Using the library in lockdown
ALTHOUGH our library buildings are currently closed to us our library service is very much open online with a catalogue of hundreds of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines.
Audiobooks have very much come into their own during lockdown.
Libraries Connected has said its figures show more than three times as many e-books were being borrowed across libraries in England in the first three weeks of lockdown than before they shut their doors, with a 358% increase in the number of people borrowing e-books over the same period.
To borrow or reserve from the hundreds of
Rochdale Library Service’s eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines download the BorrowBox app on a mobile device.
Once you have installed the app, search for Rochdale Libraries in the ‘Library’ field and log in using your library membership card number and 4-digit PIN.
If you have just joined, you can use your temporary membership number in place of a library membership number.
You can borrow or reserve up to six eBooks and six eAudiobooks at a time, each for up to 21 days.
Use your account to renew your loans, return items early and reserve items if they are currently on loan.
If you’ve any questions about using BorrowBox, email their support team at support@bolindadigital.com.
If you are using the BorrowBox app, you can go to settings and select ‘send feedback’ to ask them a question.
Currently popular are: Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult read by Bahni Turpin, The Girl in the Woods by Patricia MacDonald read by Lynn Norris, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett read by John Lee, Circe by Madeline Miller read by Perdita Weeks and The Madonna of Bolton by Matt Cain read by Simon Vause.
In non-fiction: The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo read by Lucy Scott, The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund
Young read by Rosamund Young, Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig read by Matt Haig, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson read by William Roberts and Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig read by Matt Haig.
For youngsters: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling read by Stephen Fry, The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare read by Paul Boehmer, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White read by E.B. White, Tumble with the Romans by Gary Northfield read by Rupert Degas and The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams read by Jilly Bond.
Visit library.service@ rochdale.gov.uk