Welcome

Welcome to our summer issue - we hope you are enjoying some lovely sunshine. Just make sure you have your library books, CDs and DVDs, wherever you are and whatever the weather!

As usual, we have lots of suggestions about what to read on your holidays including our regular book news slot plus our selection of history books, both fiction and non fiction. We don't have many events in libraries during the summer, but we would like to remind you that all children are invited to join our annual summer reading challenge. We also have some top titles for getting your children started on the challenge.

If you are interested in your family history or the history of Hertfordshire, find out more from 'Who do you think you are'. Our local studies team have some ideas for helping you with your online research.

We can't keep quiet about it even though we're librarians!

Ever felt frustrated searching for information?  Did you know that there's a dedicated Enquiry Team of librarians at the Central Resources Library (CRL), on hand to help? 

We're experts in finding out things for anybody in Hertfordshire and beyond, so whether you want to find out about famous people, track down that hard to remember poem, or learn about how to start up a business, not only will we get the information for you, we will happily share some handy search tips too!

We have a fantastic collection of over 250,000 books and on-line resources, including our extensive Reference Library, Performing Arts Collection, Business Information Point and Official (Government) Publications Library, each run by specialist librarians.  So why not give us a try?

You can ring us on 0300 123 4049 (Minicom 0300 123 4041), contact us via your own library, or visit us in person and browse our stock, nearly all of which is available for loan and can be returned to any local library.  Full details at:

www.hertsdirect.org/libraries/crl  

Give us a try, and find out why we can't keep quiet about CRL, even though we're librarians!