Westmeath Libraries is excited to team up with Westmeath Sports Partnership to encourage our community to get walking and stay active. We have added Activator Poles to our Library of Things that you can now borrow from your local library. Using activator poles is an excellent way to enhance your fitness, improve mobility, and boost […]
The Military Services Pensions Collection is the single most important archival collection relating to Ireland's revolutionary period, comprising hundreds of thousands of individual accounts of the activities of nationalists from 1916 to 1923. The collection records the personal commitment and sacrifice by the men and women who fought to gain independence for Ireland. These records […]
Beidh Leabharlanna na h-Iarmhí dúnta Dé hAoine 6/12/2024 go dtí 2.00pm Beidh "My Open Library" ar fáil i Leabharlann an Móta Westmeath Libraries will be closed Friday 6/12/2024 until 2.00pm My Open Library will be available in Moate Library. Athnuachan ar líne | Renew your loans online
A Novel Idea book club met on Halloween, to discuss their latest read - Elly Griffith's A Girl Called Justice. The group gave a resounding thumbs up and described it as 'intriguing' and a book that 'kept you guessing'! Cúan said it was a really good mystery, and Orla, our youngest and very perceptive member […]
Athlone Book ClubAidan Heavey Library, Athlone 7th November at 6.30pm This month's book is The Lost Bookshop by Evie WoodsRequest a copy On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found. For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three […]
Computer users with low vision may face difficulty reading text and viewing images efficiently on a standard computer monitor. A larger, hi res monitor can provide a larger image and text, enabling the visually impaired to use library resources more effectively. Larger screens also allow for in-built magnification software to scale up the size of […]
Westmeath Libraries are delighted to say that we have added some assistive technology for people experiencing varying levels of sight loss using portable hand magnifiers to our libraries. The Looky is a video magnifier with which you can examine enlarged pictures and text. The zoom is adjustable and can be used for both reading and writing. […]
Westmeath Libraries is seeking quotations for a mobile Sensory Unit and a sensory corner including padded seat/plinth with integrated bubble tube and fibre accessories in Kilbeggan Library Kilbeggan Library is currently undergoing extensive renovation works to enhance services to the community including sensory supports for families. The mobile sensory unit will be located in Kilbeggan […]
Join us in Castlepollard Library for a series of linked workshops where we will develop our Sustainability Horizons project. These workshops will focus on practical sustainability skills and artistic expression, culminating in an exhibition of participant-created artworks at Castlepollard Library at the end of November. Events are free, and you can register to attend any […]
The Battle of Wits is a Table Quiz for Transition Year students in Westmeath, Longford, Offaly, and Laois. Please contact dearbhla.sheridan@westmeathcoco.ie for more details, or if you are a TY teacher in a Westmeath school and would like to participate. Teachers from other counties should contact their local library for more information. The Battle of […]