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8 - Woodside Library Link
Work is underway on the borough’s second library link, which is due to open at the beginning of September.
With one Library Link successfully up and running in Dudley Wood, work is being carried out on Woodside Library Link which will open at the new children’s centre at Highgate Primary School.
It will open shortly after the beginning of the new school term on Monday September 8, following the closure of Woodside Library, Stourbridge Road, on Saturday September 6.
The new library link will offer bright, modern facilities and access to all library services. There will be at least 1,500 books, which will be refreshed on a regular basis with the addition of new books each month, computer and internet access.
There will also be regular activities for children and adults as well as the option to search online catalogues to reserve items from other libraries and have them delivered to the link. There will be a personal service from library staff for ten hours each week.
It will be the second library to introduce self service facilities. The first was installed at Dudley Wood Library Link and is proving popular with borrowers.
Councillor Michael Evans, cabinet member responsible for libraries, said:
“The opening of the second library link follows the successful opening of the service at Dudley Wood and will offer the same flexible service. Dudley Wood Library Link has been open for just over a week and we have received many positive comments about this new service. I hope this will be mirrored in the Woodside area when the new link opens there.
“It will be open during the children’s centre opening times and will form part of a key facility in the local community as it’s only a few minutes walk from the existing library on Stourbridge Road. It’s definitely worth a visit and as with all libraries will offer free facilities and many top reads.
“The library service, children’s centre and school will work closely to ensure they meet the needs of the local community.”
The introduction of the new service forms part of the council’s modernisation programme, which will also see the library opening hours extended by 75 hours across the service each week by the end of March 2009.
To find out more about the improvements at libraries go to www.dudley.gov.uk/libraries
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