Rubery Library

Contact Bev Orlowsky7 Library Way, Rubery, Rednal,

Birmingham,
B45 9JS

Tel: 0121 453 2157

Email: RuberyLib@worcestershire.gov.uk

(AW.C.H)

Mon: 9.30 - 5.30
Tues: 9.30 - 5.30
Wed: closed
Thurs: 9.30 - 5.30
Fri: 9.30 - 8.00
Sat: 9.30 - 1.00  2.00 - 5.30

For a map of how to get to the Library

Community Library Co-ordinator - Beverly Orlowsky

This is a purpose-built library that opened on 16th January 1964. The majority of the lending stock is on the main ground floor area of the building; with the reference and local history sections located upstairs on the balcony. There is disabled access to the building via a ramp and automatic doors.

We offer a wide range of lending materials including spoken word cassettes, music cassettes, CD's and video's as well as books. There is a wide range of fiction including horror, fantasy, science-fiction, westerns, crime and romance. Symbols on the spines of the books and guiding on the shelves help borrowers to find what they want. Non-fiction is arranged in classified (subject) order and there is shelf guiding for some of the more popular subjects. We also offer Large Print books as well as having a Reference Section, local history, music scores, ordnance survey maps, local daily newspapers, and some magazines including Which? The local Electoral Register is available for reference.  A photocopier is also available. We also have DVD's for loan.

We have 6 People's Network terminals one of which is for visually impaired users, available free for public use, they offer a wide range of facilities, including word processing and the Internet. (Please note a booking system is in operation for these machines)
CD-RW and headphones can be purchased from the library for use with the PC's.

Videos and story tapes for children are also available.  Special storytimes and 'How to use the Library' sessions can be arranged for schools and playgroups in the area.

A large noticeboard is available for local clubs, organisations, schools and playgroups to put up displays.  The Library also offers various items for sale; Readyspex reading glasses, magnifying sheets, local clubs and societies list, floppy disks, hessian bags and ex-library stock.

Library Activities to join in with

Do you like talking about books you have read and the authors you have tried?

Would you like to learn more by sharing your enjoyment with others?

Would you like to widen the scope of your reading?

If so, why not join the Adult Readers' Group - which meets on 4th Friday of each month.  Tea and coffee available from 6.15 pm and the meetings start at 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm.

19 December 2008   Getting Rid Of Matthew by Jane Fallon

Programme for 2009  (61.23 KB)

Jigsaw Swap - on the 1st Friday of each month

Children's Activities in 2008

Housebound Service is available to anyone in the Rubery area who is housebound and cannot come to the library. A member of the library staff chooses the books and a volunteer delivers them to the housebound person on a monthly basis.

Deposit Collection -If you are a local group who would benefit from a selection of library stock, fiction or non fiction, to use with your group, then we can offer you a Deposit Collection. There is no charge for this service and your collection will be changed at regular intervals. If you are interested or want to know more, then please contact the library.

Police Surgery - members of the public are invited to discuss any matters of concern with our local Support Officers - PCSOs Cash and Tudge on the first Saturday in each month ( 10.30 - 11.30 am).  You can speak with the officers either in private or on a casual basis in a relaxed and informal environment away from the Police Station.  They will be happy to discuss issues in complete confidence. and look forward to meeting as many local residents as possible

Councillors' Surgery - come and discuss matters of local concern with Councillors Peter MacDonald and Colin Wilson on the first Saturday of each month from 11.00 am - 12.30pm

Benefits Surgery - confused about Housing and Council Tax Benefits?  Come and get advice on Thursdays 18th December 2008, 8th January and 22 January 2009 - 10.00 am  - 12 noon.

Local History  display -during December 2008 and January 2009, there will be a display featuring pictures taken from old postcards and a selection of local history books from our collection

Please contact the library for details on how to join or for more information.