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Burngreave Library
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179 Spital Hill, Sheffield, S4 7LF
Tel 0114 203 9002
Online Services
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Opening hours
Monday - 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-6.30pm
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-12.30pm
Sunday - Closed
How to get here
Access details
Limited wheelchair access to the building. Disabled car parking and disabled toilet available, please ask the staff
What we stock
- Find out about and use the Life in Great Britain Citizenship Course
- Story sacks
- Talking Books
- CDs – including a large collection of CDs by black artists
- Videos
- DVDs
- Books in Arabic, Somali, Urdu and Albanian. Also Black collection.
- Newspapers
- Daily Mirror
- Sheffield Star (Thursdays only)
- Sheffield Telegraph (weekly)
- The Voice (weekly)
- Al-Quds-Al-Arabi (Daily, Arabic)
- Asharq Al-Awsal (Weekly, Arabic)
- Daily Jang (Daily, Urdu)
- Magazines
- Al-Jamila (Monthly, Arabic)
- Al-Majalla (Weekly, Arabic)
- Black Beauty (Bi-monthly)
- Ebony (Monthly)
- Sayidaty (Weekly, Arabic)
- Teen/Childrens Magazines
- *Black Hair, includes Blitz (Monthly)
- *Simpsons Comic (Monthly)
- Stardust (Monthly)
- *Total Film (Monthly)
- *TV Hits (Monthly)
- Young Voices (Monthly)
*Please note magazine titles are sometimes changed. * are regular magazines.
People’s Network Computers
- Free internet access for adults and children
- 5 computers and 2 laptops
Please see the People’s Network pages for more information.
Facilities Available
- Community Room for up to 40 people – please contact library staff for more details
- 5 People's Network laptops available for use in the library by groups
- Photocopier – A3 & A4
- Faxes – sending and receiving
- Languages spoken - Czech and Slovakian spoken by staff
- Exhibition space in the foyer available – please contact library staff for more details
- Noticeboard – for library and community use. No charge, please ask contact library staff for more details
- Items for sale include discarded books, videos and cds, black bin bags, green refuse bags
Events and Activities
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- Councillors Surgery – Every Saturday in the month 11-12noon, Councillors attend on a rota basis - please contact library staff for more details
- Childrens activities – please contact library staff for more details
- Babytime - 2nd Monday in the month 10-11.30am - please contact the library staff for more details
- Coffee morning – Every Wednesday 9.30am-12.30pm
- Benefits Advice Session – Monday 1.30-3.30pm & Wednesday 10am-12noon, Friday 9.30am-12noon & 1.30-3pm
- Careers Advice Session – Monday 10am-12.30pm
- Pitsmoor CAB Session – Monday 9.30am-12.30pm (Somali speaking advisor)
Statistics
For statistics please see "How are we performing?"
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