Alderstead library services provide access to reading, learning and information resources and support community use of library provision.

What you can use libraries for

Libraries can support reading for pleasure, study, independent learning, access to public information and local community activity. Service information should make clear which resources or activities are currently available and any conditions that apply to their use.

Help using the service

If you cannot find the information or resource you need, contact the library service. Where another council or public service owns the information, library staff can help identify the correct route rather than presenting it as a library function.

Service information and records

Library information should be kept current so residents can distinguish services that are available now from past activities or proposed provision. Where a library service creates an application, booking or borrowing record, that record should be managed through the appropriate council system rather than informal correspondence or a public webpage.

Alderstead Libraries & Archives Service

Local library provision forms part of Alderstead Libraries & Archives Service. The service brings together local access to reading, learning and information with the local archive function, while keeping day-to-day library and archive tasks distinct. The national library and national archival functions remain with the national bodies responsible for them.

Library service information is kept current so that residents can distinguish services available now from past or proposed activity. Where a library service creates an account, booking or borrowing record, that information is managed through the appropriate council system.