Children's Book Festival 2007

Events

Book Worms Art & Craft Hour
Saturday 6th & 20th October 11.30
Book themed Art for 7-12yrs

Storytime & Puppets
Thursday 11th October 3.30pm
Fun and Colouring for 4-7yrs

Magical Makes
Thursday 25th October 3.30pm
Halloween Themed Art for 4-7yrs

Creepy Crafts
Tuesday October 30th 2.30pm
Get ready for Halloween, by making our scary hanging Ghost!! 7-12yrs

Ghosts & Ghouls Table Quiz & Fancy Dress Competition
Wednesday 31st October HALLOWEEN 2.30pm
Test your brains and have fun, with prizes for the best costumes
Fancy dress compulsory, Tables of 4, 8-12ys.
Contact library staff to book your team in.

Create & Paint
Thursday 1st November 2.30pm -3.30pm
4-7yrs

All events are FREE, limited places, first come first serve.
Contact library staff to sign your team into the Halloween Quiz. 061 457726

Non-Fiction Guide

Are you feeling Confused by our Non-Fiction Layout? Here’s a brief guide to help you out. The system we use to arrange our Non-Fiction is the Dewey Decimal System. It works as follows; The system is made up of ten main classes, each divided into ten secondary classes. The 10 Main Classes 000 – Computer science, information, and general works 100 – Philosophy and psychology 200 – Religion 300 – Social sciences 400 – Language 500 – Science 600 – Technology 700 – Arts and recreation 800 – Literature 900 – History and geography

Art & Crafts Sessions - Successful

We have held six different sessions of Arts and Crafts for children aged 7-12.
Over 80 children have taken part so far.
Since we started the sessions we have had huge local interest.
The kids show great enthusiasm and have their own individual ideas and creativity.
With something as simple as a empty toilet roll they have shown great flair in making a unique piece of art!
We plan to continue holding these courses and will cover such skills as painting, sketching, and crafts.
This dragon is on display in the library and shows what can be done with imagination combined with simple materials.

InfoLink 'Design a Logo' Competition Winners Announced!

The winners of the Infolink ‘Design a Logo’ competition have been announced.

St. Munchin’s Girls School 6th Class won the competition with their excellent entry.
The logo, which features a drawing of a computer as a portal to a world of knowledge, was accompanied by the clever statement;“For the world in a blink, think InfoLink”

Well done to all the girls involved.

The logo will now be displayed at the new InfoLink desk which is due to open in Autumn ‘07.

Our Services

Adult Lending – Fiction, Non-fiction, Large Print, Audio Books

Children’s Lending – Fiction, Non-fiction, Picture Books, Board Books, Big Books, Audio Books, Staged Readers, Reading Schemes

Teenage Area – Fiction, Non-Fiction, Audio Books, Magazines

Computer Services – Internet access, Computer Classes, Printing

Language Lab - Full range of european language courses

Arts & Crafts Room - with arts & crafts sessions held every second Saturday

Storytime Area - Storytimes held every Thursday at 3.30pm

Reference Service

Exhibition Area

Community Rooms - Please contact a member of staff to book a meeting room and check availability.



Our Address:

Watch House Cross Community Library
Watch House Cross,
Limerick
Phone: +353 61 457726
Contact person: Patricia Cusack, Executive Librarian

email: pcusack@limerickcity.ie

Opening Hours Announced

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10.00am – 5.30pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 8.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 8.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 5.30pm
Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm

The library will be closed on Mondays

Watch House Cross Community Library Opens to the Public

The new, state of the art branch library at Watch House Cross was officially opened on Thursday 31st May 2007 by Mayor, Cllr. Joe Leddin and opens to the public from Tuesday 5th June.

This new branch library will serve the north side of Limerick City, especially the communities of Moyross, Ballynanty and Kileely.

A secluded corner of the
children’s library is ideally positioned for story-telling.
Included in the library is a PC Suite, which may be used
by groups or individuals with the latest in technology.
A Language Laboratory with a full range of European
languages is available for anyone wishing to learn a new
language or brush up on their existing language skills.
The Lending Area has a collection of musical CD’s to
suit all tastes, magazines both for adults and teenagers,
national and local daily newspapers, DVD’s, videos, talking
books, large print, together with a full range of fiction,
non-fiction and reference materials.