LIBRARIES
Highlights from 2015/2016
august
• Trust staff participated in the annual Safety in the Park initiative. P7 children in all primaries
attended over a two week period. Library staff led workshops on internet safety
• Edinburgh International Book Festival Outreach events once again took place in East
Renfrewshire libraries
september
• Summer Reading Challenge award ceremonies held. 998 children were presented with medals and
certificates at special events in libraries
• Every Child A Library Member project started in Barrhead with the P1 pupils from St Johns
and Carlibar Primary schools. Aim to register every child in P1 in both schools and for
the children to become active library members by regularly borrowing books. Funding
provided by Scottish Library and Information Council
october
• Launch of the first ever Scottish Reading Strategy Day as part of the Scottish Reading
Strategy for Public Libraries
• Libraries once again participated in the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. 104
people attended two library events
• Libraries launch the next phase of digital services, with all customer notifications
switching to email
november
• Libraries hosted 14 events during Book Week Scotland with over 600 participants - highlights
included Doug Allan, Dan Sweeney, Michael Malone, Craig Robertson and Ross McKenzie
• Extra special Bookbug sessions were delivered during Book Week Scotland with 736 people attending
• Library staff delivered P1 Bookbug packs to all P1 children in East Renfrewshire. 21 sessions
took place in libraries with parent in attendance
december
• Atomic Training, an online training package which gives library customers access to
training on over 500 software applications, was launched
january
• Read, Write, Count project funded by the Scottish government started in Barrhead,
Neilston and Thornliebank libraries. This project encourages parents and families to include
reading, writing and counting in their everyday activities
february
• An American family donated paintings of their ancestors, who emigrated from Busby in
the 19th century, to Busby library. The paintings were unveiled by a family member visiting
from the USA
• Sunday Bookbug sessions, the first ever in Scotland, started in the Foundry.
• National Libraries Day events took place across libraries
march
• The Foundry library won the Edge award. Previous winners were Glasgow and Manchester libraries
• Very successful Local History Week event in the Foundry. Exhibition on Shanks was well attended by
local people and resulted in new information and donations being given to our Local Studies librarian