Llyfrgelloedd Casnewydd

Coronavirus - Covid-19

In agreement with other authorities across Wales, changes have been put in place to give customers more freedom to borrow and keep books at home during self-isolation.

As of Thursday 19th March 2020:

All loans will default automatically to a due date of Friday 1 May 2020 (This change will take place 3 days before the standard due date)
All borrowers can now loan up to 40 items
All borrowers can loan items with fines of up to £30 on their account
All borrowers will be unable to place new requests
All email notices will be suspended.

These changes will be in place until Friday 1 May 2020 and will be reviewed in a few weeks’ time.

A notice will appear on Online Library Catalogues advising users of these changes.

To access the Newport Online Library Catalogue, please visit https://wales.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/newport_en

To access Free eBooks and eAudiobooks with your Newport Library card please visit BorrowBox http://library.bolindadigital.com/newport

To access Free eMagazines and eComics with your Newport Library card please visit RB Digital https://wales.rbdigitalglobal.com/

Opening hours for libraries today (Thursday 19 March) are as follows:

Bettws 9am to 12.30pm & 1.30pm to 5.30pm

Central Library 9am to 5.30pm

East Hub (Ringland) 9am to 5pm

Rogerstone 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 5.30pm

St Julians 9.30am to 12pm & 1pm to 5pm

All Housebound Routes have been suspended until further notice in order to protect vulnerable customers and volunteer delivery drivers.

The following events in city libraries are cancelled until further notice:

• Story Club - all libraries

• Shared Reading - Central Library

• Knit & Natter - Tredegar House Library

• Welsh Baby Massage and Story Times - Central, Malpas and Caerleon Libraries

• Code Clubs - Central and Malpas Libraries

• Gwent Family History - next event is 8 April, update to follow

• Job Seekers - Public PCs on the Floor 1 Mezzanine are still block booked for job seekers Tuesday to Friday 9am to 1pm. The Communities for Work job seekers support has been cancelled until further notice

• Autism session - next event is 20 April, update to follow

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