Learning
Libraries are great places to inspire and support learning
Libraries can help you to:
- Discover something you didn't know before.
- Develop new skills.
- Increase your confidence.
- Read your way to new experiences.
- Be motivated to pursue further learning.
- Be inspired to try something new.
- Be successful in your studies.
- Learn at your own pace, in your own time.
Finding out about your locality and how people lived in the past can be both fascinating and rewarding. If you want to discover your family history, or you are interested in uncovering the past, libraries have many resources to help you.
Libraries can help you find out more about a range of popular subjects.
GoLearn with the Leicestershire Adult Learning Service. They offer a range of weekend, day and evening classes near you.
Libraries can help you improve your health and wellbeing.
The library is the place to go for all your homework needs - whatever your age.
Libraries offer free computer taster sessions which introduce the basics and how to use the internet and email. Ask at your library for details. Register with Go-On through your library and learn more in your own time at your own pace.
A wealth of informal learning opportunities can be found on the internet in the form of videos, online courses, factsheets and interactive sites. Funding from the Learning Revolution Transformation Fund enabled the research of online learning opportunities on a wide range of topics, including languages, hobbies and crafts, music, fitness and sports, health and wellbeing, to mention a few. Learn Online Spreadsheet
All Leicestershire lilbraries are Multi-Access Centres supporting people back into work through information, advice and guidance, help with CV writing and preparing for interviews, and access to training opportunities to improve or gain new skills.
The Library Service subscribes to a host of online resources that you can use in the library or from home. For example, KnowUK and Oxford Reference Online both offer over 400 ebooks covering a wide range of subjects. Explore these free resources. If you need help with any of these online resources then ask library staff or use the help guides.
All libraries in Leicetsershire offer free access to computers and internet services. This section will give you details of how you can you use public computers and the services offered by the Library Service. For example how to book public computers using of computer booking system or how to find a book using our online catalogue. Explore this section to find out more.
Page Last Updated: 29 June 2011
