Libraries
Announcement: Essential maintenance affecting some online library services
Due to essential maintenance, the Online Library Catalogue will be unavailable from 8pm on Wednesday 16 June until 8am on Thursday 17 June 2021. Access to our eReading services BorrowBox, Libby and PressReader may also be affected particularly if setting up a new account. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Announcement: Stalybridge Library and Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Closure
Stalybridge Library and the Astley Cheetham Art Gallery will be closed from Thursday 3 June 2021 until Monday 14 June 2021 whilst some essential works take place. The library will reopen again on Tuesday 15 June 2021 and the Art Gallery will reopen on Wednesday 16 June 2021. We apologise for any inconvenience the closure may cause you.
Our other 7 libraries are open for their normal staffed hours during this week if you wish to use an alternative library. The Market Gallery inside Ashton Market remains open with a new exhibition of artworks by local artist Vanessa Dixon as well as photographs from the Local Studies and Archives collection.
Announcement: Tameside’s libraries welcome back customers
Thanks to a further relaxation in coronavirus restrictions, the eight libraries across the borough are now open for browsing on Monday, some libraries have private study. To make sure there is a safe distance between customers who are studying and those who are browsing, study space will only be available at Ashton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hattersley and Stalybridge. Anyone wishing to use study space must book in advance. PCs are available in one-hour slots while allocated study space can be used for two hours. Separate appointments are needed. In addition to private study and browsing, library customers can borrow books and consult reference resources.
Customers can use libraries confident that all necessary covid safety measures will be in place such as hand sanitiser, social distancing, Perspex screens and a requirement for everyone to wear a face covering unless exempt. Numbers entering each site will be strictly managed and PCs and study spaces will be cleaned between users. For anyone unable to visit a library, or who chooses not to do so, the full range of digital services remains in place including e-books, e-audio books, digital magazines and newspapers, and other online resources. Customers can manage their library account online, including renewing any items, managing reservations, and changing personal details. There is also a telephone enquiry service and renewals can be made over the phone.