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Libraries Gamlingay Library is the nearest library to Hatley St George and East Hatley – please visit our information page about it. A library card obtained from there can be used in any Cambridgeshire library.
Residents can also register at other libraries such as Royston (in Hertfordshire) or Biggleswade or Sandy (in Bedfordshire). Brief details of these libraries and their services are given on this website, but are subject to change. Please see the following websites for full details – and the 'Your local library needs you' article: Cambridgeshire libraries and information services
Bedfordshire libraries
Hertfordshire libraries
Your local library needs you! Cambridgeshire County Council, like all local authorities, is facing a very difficult future economically due to the national recession – as a result all services are required to make significant budget savings over the next three financial years. In Libraries this means saving more than £2 million, more than a quarter of its total budget. While the Council is doing its best to minimise the impact on front line public services, it will be impossible to make this level of savings without some reductions. It has put forward a range of proposals for transforming services to meet budget savings, including increasing income, cutting costs, reconfiguring the mobile library service (see below), exploring possible new governance arrangements, investigating a new model for service delivery based on introducing self-service machines into all libraries, reducing the numbers of paid staff and working more closely with local communities. These proposals were endorsed by County Councillors at their Cabinet meeting on 5th July 2010. If it is unable to meet the savings required with the measures outlined above, then, unfortunately, it will have to consider whether some library closures are necessary – this is a final resort and it will do everything it can to avoid this step; no libraries have been identified for closure at this stage. From August 9 to September 30, 2010, you can have your say about the County's libraries at a series of public meetings and road shows touring the County – the nearest will be at Huntingdon Library on 13 August and 16 September. In addition, a questionnaire will be available in libraries as well as online – this will help to shape proposals for Councillors in the autumn and could be the first of a series of consultations depending on what changes are suggested. The questionnaire is available as a PDF file to print out, complete and return to Shire Hall. A list of the mobile library routes from October 2010 has also been published (as an Excel file) by the County Council, confirming that East Hatley, along with many other villages, will only receive one visit per month – on the third Tuesday of each month between 3.20 and 3.35 pm. Gamlingay will have two stops – on the first Friday of each month in Avenells Way 10.30 am to 12.00) and Blythe Way (12.05 to 12.25 pm). It will no longer stop at the Village College on Saturday. Page updated 6 August 2010 |
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