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Wiltshire Library and Information Service

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Type
  
Public libraries

Website
  
Wiltshire.Gov.UK

Legal status
  
Local government

Staff
  
170

Parent organization
  
Wiltshire Council

Volunteers
  
c. 600

Region served
  
Wiltshire

Number of volunteers
  
600

Membership
  
c. 215,000 registered members

Headquarters
  
Trowbridge, United Kingdom

Motto
  
Love Reading, Love Libraries

Wiltshire Library and Information Service is a county-wide network of public libraries based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. It is service of Wiltshire Council, with the strapline "Love Reading, Love Libraries".

Contents

There are 31 public libraries and 5 mobile libraries, including one which specifically visits residential homes. The smallest ten libraries are still stocked with books and funded by the council, but are staffed by volunteers. Volunteers have also helped extend opening hours in some medium-sized libraries.

Facilities

The libraries offer a selection of:

  • Adult fiction books
  • Adult non fiction books
  • Large print books (almost 30,000)
  • Books on cassette and CD (over 20,000)
  • Children's fiction books
  • Children's non fiction books, including homework support
  • A selection of books for teenagers
  • Free access to the internet and office software
  • Collections and advice on health in many large libraries in partnership with the National Health Service
  • Support for reading groups across the county, including longer loan periods and free requests
  • Taster sessions in computers and IT for free - associated with Race Online 2012 and BBC First Click
  • The interlibrary loan service can get books and journal articles from libraries across the region, country, and world if required

    • Other information services

    The libraries can also provide access to:

  • The full reference and information services offered by Wiltshire Library and Information Service, as well as access to a range of online information services
  • Community information via the Wiltshire Clubs and Organisations Directory
  • Local history information via colleagues at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre and through the Wiltshire Studies catalogue and the Wiltshire Community History website which includes detailed information on individual communities.

    • References

    Wiltshire Library and Information Service Wikipedia
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