Blanchardstown Europe Direct – Your Local Link to Europe


The Europe Direct Information Centre at Blanchardstown Library provides free information on the EU, carries a stock of publications from EU Institutions and provides an online search facility for EU websites.


If you have questions about how the EU works, how it supports your rights or how to travel with ease within the EU just speak to a member of staff at the library, log on to www.europedirect.ie or phone the Europe Direct Call Centre on Freephone 00 800 6789 1011.


The call centre is based in Brussels and can take calls in any of the official European languages. Europe Direct Blanchardstown is open Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm and Fri-Sat 10am-5pm.


Online Magazines Now Coming Soon to Your Library


‘Zinio online magazines’, available soon at Fingal Libraries, create better ways for people to discover published content, get more of it and do more with it.


Zinio will allow you to shop for, search inside, read, share and save online magazines. The service provides a wide selection of FREE magazines to read or download with unlimited access for library members. Email lilian.whelan@fingalcoco.ie or call 01 890 5536 for details.


Childrens Activities in Fingal Libraries


Fingal County Libraries is offering a wide range of innovative events for children this Autumn.


Events in October for Children’s Book Festival include readings by Che Golden (author of The Feral Child), storytelling sessions with Patrick Ryan, workshops on Manga (Japanese comics/ cartoons) and a visit from the Storytelling Caravan. Several branches will host a workshop for invited primary school classes on fairy tales and children’s illustrations in conjunction with the National Gallery of Ireland.


Download Ebooks Anytime Anywhere


One Click digital allows any Library borrower to transfer e- audiobook content from the One Click digital platform to any MP3 Player, iPod or computer remotely at any time. With multiple downloads of any available title, including bestsellers, library waiting lists are now a thing of the past.


For further information, please contact your local library or email www.fingalcoco.ie/library


Lifelong Learning at Your Local Library


Universal Class is an educational service providing the highest quality online courses for library users interested in the lifelong pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.


During Science Week 2012 in November events will include fun workshops with Scien-tastic (an interactive kids’ science laboratory) and a new collaboration with the National Print Museum to bring workshops on printing and book making to some branches. Having successfully completed a series of workshops last Autumn and Winter with secondary school classes throughout Fingal on Climate Change and Sustainability with ECO-UNESCO, Fingal County Libraries are looking forward to hosting a similar programme this year.


It offers 400 courses with up to 30 new ones added each year. Each course has real instructors that guide the learning experience and uses video-based lessons with printed transcripts. Students can access learning materials at any time from the convenience of their own home, office or library and no software is required as this is a web based service.


Check out www.fingalcoco.ie/library for more details or enquire at your local branch.


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