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Southey Library
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Moonshine Lane, Sheffield, S5 8RB
Tel 0114 203 9531
Fax 0114 203 9531
Online Services
- Use our free 24/7 online reference libraries - CREDOreference, Grove Art, Grove Music, KnowUK, Oxford Reference Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary, ThomsonGale Online Journals.
- Access online national, regional and local newspapers using NewsUK, including the Sheffield Star.
- You can check and renew items you have on loan and also reserve items using the online Library Catalogue. You need a Personal Identification Number (PIN number) to request an item or view your membership details on the library catalogue. Please note the online library catalogue will not be available from 11pm each night for approximately 1 hour as system backups are carried out during this period.
- Why not begin tracing your ancestors with Ancestry.com.
- Use PN Enquire - a free 24 hours, 7 days a week online service that enables anyone to ask a question at any time day or night, so people do not need to wait until their local library opens.
- Find local clubs, groups, voluntary organisations and services in Sheffield using Help Yourself .
Monday 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-6pm
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.30pm
Thursday Closed
Friday 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-12.30pmSunday Closed
Click here to view map.
Buses - 97, 98, 20 (First Mainline)
- Wheelchair access to the building
- Language Courses – on tape
- Talking Books
- Videos
- DVDs
- Literacy & Numeracy Skills collection – to support basic skills teaching and students whose first language is not English, books include grammar, punctuation, spelling, basic numeracy and maths skills.
- Newspapers
- Sheffield Star – Daily
- Sheffield Telegraph – Fridays
- Magazines
- Comics and magazines for children and young people
- Free internet access for adults and children
- 9 computers
- Black and white printer – A4 copies
See People’s Network pages for more information.
- Exhibition space – exhibitor to provide own display boards – please contact the library on 0114 203 9531 to arrange.
- Faxes – sending and receiving.
- Noticeboards – to display local events, clubs etc, please contact the library staff for more details.
- Photocopies – A3 & A4.
- Toilet facilities for under 5’s only
- Meeting Room for hire, suitable for approx 12 people. For use only during library opening hours, please telephone 0114 203 9531 for more information.
- Advice leaflets.
Find out about What’s on in libraries.
- Baby and Toddler Session – Last Wednesday in the month 11-11.45am (term time only). Sessions include sharing books, songs and rhymes with time to play and socialise.
- Foxhill and Parson Cross Advice Service -Wednesday 9.45-11.45am.
- Next Steps (Anxiety and Depression Support Group) - Monday & Friday 10am-1pm. Contact Tracy Firth on 0114 249 1151. Meet in the Basement Room.
- Coffee Morning - Wednesdays 10-11am.
- IT Support Session - 3rd Monday in the month. Please contact the library for more details.
- Relatives of Drug Abusers (RODA) - Contact 0114 231 4443 or email roda@southey.fsworld.co.uk for more details.
- Southey Forum - Contact Debbie Nicholson or Chris Batchelor for more details tel 0114 285 3093.
- Local Enterprise Around Food (LEAF) -Contact Lucy Livingstone or Zoy Mills for more details on 0114 285 4479.
- Bookstart – Family Reading Worker - Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information and Southey/Shirecliffe Surestart are working in partnership to fund a Family Reading Worker. Aims to promote Bookstart and help parents/carers and babies to discover the fun and excitement of sharing books. Please contact library staff for more details.
- Southey and Owlerton Area Regeneration - For more information please access SOAR for more information.
- Longley Forum - 41-43 Southey Avenue, Sheffield, S5 7NN, Tel 0114 249 1150.
- Southey Development Forum - C/o Southey Library, Moonshine Lane, Sheffield, S5 8RB.
- Owlerton and Southey Area Panel - For more information please access their webpage.
Statistics for 2006/2007
For 2006-2007 statistics please see "How are we performing?"
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