Self-service at Syston Library

Self-service machines are being launched at Syston Library on 8th March to enable people to borrow and return books, CDs and DVDs quickly and easily. To allow for installation of these exciting new additions to Syston Library will be closed from Monday 1st march for seven days until it reopens with the new self service kiosk and a new library layout on Monday 8th March.
Ernie white, Cabinet member for libraries, said “The self-service machines will make the service quicker and easier for users and enable staff to help people around the library, instead of being confined to a desk. I know some people don’t like using self-service checkouts in supermarkets, but the library machines are much simpler, you can scan all your books at the same time, simply by putting them on the machine, and you can still get help from a member of staff if you wish.”
Features at Syston Library include: self-service machines, an extensive range of books, DVDs and music CDs and newspapers, comfortable seating, with special areas for children, free use of computers and internet access. Regular activities include, wiggly reader sessions for families and young children, chatter books reading groups for children and reading groups for adults.