Category: Library & Archives Blog
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Library & Archives Blog – Talking Archives!
Sight Support has been one of my focuses: having invested in both a Clover 7S Handheld Video Magnifier and a...
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Library & Archives Blog – Meet a Volunteer…
Today we are meeting Sandra Smith. Born January 1944; she spent her childhood on a farm in Norfolk. Sandra was...
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Library & Archives Blog – Plentiful Publications!
In cabinet 18, 19 and 20 we have numerous publications relating to North Yorkshire. These are available for the public...
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Library & Archives Blog – Michael Stainsby Archive: Castleton School Logs
I have been gathering resources about Castleton School, as they are coming to visit in June, and discovered the ‘Michael...
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Library & Archives Blog – Ravenscar: The Town That Never Was but is…very interesting!
One of my outreach groups is interested in Ravenscar, so I thought I would have a dig around for information....
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Library & Archives Blog – PENfriend 2: Supporting people with Sight Loss
In the library we are striving to create a resource that is inclusive for all and one of the areas...
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Library & Archive Blog – Lealholm Primary School come for a visit…
On Thursday 21st November Mrs Parkes, teacher at Lealholm Primary School, brought 9 Year 6 pupils to visit our Library...
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Library & Archives Blog – Meet a volunteer…
Over the past couple of weeks I have been on outreach sessions talking about a few of the churches in...
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Library & Archives Blog – Have you heard of Tin Ghaut?
There is a new exhibition in the library dedicated to the famous Tin Ghaut. Emma, one of our sixth form...
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Library & Archives – Adding collections on Axiell…interested?
Axiell is our new management system we are using to catalogue our collections. This is a huge undertaking and we...
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Library & Archives Blog – Valentines Day: The Death of Captain Cook!
It is Valentines Day and I discovered that Captain James Cook died on this day in 1779, unfortunately a rather...
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Library & Archives Blog – Half Term Family Activities
The museum is open! Once you have discovered and enjoyed the fabulous new exhibitions in the museum then wander into...
