Category: Library and 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...
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...
Meet a volunteer…Monica
Over the past couple of weeks I have been on outreach sessions talking about a few of the churches in...
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...
Waves of Royal National Lifeboat Institution information (RNLI)…
The RNLI are celebrating 200 years! We have a variety of archival documents and books to read featuring heroic stories,...
‘Our Lasses’ are in the Library
I thought I would search out some of the books we have in the library celebrating ‘Our Lasses’ and decided...
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...
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...
Half Term Family Activities
The museum is open! Once you have discovered and enjoyed the fabulous new exhibitions in the museum then wander into...
Churches and Religious Establishments of Whitby
I have been reading around the churches and religious establishments of Whitby for future outreach sessions…there is a lot! In...
Amazing Audios!
Not only do we have books and archive documents but we have a large audio catalogue available for the public...
Meet a volunteer…Margaret
Margaret has been volunteering for one year and was encouraged to join the team when she was carrying out research...
