Ecclesfield Library
- see the facilities we have available,
- see our regular sessions,
- see how to help the library,
- open our latest Tweets @EcclesfieldLib,
- open our Facebook pages,
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Normal Library Opening Times are ...
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Tuesday closed |
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Thursday closed |
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Sunday closed |
What is going on in 2019?
- July 20th (10:00am): Register for the Summer Reading Challenge.
- July 22nd (19:00am): Click to see details of our Annual General Meeting.
- Aug 10th (10:30am): Fun Science, Robots.
- First Wednesday of the month (6pm): Creative Writing Group.
- Second Monday of the month (5pm): Book Reading Group.
- Last Wednesday of the month (3pm) (except December and August): Ecclesfield Village History Group.
- Mondays (13:00): Technology workshops.
- Mondays and Wednesdays (1pm): Knit and Knatter Group.
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays (11:15am): Tai Chi sessions.
- Wednesdays (10am): Coffee Club!! (with concessionary drink and book prices).
- Fridays (10am): As always we have our baby and toddler group, Little Bears Club.
Many of these events are free or at a nominal £1 per head contribution to library costs. To see more information click the links above or comment on our Facebook events page or Twitter!, or use our contact details at the bottom of this page.
Library Facilities
- Small car park, joined to the library by an easy-access ramp.
- Books with a (big circular) "Yellow Sticker", which can be borrowed by taking them to the library desk.
- Coffee and other refreshments.
- Colour/Monochrome photocopier and MFD, with larger (A3) paper if needed, and set up to print photographs etc. from an email from your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or usb-stick.
- Windows 10 desktop (white), with Internet, Office-365 and colour printing; and bookable by the hour or half hour.
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Fast, free, unlimited WiFi Internet access for your tablet, laptop, or smartphone (See our
Free WiFi Terms and Conditions).
Sheffield City Council Library Facilities
Ecclesfield Library continues to offer the library service which you are used to, including the new "green dot" Library books. Hence...
- Books and DVDs can be browsed, or seen online by Clicking here. Just enter a "Word or phrase", set "library:" to "Ecclesfield Library", and click the blue [Search] button. Library members can borrow items, under SCC's normal terms, for instance using the kiosk in the library.
- One People's Network desktop, bookable by the hour or half hour, and connected to the Internet, a monochrome/B&W printer, a colour printer, and a scanner.
Regular Sessions
- City Councillor for East Ecclesfield, Andy Bainbridge's surgeries at 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month.
- We are awaiting details of surgery times for Councillor Victoria Bowden. In the meantime she can be contacted via the library (by letter) or by email victoria.bowden@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk.
- City Councillor for East Ecclesfield, Moya O'Rourke's surgeries at 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month.
Intermittent Sessions
It is worth enquiring about the following which run from time to time...- Courses on using iPads and other Tablets.
- Imagination Gaming sessions.
- School and other visits by arrangement.
- Computer Code Club.
Helping the Library
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Amazon will give us 0.5% of the net purchase price of
purchases
marked
[Eligible for
]
without cost to you. Just go to
https://smile.amazon.co.uk,
sign in to your account as usual (entering a code from your phone if requested), and search for and select "Friends of Ecclesfield Library".
Then bookmark the link above and use it whenever you shop at Amazon.
For safer online transactions, use an up to date browser, and check that both the "https" and the following url are correct before entering any passwords etc. - Enquire at the desk for our 50/50 lottery tickets.
- We can raise £1 for most used printer-manufacturer-branded inkjet cartridges donated. Just pop them into the box to the left of the self service kiosk.
- If anybody wants to help the library, then they can see some of the rolls we have available by clicking on this list or this table, or see our 2019 AGM poster above.
Our Details
- The Friends of Ecclesfield Library CIO (FoEL) is a non-profit voluntary organisation registered in England and Wales by the Charities Commission under registration number 1158802.
- FoEL serves the public in the district of Ecclesfield, the City of Sheffield, and its surrounding area, by providing a community lending library, and associated services. We are doing this by enlisting the help of residents, local authorities, voluntary, and other organisations; in a common effort to provide faculties to improve social welfare and for recreation and leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the residents.
For more information just drop in at
113 High Street,
Ecclesfield, Sheffield,
South Yorkshire
S35 9UA
or ring
0114 246 3615
during opening hours;
or email us on
info 
ecclesfield library
co uk.