Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has chosen ‘Not My Problem’ by Ciara Smyth as the ‘One County, One Book’ read for teens and young Adults for 2022. The Council’s ‘One County, One Book’ initiative is designed to promote homegrown literature, with prominent placement in its branches, and to promote literacy as part of its community outreach programmes to young people.
Bandon Library has launched a new addition to its service that will enable borrowers to access the library outside of the usual hours of operation. ‘My Open Library’ offers extended opening hours to library members on a self-service basis outside of normal opening hours, seven days per week, from 8:00am to 10:00pm, 365 days per year.
Cork County Council’s Library and ArtsService has announced the return of its Teen Literature Festival for 2022. Taking place throughout November, events include the ‘One County One Book’ programme, online book discussions and creative writing workshops.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has launched a pilot initiative that will see free sanitary products made available across its network of 29 branches and mobile libraries. The eco-friendly period products are being provided by Cork-based start-up We Are Riley.
An initiative to introduce young people in County Cork to Irish authors has returned for the second year in a row. One County, One Book is a programme by Cork County Council Library and Arts Service and is supported by Creative Ireland. The title for 2022 is ‘Not My Problem’ by Ciara Smyth.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Services has launched the Summer Stars Reading Programme 2022 on and is inviting children throughout the County to take part by getting a reading card from their local library.
Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service is now associated with the JAM Card initiative, a system that allows people with learning difficulties and communication barriers to ask for a minute of patience when they need it. Developed by the NOW Group, it is a discreet way of allowing people with any type of communication difficulty to ask for Just A Minute of patience as they go about their daily lives.
Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has added three new mobile libraries to its fleet serving book lovers across the county. The state-of-the-art trucks are replacing older vehicles in North, East and South Cork thanks to a €592,000 investment from the Council and will follow the replacement of the Mobile Library truck serving West Cork in 2017.
Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service are delighted to announce a series of Teen Literature, writing, and health advice events offered to secondary school and Youthreach students in Cork County. This exciting new venture to engage young people in Cork County with their local library service will run throughout November 2021.
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has released a collection of short stories, poems and recipes that can be read by, or read to, a person with dementia. The book, called ‘Come Sit Awhile’, hopes to support reminiscing. It includes articles from Ireland’s Own, works by local historians and family recipes from a well-known Irish chef.