June is a Criminally Good Month!

There's a whole loot of criminals to catch, and stolen goods to find at the Hayridge throughout June.








A Lotta Loot

To start with, can you find Burglar Bill's hidden loot, which is scattered around the library? If you track it all down, you can come and claim a reward!







 
We Need Your Help!

We still haven't found Burglar Bill himself. To help us get our hands on him, please come and help us make a big WANTED poster. Drop in between 10am and 12noon on Saturday 13th June. It's something that all ages can help with.








 Calling Avid Crime Readers

Meanwhile, adults can test their knowledge of crime novels with our crime quiz. It's free and available from the front desk all through the month.




Criminally Comical Critters

After all that chasing of criminals, it's time to relax with a good movie and a book. Come and nestle down for a story about some criminal mastermind penguins with 'Penguins in Peril' on Saturday 27th June at 10.30 am. You can have a go colouring in your own little penguin too.



Then you can go upstairs to the Cullompton Community Cinema at 11am, who will be showing The Nut Job. It's completely free, so you don't need to rob anyone to come and watch!




Feedback Results

You'll probably have noticed that this issue of the Hubbub is a bit later than usual. That's because we've been going carefully through all the feedback you kindly gave us about our plans to introduce technology to open the library outside of our normal opening schedule (and also to change the opening schedule slightly, so we can open properly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons). A full analysis of the consultation results can be found by clicking here, but if you want to skip all the detail and just read the headlines, here they are:

• 106 responses were submitted - 81 on paper and 25 online (a BIG thank you to everyone who submitted a response)
• 96 of the responses were in favour of us jiggling the timetable to open on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, with 10 opposed
• 60 of the responses indicated that they might be interested in using the library outside of its normal manned opening times
• Of these, the most popular times were (in order of preference): Saturday afternoon; Sunday morning/afternoon; Weekday evenings; Weekday mornings.

As the results give a clear signal of support for our proposal to use the new technology, we are moving ahead with its installation and testing. Over the next few weeks, you will see engineers wandering around the building, carrying big fat bundles of cable, and standing on ladders looking at holes in the ceiling. As this is the first installation of its kind in the South West, we honestly don't know when well get it all working so we can move forward with the new opening hours timetable, but we will of course keep you posted here at the Hubbub. So stay tuned if you want to be the first to know!

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