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Important Notice - Sutton Coldfield Library closed until further notice
Sutton Coldfield Library has closed due to urgent building works. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. Your library card can be used at any Birmingham community library. The nearest to Sutton are Mere Green Library, Boldmere Library, Erdington Library, Walmley Library and Wylde Green Library.
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Find out What's New in Birmingham Libraries !
There are summer holiday activities for children throughout the school holidays at libraries across the city and at Centre for the Child in Central Library. Join in with CBBC Space Hoppers, Disney Aliens, Stargazing, Galactic Treasure Hunts, Ben 10 vs Doctor Who, a Kool Cats Disco and loads more games, creative writing, arts, story and craft sessions. And children can join the Space Hop Summer Reading Challenge and earn rewards for their summer reading.
Calling all Young Poets!
The search is on for the next Young Poet Laureate for Birmingham. Young people aged 11-17 are invited to apply to be a poetry ambassador for the city. Apply online now!
1911 Census - Free access!
Search for your ancestors on the 1911 Census in Birmingham Archives and Heritage
The 1911 Census is also available online. Searching is free, but if you wish to download the digitised census records, you need to register and buy credits online or buy pre-paid vouchers. These are now available from Birmingham Central Library.
The Birmingham Archives & Heritage online catalogue is now available
Learn more
Search the online catalogue now: http://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/
Your Digital Library
You can use many online reference books without even coming to the library, as long as you have a library membership card. Click on this link to see what's available outside libraries - www.birmingham.gov.uk/websitesathome
New Online Resources
Websites to help you with the Driving Theory Test and Life in the UK and British Citizenship tests are now available to library members both on library computers and computers outside libraries. Follow this link - Driving Theory Test and Go Citizen.
Archives and Heritage Document of the Month
The Library of Birmingham - Rewriting the Book
Latest news about the Library of Birmingham and how to become a Face of the Library of Birmingham.
Netloan Computer Booking System
This is now operating in Birmingham Central Library and is being introduced in Birmingham community libraries too.There'll be no more queuing for computers, but please remember to bring your library card number and PIN to book a session. We welcome your suggestions for improvement to the system.
Look out for the special Shakespeare's birthday display , Shakespeare 4 Young People, on Floor 3 of Birmingham Central Library. It tells you about all the Shakespeare resources we have in the library and how to find them and includes a guidebook you can take away. Just ask at the enquiry desk on Floor 4. Studying Shakespeare? Download our GCSE and A-Level Guide to Shakepeare.
Ancestry Library Edition is available FREE on computers in Birmingham Libraries. Trace your family history using records from England, Wales and Scotland censuses 1841 to 1901, UK parish and probate records and now incorporating the complete General Register Office index of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 to 2005.
Now includes British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index cards 1914 - 1920
Midlands Historical Data
www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/
This project is making digital copies of rare books, maps, photographs and documents about the West Midlands for viewing online. It's free to use on computers in Birmingham Libraries. The site has Birmingham electoral registers for 1912/13, 1918 (absent voters list), 1920, 1925, 1930/31 and 1935/36 - fully searchable by name - which makes it a useful source for family history research.
Creation Zone
This amazing website at www.creation-zone.co.ukcontains over 3,000 images from the Early and Fine Printing Collection, the Parker Collection of Children's Books and Walsall Leather Museum. Browse for hours among the beautiful pictures in the Image Bank or use the Advanced Search to choose by theme, style and texture. And don't miss such treasures as the Aubrey Beardsley illustrations for Le Morte d'Arthur.
Birmingham Box Office Online
We sell tickets for a variety of promoters, events and venues in the region through a secure networked box office system.Transactions are live, and credit card processing and seat allocation are undertaken while you are on-line.
Map prints for sale
You can now order copies, colour or sepia, of many of the historical maps of Birmingham from the Archives and Heritage Service in the Central Library.
These are A3 high definition prints on quality matte paper, cost £8 each (Postage and packing free).
Credo Reference
An online reference library that gives you access to a huge range of information, including encyclopaedias, dictionaries and books of quotations, plus a range of specialist subjects. You can search all these sources with one keyword search. Available on your home or office computer too, if you are a member of Birmingham Libraries.
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