main content What's happening in your library

Do you know what's happening in your local library? Keep up-to-date with news of new services and facilities as well as coming events and regular activities that are taking place all the time in our libraries.

Closure of Shortlands Library

Due to emergency building works, Shortlands Library will be closed for 11 weeks from Monday 12 May 2008. It is due to re-open on Friday 25 July 2008.

Coming Events

• National Year of Reading: National Year of Reading events
• Central Library: Exhibition Diary 2008
• All libraries: 16 July - 13 September 2008: Team Read Summer Reading Challenge 
• All libraries: 16 July - 13 September 2008:Baby Book Crawl
• St Paul's Cray Library: 5 August 2008: Stay and Play at The Centre
• Mottingham Library: 11 - 15 August 2008: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• St Paul's Cray Library: 12 August 2008:  Stay and Play at The Centre
• St Paul's Cray Library: 19 August 2008:  Stay and Play at The Centre
• St Paul's Cray Library: 26 August 2008:  Stay and Play at The Centre 
• Central Library: 2 October 2008 - Lunchtime Concert - Autumn Delights
• Central Library: 18 December 2008 - Lunchtime Concert - A Christmas Cracker        

Regular Events in Libraries

Regular activities for children include:

• Baby Bounce and Rhyme
• Stay 'n' Play and All Join In
• Storytimes
• Toddler Time.

We also host reading groups for adults, children and teenagers, a variety of computing skills classes for beginners, including:

• E-Mail for beginners
• Internet training for beginners
• Computer Clubs
• Older and Bolder computer club

All our libraries hold information and books on Skills For Life.