Acomb Explore Library :
Wed 18 Jul :
1.00pm – 2.00pm :
Free
In this hour-long session, we’ll demonstrate the best ways to manage your mobile data, connect to public WiFi and avoid all the pitfalls of using data-draining apps on the go!
For more information please call Acomb Explore Library on (01904) 552651 or acomb@exploreyork.org.uk.
Acomb Bowling Club
The Council has told the proposed developers of the Acomb Bowling Club green on Front Street that they need more time to come to a view on their proposals. They say that there are access and other problems associated with the proposal to build 11 houses on the site.
comment on planning application
The news came after it emerged that a petition, signed by pensioners in an adjacent block of flats, and objecting to the loss of green space had been lodged with the Council. The pensioners were also concerned about potential noise nuisance from the site.
Sport England have also sounded a warning about the plan highlighting the continued erosion of sports pitches in the Acomb area.
Concerns have also been raised about the impact on the local bat population and other wildlife in the area.
The Council’s own heritage officer has pointed to the historical significance of the site. It is thought that there may be important archaeological deposits in the area.
Comment on Planning application
Although the balance of comments is against the development in its present form, perhaps surprisingly local amenity societies, Ward Councillors and adjacent property owners have so far failed to make their views known.
The proposals – which could jeopardise plans to bring derelict land to the rear of the Library back into use, while providing much needed accommodation for older people – are a particularly poor piece of incremental planning.
Hopefully a more coherent plan for this part of Front Street will emerge now.
Acomb Explore Library
City of York Council’s Executive will be asked to consider proposals for the future development of York’s Libraries and Archives at a meeting later this month (21 June).
If the proposals are agreed, the council will look to appoint an operator for the service for the next 15 years with a contract of £32 million; maintaining the existing level of funding despite pressure on budgets
The existing five-year contract with Explore Libraries and Archives Mutual Limited expires on 31 March 2019.
The move is likely to cause concern that the substantial progress made by the current operator will be jeopardised. Working together the Council and contractor have managed to sustain the existing network of facilities across the whole City – unlike the situation in most other parts of the country.
The tender documents may raise the prospect of reduced hours or “volunteer only” manning at some small branches.
Some of the Councils “outsourcing” deals have failed spectacularly.
Yesterday the Warden Call CIC was revealed to have crashed financially and it will now be brought back “in house”. “Make it York” has had a troubled couple of years while GLL has been criticised for chasing footfall, since it took over the Councils leisure centres, at the expense of a timetable with a broader appeal.
The procurement plans follow a citywide consultation from November 2017 – February 2018, which 2,484 people responded to, giving their views on the council’s vision for the future of the city’s library and archives service.
Key elements of the consultation feedback include:
Key proposals for the future service include:
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Explore libraries have updated their printing services to include printing from any device. Thanks to these new kiosks, anybody can now print documents at the libraries without logging onto the library computers or even being a library member. Residents and visitors alike can simply email their print jobs to the library printer from their mobile phones, laptops, or their home PC. So if you’re on your way to a gig and forgotten to print your ticket, it’s no problem, just email the tickets to the library printer, and receive a unique job reference back to collect your print.
The new kiosks have been installed at Acomb, Clifton, Tang Hall and York Explore libraries, with the support of United Carlton and City of York Council IT. Helen Whitehead, E-Services Librarian says “For a while now, customers have been asking for wi-fi printing, and we’ve found it tricky to find a secure but affordable way to achieve it. We’re so pleased we’ve found this solution, which doesn’t just offer secure wifi printing, but also printing from home, and easy photocopying and scanning too.”
While libraries have offered printing from public computers for many years, this new technology brings the service right up to date with customers able to collect prints privately and efficiently themselves, without staff handling their sensitive documents, and the prints are higher quality too.
Explore York Libraries & Archives is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status, and make a small charge for printing and photocopying. Full details of prices, and a full description of the encryption methodology used are on the library website www.exploreyork.org.uk
| Black & White | Colour |
| acombmono@printspots.com | acombcolour@printspots.com |
| cliftonmono@printspots.com | cliftoncolour@printspots.com |
| tanghallmono@printspots.com | tanghallcolour@printspots.com |
| yorklibrarymono@printspots.com | yorklibrarycolour@printspots.com |
| yorkarchivesmono@printspots.com | yorkarchivescolour@printspots.com |
For more information about this service please contact:
Helen Whitehead, E Services Librarian
01904 554291 helen.whitehead@exploreyork.org.uk www.exploreyork.org.uk
Acomb Explore Library :
Tue 5 Jun :
10.0am – 11.30am :
Free
Come and celebrate National Bookstart Week and make a Noise in libraries 2018 at York Libraries.
In this session we will listen to the National Bookstart Week book “A Busy Day for Birds” by Lucy Cousins and then enjoy some sensory and tactile play.
This is a free event, no need to book just turn up and join in the fun.
Acomb Explore Library :
Thu 10 May :
6.00pm – 7.30pm :
Free
Have you always wanted to research your First World War ancestors but are not sure where to start? Why not join our Archivist Laura Yeoman as she talks you through some of the sources you can use, both onsite at York Explore and online. Following the talk there will also be an opportunity to get your questions answered.
For more information call the library on (01904) 552651 or acomb@exploreyork.org.uk.
Acomb Explore Library :Mon 16 Apr for 7
weeks :
1.00pm – 3.00pm :
£74
Make the most of your holiday in a Spanish speaking country by learning the essentials before your trip. Or if you are interested in learning a language this could be an opportunity to try some basic Spanish and see if you would like to take your study further. All hand outs will be provided and websites will be recommended.
Learn to greet Spanish speakers, introduce yourself, order something to eat and drink in a café and find your way around the town using public transport. The lessons will be very practical and you will learn by listening to and repeating new words and phrases, reading simple texts, doing a variety of exercises and practising the language in role play situations. Gain extra tips about the country and its customs and traditions from your tutor.
To book on the course please click here.
You may be interested to know we have two other holiday language courses running too. Please click the links below if you would like to find out more.
Acomb Bowling Club
Acomb Bowling Club want to quit their Front Street home and sell the land for a housing development. A planning application submitted over 3 weeks ago has only just been published on the Councils web site.
Reference 18/00586/FULM
Address Acomb Bowling Club Front Street York YO24 3BZ
Proposal Erection of 11 dwellings following demolition of existing buildings
This is not the first time that this area of open space has been threatened. Over 10 years ago the club was also on the brink of folding.
At that time York Council officials were instructed to offer to buy the land. The intention was to use the car park associated with the site to supplement the parking available at the Acomb Explore Library.
The bowling club would have continued to enjoy use of the greens for a nominal rent.
The Library would have been expanded onto land, already owned by the Council, at the rear.
The intention was to provide flats above a “one stop shop” facility incorporating a extension to the library. It later transpired that officials had failed to close a deal for the club site.
The scheme was quietly dropped when the incoming Labour administration decided in 2011 to centralised customer contact facilities at West Offices in the City centre. The Councils existing “Acomb Office” was closed.
The new coalition administration was invited in 2015 to look again at how the areas of land to the rear of the library – including the bowling green – might be used in the future but progress has been slow.
The Bowling Club application may reinvigorate the need for a comprehensive development brief for this part of Front Street.
Residents have already criticised any attempt to reduce still further the amount of green space in the Westfield area. It already has the lowest proportion of open space and sports pitches of any sub-urban ward.
The Councils plans to build on the Lowfields playing fields will make the situation even worse.
Residents can object to the planning application by emailing planning.comments@york.gov.uk quoting reference 18/00586/FULM.
Library precinct plan 2011
