Cornwall Library Service
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This is a self-service library. Staff are available if you require assistance or wish to make an enquiry. Please ensure you have coins with you if intending to borrow DVDs, CDs or talking books, or have outstanding charges to pay, as the self-service kiosks do not take notes or credit and debit cards.
Penzance has a mild climate, with sub-tropical gardens. There is a harbour, a long promenade and a good shopping centre. It also has a heliport and the Scillonian ship providing transport to the Isles of Scilly. Cultural institutions include the Geological Museum & Society, the Morrab Library and Penlee Art Gallery & Museum. Adjacent to Penzance is the village of Newlyn, famous for fishing and art.
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Access to the Internet from your Library
This library has 14 public access terminals with fast Broadband Internet connections. Other facilities include scanning, printing in black and white and colour, and CD writing.
Charges and Booking
Disabled Access
Access is via the main entrance which has automatic doors. The library is wheelchair accessible and has a lift to the first floor for the ICT Suite and Art Collection.
National Newspaper & Journal Holdings
Daily papers kept for one day: Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Times
The Guardian is kept for three months
The Times Educational Supplement and Times Literary Supplement are kept for one week
Monthly journals kept for one month:
Amnesty, Engineering Technology, Bulletin Official, Rad Com, Radio Active, Resurgence, Sea Technology, She Kicks
Ecologist (every two months) kept for two months
Which?: 1995 - present
Quarterlies: Permaculture and The Rambler kept for three months, Holiday Which? - Spring 2000 to present quarter
Cornish periodicals: Cornwall Association of Local Historians, issued spring and autumn, kept from 1995 to present
Arts magazines:
- Crafts 1980 - 1987 (incomplete) and 1994 to date
- Artists' Newsletter 1985 to date (incomplete)
- Arts Review 1977 - 1979, 1986 - 1989 and 1994 to date
- Art Monthly 1986 - 1988 incomplete and January 2002 to date
- Tate Magazine from winter 1993 to date
- Design 1973 - 1993
For a full list of national newspapers kept for over a month, click here
Cornish Newspapers and Periodicals
The following Cornish Newspapers are stored at this library:
| Newspaper | Date |
| An Gannas (Cornish Language Board Magazine) | 1976 onwards |
| Cornish Banner (An Baner Kernewek) | 1944 to date |
| Cornish World | 1994 to date |
| Cornishman | 1878 to date |
| Meyn Mamvro - Ancient Stones & Sacred Sites in Cornwall (issued 3 times a year) | 1987 to date |
| Packet (Penzance edition) | 1992 to 1995 |
| West Briton | 3 months |
| Western Morning News | 3 months |
For a full list of Cornish Newspapers and Periodicals, click here.
Regular Library Events & Facilities
- Art Collection
- Penzance has a comprehensive collection of art books and an expanding number of exhibition posters and sale catalogues. It holds the Dictionary of Art as well as the 20th Century Art CDROM. It subscribes to a number of art and craft magazines.
- Computer Training and Study Support
- Computer sessions are available at all libraries and offer informal one-to-one instruction with qualified and experienced trainers on a range of subjects. For example:
- completing tax returns
- keeping in touch with family and friends abroad by email
- shopping
- family history
- job applications
There are no exams or tests to worry about; it's all about getting to know and use computers in a useful and practical way. You will learn at your own pace about the subjects that interest you. Tutorials are charged at £3.50 per hour. To book your tutorial, call 0300 1234 111 and ask to speak to Simon Gooding at Penzance Library.
- Homework Help Sessions
- An After School Club meets on Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30pm - 5:00 pm for fun, reading and study activities.
- Open University Group
- The library will be open from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month for Open University students to drop in to meet each other, talk to an advisor, do research or use the library’s computers. Prospective students also welcome. Contact the library for more details.
- Photocopier
- This library has a photocopier.
- Readers Groups
- Meet on the second Wednesday in the month from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm. Contact Penzance Library for further details.
- Storytime
- Bounce and Rhyme session every second Thursday of the month from 10:00 am - 10:30 am for the under 5's.
Storytime every Thursday from 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm.
Associated Links:
- Book Sales
- Branch Libraries
- Library Events
- Links to useful sites on the web (The Cyberlibrary)
- Cornwall Library Service Home page
Last revised: 11/01/2010
Copyright Cornwall Council 2009