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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
- Go beyond Google and use our free 24/7 online reference libraries in your library or at home - CREDOreference, CREDOStudent, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Grove Art, Grove Music, KnowUK, Oxford Reference Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, Who's Who & Who Was Who
- Access online national, regional and local newspapers using NewsUK, including the Sheffield Star or look through our online magazines & journals using Infotrac Custom Journals
- 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.
- Use EventSheffield - the definitive guide to what's on in Sheffield.
- 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
How to get here
Click here to view map. For bus information please contact South Yorkshire Traveline.
Access facilities
- Wheelchair access to the building
What we stock
- Find out about and use the Life in Great Britain Citizenship Course
- 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
People’s Network Computers
- Free internet access for adults and children
- 9 computers
- Black and white printer – A4 copies
See People’s Network pages for more information.
Facilities Available
- 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.
Events and Activities
Look for what's on at EventSheffield and find out activities in local libraries.
- 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.
Local Knowledge
- 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 statistics please see "How are we performing?"
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