Whatever your question and whether you are in the library in person or on the telephone Warwickshire library staff will try and find the answer for you.
New - Borrow books where ever you are
Large print
All Warwickshire libraries have a wide range of attractively produced titles in Large Print to suit all reading tastes. There are a few main publishers – Ulverscroft; Chivers; Clipper. Severn House and Isis - who provide us with a much wider range of fiction titles these days, although the range and quantity of non-fiction titles is still limited.
The books themselves now look much more attractive, much more like their small print counterparts; in fact many often get shelved in the wrong sections for that very reason! Pictograms fixed to the spine of each title identify the subject categories and this can be very useful when selecting for someone else.
Bee Aware
There are 33 service points including 5 mobile libraries and we also provide services to 125 sheltered complexes and 134 Nursing and Care Homes throughout Warwickshire as well as Home Delivery services to over 500 customers who can no longer get to a library.
However our “Bee Aware” inter lending service allows readers to request items, in different formats, from other libraries outside of Warwickshire. Via this service we have access to the libraries at the RNID, Calibre, Talking Newspaper and Talking Books.
Peoples Network Computers
Warwickshire Libraries recently upgraded all 235 of its People’s Network computers. All machines have flat screens and Windows XP. Other features include CD Writers, scanners and the opportunity to download your digital camera images with card readers.
With fast Broadband connections, every machine also benefits from Microsoft Office Professional, which allows creation of CVs, letters, presentations, etc.
There is access to a host of online reference material including dictionaries, encyclopaedias and family history sites, such as the popular Ancestry.com.
For visually impaired customers there is a host of features which include a large print keyboard, accessibility options which allow a user to change screen colours, text size and mouse pointers should they wish to. Some PCs in larger libraries also offer specialist software such as screen readers and zooming software. These machines also have the advantage of larger 19” monitors. There is also a memory pen that lets you access Firefox to get large print Access to the Library Catalogue.
People who are registered as visually impaired are entitled to up to 2 hours free computer use each day - as long as it is a pre-booked session. Drop in sessions thereafter are charged at the standard rates for each 30-minute session -£2 for library members and £2.50 for non-members.
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