Mearns library

Contact details

MacKinley Place (adjacent to Avenue Shopping Centre)
Newton Mearns
East Renfrewshire
G77 6EZ

Telephone: 0141 577 4979
Fax: 0141 577 4980
E-mail: mearns.library@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

Library Supervisor: Scott Keenan

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Opening hours

Day	Time
Monday	12.30 - 8.00
Tuesday	9.30 - 5.00
Wednesday	9.30 - 8.00
Thursday	9.30 - 5.00
Friday	9.30 - 5.00
Saturday	9.30 - 5.00

Facilities

• Disabled access
• Adjacent car parking
• Induction Loop System at service counter
• Photocopying facilities
• Fax facilities
• Access to digital scanner
• Printing facilities, including colour if required
• Community Room
• Comfortable seating area

Services for Adults

• Books
• Large Print books
• Talking books
• Books in Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
• Healthy Reading books
• Newspapers
• DVD hire
• Music CD hire
• Language learning tapes and CDs  
• Reference and enquiry service
• Reading Group
• Author events
• Government and local community information
• Health Information Point with PC
• Careers Information
• Programme of Ageing Well events

Services for Young People

• Children’s area with fiction, non-fiction and picture books
• Teenage section with books and graphic novels
• Storytelling sofa
• DVD hire
• Talking books
• PC with access to websites for children
• Story time sessions for pre-school children -  every Wednesday (during school term), 2.00pm – 2.30pm
• Children’s activities

Learning Centre

• Learn Direct Scotland accredited
• ILA accredited  
• Free high speed internet access and access to all office applications e.g. e-mail and computer based learning
• 10 bookable public access PCs and an additional 8 in the Learning Centre
• PCs with assistive technology: large keyboard, tracker mouse ball, touch screen monitor, height adjustable table and zoomtext software for visually impaired
• Learning Courses – Basic IT, Online courses, Typing, e-Citizen, ECDL and other courses.