Do you want to get online? Are you nervous about using computers? Or do you just want to use the internet cheaply? Southway’s Digital Champions can help! Drop in to Burnage Library, Activity and Information Hub on the following dates from 10am to 12pm for FREE, friendly help and […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
A Hectic Digital Week The last week was a very busy week for our Digital team. Laura and CodeClub volunteer and STEMNet Ambassador Tom ran the first of our CodeClub sessions. CodeClub is a monthly programming club for 9-11 year old children (Laura blogged about it here). I ran a […]
#HourOfCode Programming Taster Session
This Saturday saw our first ever CodeClub session, ran by our guest volunteer Tom. In the first session we are introduced to Scratch software, an interactive platform that uses the functions of any other coding language but presents them with jigsaw like graphics. With Scratch, you can program interactive games, […]
CodeClub’s First Session
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening of Burnage Library, we are delighted to take a look back at the site where it stands with Revd Dennis Lloyd Nadin of Burnage Heritage (http://burnageheritage.org/). “The previous libraries I think still exist at the side of Aldi, the detached […]
Burnage Library’s Heritage
Committee Member Ethar held a Google apps training session today for Burnage Library ICT Officers and fellow Committee Members. We learned how to make good use of Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Analytics. It was a very useful couple of hours that will hopefully help us to work more […]
Google Apps Training
We are excited to announce the start up of our CodeClub at Burnage Library. Be in the moment! :) Peter T
CodeClub Starts at last!
The first day on duty as a volunteer without a librarian! As a member of the Management Committee I enjoyed the first session “in charge” as it were. I arrived 1.45, opened up as normal and turned on the book machine and all the computers. Grace, one of our volunteers, […]
The First Friday!
Our management committee took our new roller-banner to present at the MMU Library Teachmeet sponsored by CILIP. Talk about walking into the lions den, but it was an excellent event. Lots to take away and some great ideas. So watch this space! :)