Services for adults:    * Books  
   * Large print books
   * Talking books
   * Books in Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu  
   * Healthy Reading books
   * Newspapers
   * DVD hire
   * Music CD hire
   * Language learning tapes and CDs  
   * Reference and enquiry service
   * Reading group
   * Author events
   * Scottish Parliament contact point for East Renfrewshire Libraries
   * Government and local community information
   * Health Information Point with PC
   * Careers information
   * Deaf Collection
   * Scotland Collection
 

Learning centre:    * Free high speed internet access
   * Free wi-fi access
   * Access to office applications
   * 10 bookable PCs each with printing facilities
   * ILAs accepted
   * IT Learning Courses – a limited number of classes are available, but please speak to staff who will advise on the full range
   * Access to 600 online courses
   * Learn Direct Scotland accredited
   * PCs with assistive technology: large keyboard, tracker mouse ball, touch screen monitor, height adjustable table and zoomtext software for visually impaired users
 

Services for young people:    * Children’s area with fiction, non-fiction and picture books
   * Teenage section with books and graphic novels
   * Storytelling sofa
   * DVD hire
   * Talking books
   * PC with access to websites for children
   * Storytime sessions for pre-school children Wednesday 2.00pm - 2.30pm
   * Rhymetimes for very young children
   * Children’s activities
 

Heritage centre:    * Local Studies Librarian: contact 0141 577 3872 or e-mail localstudies@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
   * Local history
   * Family history information, including the censuses, Old Parish registers, files of local history articles, copies of local photographs  
   * Family history beginners classes: How to trace your family history using birth/marriage/death certificates, where to look, and how to record your information. No previous experience is required in this informal, friendly atmosphere.
 

Want to join Giffnock library?: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/how_do_i_join_library.htm
 

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