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15 January 2009 Detect the past at Syston Library

Syston Library is hoping to inspire people to take up a new hobby and find out more about local history with a talk from Leicestershire metal detective Tony Cox.

Tony Cox has been enthusiastically metal detecting for the past five years and will be showing some of his best finds, sharing his knowledge and giving advice on how to take up this hobby.

He will be speaking at Syston Library on Tuesday, March 3 at 7.15pm.

Tickets cost £2.00 and are available from Syston Library. Booking is necessary as places are limited. For more information or to reserve a ticket call the library on 0116 305 3500.

http://www.leics.gov.uk/syston_library

Step up your learning with Leicestershire LibrariesBackground notes

Libraries across Leicestershire are seeing an increase in visitors as the UK finds itself in a ‘credit crunch’ and possibly heads into recession. Traditionally, people turn to public libraries during hard economic times - for cheaper entertainment, to help with employment, for free access to computers and to help them save money and be ‘greener’ by borrowing free books rather than buying.

Leicestershire Libraries have seen vast improvements recently as part of the £8 million transformation programme and staff are inviting the public to step into their local library to discover all the up to date services and facilities available for no or little cost.

Visitors will be supported by libraries over the coming months in their health, wellbeing, career prospects, lifestyle and general enjoyment by:

  • Stepping up to savings and improving finances – a free internet service where all the consumer price comparison and information websites are available, there are free books to borrow and you can have a cheap night in with a DVD that you can keep for a week
  • Stepping Up to success and improving job prospects – with free newspapers, free internet facilities and a large choice of titles for all sorts of learning and development
  • Stepping Out - alone or with friends and family to free events ’’
  • Stepping Into the library’s welcoming surroundings where you can read all the latest best sellers for free and get up to date DVDs and audiobooks.
  • Stepping Up to a challenge - train your brain with crosswords, Sudoku and general knowledge quizzes.

Details of library developments can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/libraries

Details of events can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/events

Facts and figures about Leicestershire Libraries for 2007 – 2008

  • 55 libraries
  • 91,858 hours open
  • 3,410,133 visitors
  • 6 Mobile libraries
  • 412 PCs
  • 22,753 DVDs to rent  
  • 712,026 books to borrow

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