Take a fresh look at Goxhill Library

If you check the entry on the central library catalogue for any one of the books residing at Goxhill Library you will find that it is now classified as “Community Adult Fiction” or “Community Junior Fiction”. That is because, since the beginning of April, our village’s library has been run as the first Community library in North Lincolnshire – under the management of the Parish Council.

So what does this all mean? Well the key difference is that the library is now staffed by a small team of unpaid volunteers – keen readers and bibliophiles who believe in the value of a local library as a resource for the children and adults of Goxhill. We do not do all the work as there is now a self-service machine that takes care of most of the logging in and out of books. But we are ensuring that the library is open, organized and available for you and we will gladly assist anyone who is unfamiliar with or has problems using the self-service system. We still have the same facilities for using the Internet and are happy to help you find the books and information that you are looking for.

At present Goxhill Library is following the same opening times as when it was run directly by North Lincolnshire Library Service:
• Mondays from 3.30pm until 7pm
• Wednesdays from 2pm until 5pm
• Fridays from 3.30pm until 7pm

However, we are all keen to see that, as far as practical, the library is available when people most want to use it. So if different days or times would help you to use the library, please let us know. Obviously it will depend upon volunteers being able to cover those times on a consistent basis but we will try our best.

Similarly, if you have any suggestions or constructive comments about the library, or would like to become a volunteer, then please let us know. You can call in whenever we are open and talk to whoever is on duty. Alternatively you can email us at goxhilllibrary@yahoo.co.uk  (yes, there really are 3 Ls in the middle of the address) should that suit you better. Whichever means you choose, please provide us with a way of contacting you in case we need to clarify anything that you have told us.

Whether you are a regular or occasional library user, and especially if you have never tried it before, please pay us a visit. You cannot miss us; we are still in the Parish Rooms on Howe Lane. It may be a first Community Library to the rest of North Lincolnshire but for those of us who know and love books, it is still simply Goxhill Library – please make it your library too.