’s Literature
* Manifesto for Change

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Reset. Restart your Business

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Business & IP Centre Nottingham is launching a new programme to help local businesses to navigate their next steps as we look towards life after lockdown. 

Working with local business mentors, Smorgasbord, we will be offering 1:1 appointments giving you a free 45 minutes session with an expert business mentor who can help you think through ways you can adapt your business to thrive in the post-COVID world.

In addition, there will be regular webinars on a range of topics:


* From Start Up to Scale Up Funding Options - 25 March & 17 June
* Getting your Business Online - 8 April & 1 July
* A2B Accelerator - 22 April & 15 July
* Plan Your Post-Lockdown Recovery - 6 May & 29 July
* Digital Marketing & Social Media - 20 May & 12 August
* From Business Idea to Business Model -  3 June

The Reset. Restart programme is aimed at small businesses in Nottingham and across the East Midlands who have been trading for under 3 years, but all business owners are welcome to the webinars.

 

See the full programme and book here [ [link removed] ]

 



We’re recruiting!

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Thanks to funding from the DCMS we’re able to recruit 3 new members to join our team at the Business & IP Centre, on a fixed term basis to March 2023.

If you’re a marketing maestro or have the skills to help businesses access the information they need to thrive as we move out of lockdown, we’d love to hear from you.

 

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Not all Heroes Wear Capes!

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Meet Library heroes Josh, Charlie and Rachael! 

While some of our libraries have been temporarily reduced due to the pandemic, library colleagues have swapped their books for testing kits!

Find out more about their experiences of working at the new asymptomatic testing site at Djanolgy Leisure Centre.

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Census Day - Sunday 21 March 2021

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*Do you need help with your Census form?*

There is lots of help available both online and by phone; details of support nationally is on your letter.

You can also book help with a Nottingham City Library Census Adviser. Our advisers can answer your census questions or concerns, provide a new or lost access code and help you to complete your online form.

Please call a Library Census Adviser *0115 87 63338 *Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm | Saturday 10am - 2pm. *Or you can email *[email protected]

*Not got the Internet at home?*

You can *use a computer for free in our libraries* to complete your form. Because we are still in a national lockdown access to our libraries is restricted, so you will need to phone the library and book in advance. 

Details of our open libraries and how to book a computer are below.

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