Christmas and New Year information
Find out all the information you need about our services over the Christmas and New Year period. This includes our opening times, waste collection days, and how to contact us out of hours.
Library stock management policy
Read our policy for the selection, purchase, management, promotion and disposal of stock within our libraries.
Library stock management policy
The aim of our stock management policy is to explain:
- how we choose library stock
- how we maintain and promote it
- how we circulate stock to ensure the widest choice of reading
- why and how we decide to keep some items and remove others
- our position on censorship
The objectives of the stock management policy are to:
- promote a unified approach to stock selection and management
- improve and develop our stock, and ensure effective use
- optimise value and minimise waste in stock purchase
- enable increased efficiency and effective management of the Information Investment Fund (also known as our bookfund)
- present, provide and improve stock which is relevant and attractive to library users, and to the communities we serve
- increase the use of our stock
- promote literacy and reading