West Hampstead library is soon to have a facelift and a spring clean!It will close for a couple of weeks from 10 May to 24 May.
Our local library is very busy and poular. It is open six days a week with 2 regular Rhyme Time/Baby Bounce sessions a week, a once a month social club for older people and many other events.
Believe it or not, 93,000 people visited West Hampstead library in 2009 and borrowed 73,000 items! They also used 20,000 hours of computer time! These numbers continue to go up partly because since January last year the library has increased opening hours and 200 new members joined last year.
Well, now its time for a bit of sprucing up! Improvements to the library will include:
self service for you to check items in and out more quickly, which means staff will have more time to help people find what they want, answer questions etc
a freephone to contact the Council directly for council services
more space with an improved layout and signs inside and out
and thanks to the suggestions from residents at our local West Hampstead Area Forum, a community noticeboard, new pavement, bench and planters outsde the library
All in all , a new look!
PS Don't forget, the library will also be closed on Election Day 6th May for use as a polling station!
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