National Libraries Week 2024

This year, to celebrate National Libraries Week, ANGUSalive Libraries are thrilled to host two exciting events designed to bring the community together and showcase the diverse offerings of our local libraries. The first event will take place at Forfar Library on Thursday, October 10th, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This event will spotlight our…

First Macmillan Coffee Morning for new Macmillan Libraries Co-Ordinator in Angus

ANGUSalive recently welcomed Hazel Freeman as the new Macmillan Libraries Co-Ordinator in Angus. The position is funded by Macmillan over a 3 year period, and Hazel will oversee the Macmillan Information Hubs in Libraries and the new Macmillan Green Room at Forfar Library. Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 27 September, where everyone is welcome to…

An exceptional turnout for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge

An exceptional turnout for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge This year’s Summer Reading Challenge – Read, Enjoy and Discover! Has seen an impressive turn out from the readers of Angus.…

Read, Enjoy And Discover!

Read, Enjoy And Discover with ANGUSalive’s Summer Reading Challenge 2024. ANGUSalive Libraries launched their annual Summer Reading Challenge on Monday 1 July. Building on last year’s successful engagement, this year’s challenge, entitled “Read, Enjoy And Discover”, invites everyone to dive into six books over eight weeks with those managing to complete the challenge receiving a…

Meet our new Libraries Lead

David Main has recently joined the team as Libraries Lead. David has worked in libraries for almost 25 years, starting in Lancashire as a library assistant and then as a librarian in York. His early career was spent in Reference and Local History and primarily involved enabling access to many unique documents, including witchcraft and…

Macmillan Green Room opens at Forfar Library

On Tuesday 28 May, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, ANGUSalive launched the Macmillan Green Room at Forfar Library. The Macmillan Green Room will provide a tranquil space in the centre of Forfar for anyone living with cancer to attend a range of non-medical clinics such as wig and prosthetic fittings along with holistic and…

Looking back at 227 years of Library Service in Arbroath

ANGUSalive has unveiled a new permanent display in Arbroath Library, which looks back on the history of a library service in Arbroath. Arbroath has had a continuous library service since 1797, when the town’s first library, Arbroath Subscription Library was opened on Christmas Day of that year. The Subscription Library was a member only…

8 new stops for ANGUSalive Mobile Libraries in 2024

As we head into spring with the launch of our new timetable our Mobile Libraries Isla & Glen will be visiting even more of you around Angus to say hello!…

Monifieth Hub Progress

The construction of the Monifieth Community Hub and Library is well underway, and we are excited to share with you the progress being made. The project is located on the beachfront, within the Blue Seaway Park, and is set to provide a new purpose-built community centre for the area.…

ANGUSalive Annual Report 2022/23 Case Study: Libraries

ANGUSalive’s Annual Report 2022/23 takes a look at ANGUSalive’s wonderful library staff – in particular our Creative Learning Assistants who are a prominent part of our service. Although we value all of our people…it’s not every team at ANGUSalive that can say they have “a following”… …which is something we can confidently say is the…

Meet the Team – Creative Learning Advisors

We recently caught up with Sylvia Main – Children & Families Libraries Lead for ANGUSalive and our three amazing Creative Learning Advisors; Avril, Sarah, and Jane to find out a little more about the work they do and what makes them tick. In 2018 the library service introduced a specialised team to plan, develop and…

Lend + Mend & Befriend!

Monday 30 October saw the first group of our Lend + Mend project meet for their last session at Forfar Library. The group of 6 attended our Lend + Mend hub over a two month period, working on several projects including hand sewing, machine sewing, and getting to grips with our fantastic embroidery machine, producing…