about Sundays
With all
44
libraries and resource centres across Suffolk open on
Sundays, we will be offering all visitors the ‘Sunday Experience’.
Unlike the rest of the week there is music and refreshments - you
can wander round, listen to the music, eating and drinking while
you go!
Story times for children and families feature as Sunday activities
in most libraries. Most libraries are also offering drop-in
homework support clubs.
Sundays offer performances from local schools, music groups,
dance clubs and much, much more, making Sundays, fun days!
Some libraries also arrange for local clubs, organisations and
individuals to pop in and give talks, demos and taster sessions. If
you would like your club to have a regular Sunday meeting at your
library, please let us know.
Please see individual library pages to find out what is happening
in your
local library.
Of course, as well as the Sunday experience, all usual services
will also be available on Sundays:
- books - You can take out up to 20 books
at any one time, and most titles can be borrowed for three weeks.
You can search the
library catalogue and make your
reservations
- internet access - in every library, there’s at
least one computer terminal set up for free public access. You can
book a terminal using our
online booking service
Suffolk Libraries - It's something to shout
about!
It’s free to
join the library and everyone is welcome - so why not make it
part of your routine and make the most of…
RENTAL services
With over 50,000 audio/visual titles available, DVDs, CDs and
computer games including Wii and Nintendo DS - get
renting for all your home entertainment needs at your local
library! Adults can take out up to six audio and six DVD’s and six
CD-ROMs at any time for a week’s
rental. You can search the
library catalogue and make your
reservations.
What’s more, if any title you want is at another library, we’ll
get it for you free of charge. You can also return titles to any
Suffolk library - whichever is more convenient for you.
Language courses are popular, and the rental period for these is
six weeks. They are available in CD or cassette. Talking book
CDs/cassettes can be rented for up to three weeks.
Over a million free books!
We buy over 150,000 books each year, including; paperbacks,
children’s picture books, graphic novels and large print. Choose
from best sellers, TV and film tie-ins, contemporary fiction, cult
fiction and fantasy, romance and family sagas, Booker
prize-winners. We have GCSE texts, exam primers, and books to help
with all school homework, college and university studies and even
open learning. We have books in other languages - not only in all
major European languages, but Chinese, Bengali, Hindi... Ask at
your local library for more information.
Can’t stand queuing or don’t like the way things are done at
your local library? Would you like convenience and a chance to have
your say?
…then do it yourself!
No more queuing or waiting - you don’t even have to visit the
library. If you’ve got access to the Internet at home, you can
search the
library
catalogue and reserve books, videos, DVDs, CDs
and computer games to be picked up at any Suffolk library at a
time convenient to you. You can also
register to join the library and check your library
account on
Suffolk
libraries direct. Additional services on the web include
Suffolk
InfoLink, which is a community information database of more
than 3,000 clubs and societies
We encourage comment and feedback via the web site and e-mail.
There’s an e-mail enquiry service called
“
AskSuffolk” for factual enquiries from anyone who lives or
works in Suffolk.
You can
write a
review about a library book and vote it a hit or miss.
You can also do all this in the library on the computers
available there. You can even check out and return books yourself
without having to queue to speak with library
staff!