Borders based comic book artist and writer, Chris Kent, will pay a visit to Kirkliston Library on 12th December.  The session will provide a great insight into the world of graphic novels and an opportunity to pick up tips on creating comic book art.

Here are just some of our events during October.  Check with your local library to find out what’s happening in your area.

From next week we will be carrying out some work to improve the performance of the libraries’ Peoples’ Network computers. This means there may be no internet access in some libraries for up to two weeks.
There will be no internet access in any location from 14th – 16th  November. Internet access will be restored to libraries on a rolling basis thereafter. Wifi will also be affected.
We need to carry out this work in order to increase bandwidth and speed up the performance of these machines. This will improve response times for logging in and internet page loading.

Just a quick reminder that libraries will be closed on Good Friday (22nd April) and Easter Monday (25th April).  However, during the Easter weekend, libraries will be open on Saturday 23 April and Sunday 24 April if they are usually open on a Sunday.

Due to essential maintenance, public access PCs are not currently available in our libraries. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to reassure library users that we are working to restore access as quickly as possible.

YSTEP (Young People Smoking Tobacco Education and Prevention) launch a new smoking prevention toolkit at Kirkliston Library on Wed 9th Feb.
The resource features visual aids, manuals, DVDs and games which will support educators and health professionals engage young people in discussion about tobacco, smoking and related issues. The kit will be free to borrow from the library.

Digital TV switchover is coming to Edinburgh and the Lothians in June 2011. Are you ready?
The Switchover Help Scheme – which has been set up to help older people and people with disabilities make the switch to digital TV – are visiting a couple of libraries on Tuesday 15th February:
Kirkliston Library: 10am – 1pm.

Just a quick reminder that libraries will close at 5pm on Hogmanay then reopen as normal on Wednesday 5th January.
Happy New Year to all our readers from everyone here at Edinburgh City Libraries!

Next month we’re starting some building work at Kirkliston Library in order to combine the library with the local office which deals with enquiries and payments for council services.
We’ ll remain open while the work is going on, but for health and safety reasons part of the building will be inaccessible, and some items of library stock may be unavailable. There will also be a slight reduction in the number of computers available for public use during this period.

Libraries Opening Times on Wednesday 8 December, Thursday 9 December and Friday 10 December will be 10am – 5pm.
Where staffing allows, this includes libraries that would normally open from 1pm.
As we’ve been saying -  things could change depending on the weather. Our advice remains to phone ahead if you are thinking of visiting a library to make sure it will be open when you get there.