What happened at our Digital Friday event in August

On the last Friday of August we held our most recent Digital Friday event at Guildford Library.

The morning session focused on our free library service apps - when I say the free ones, I mean all of them, as they're all free! This included our library catalogue app (search for library books and DVDs in stock, renew your loans, reserve items, find out about library events and news); our ebook and downloadable audio book apps; as well as our free newspaper, magazine and streaming music apps). Library users turned up with their own tablets and we showed them how to get up and running with the apps. http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/libraries/borrowing-items-from-the-library/library-mobile-apps

During lunchtime we had a staff learning session that focused on some of our newer online services including Universal Class, http://library.universalclass.com/catalog/index.htm which is a free online learning resource. Want to learn about Yoga, wine tasting, painting? We've got courses on Universal class for that, as well as hundreds of other courses.

In the afternoon we ran a Code club for children, which is running for the next 6 weeks. It's currently booked up, but if you're interested in future Code clubs please get in touch http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/libraries/libraries-for-learning-and-research/enquiries-direct

We had lots of positive feedback from those who attended the sessions during the day - adults, children (& parents), and staff.

We also ran an evening discussion on the Thursday night, which focused on driverless cars. We talked about how close we are getting to the point when driverless cars will be the norm, and the positive and negative aspects of this idea. We also got to see a few in action via these videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwVMrTLUWg

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Code Club session Friday 28 August

Are you between 8 and 12, and want to know more about computer coding? We are hoping to start a Code Club as part of our Digital Friday initiative. It would be at Guildford Library, and we will start with a one-off FREE session on Friday 28 August between 4pm and 6pm . If you’re interested, please send us an email at virtuallibrary@surreycc.gov.uk and we’ll let you know very soon if it goes ahead. You can find out more about coding at https://www.codeclub.org.uk/ You can find out more about Digital Friday at http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/digitalfriday Checkout our coding booklist tinyurl.com/np6w6gl

Guildford Library Women's Digital Club

It’s the perfect time for women of Surrey to make their mark in science and technology. Leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8th, the local area is playing host to some exciting events that will encourage women and girls to get involved in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) field. From 10:30am tomorrow, the Guildford Library will host its first Women’s Digital Club: An all ages gathering for ladies interested in computers, coding, blogging, robotics, 3D printing and much more. This open event will give women access to the cutting edge technology on available to use at the library, and the chance to network and learn from others in the community. To book a place email l ibraries@surreycc@gov.uk To share ideas and get involved in the Women’s Club chat on social media, use the hashtag #womensdigitalclub

Read, Watch, Play #diverseread Tuesday 28 February

This month's Read, Watch, Play theme is #diverseread and includes reading books about different people and cultures. George by Alex Gino and Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for instance or watching films about diverse subjects and ideas or playing diverse music: Philip Glass perhaps, it all encompasses Read, Watch, Play. Join us @SurreyLibraries on Twitter for #rwpchat on Tuesday 28 February from 9am-11am. Use the tags #diverseread and #rwpchat as you tweet so that others can join in the conversation too. You can follow the discussion on Twitter @ReadWatchPlay check out Surrey Libraries Read, Watch, Play Pinterest board for ideas and our blog . Or just read a book about this month's theme to join in. Hope to see you soon at Read, Watch, Play. #rwpchat

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