Libraries and leisure

Learning opportunities in libraries

Hertfordshire libraries give you the opportunity to learn at your own pace using our computers.

All libraries provide free Internet access and offer a number of online tutorials helping you to improve your IT skills. These include the BBC's "Webwise" course,a basic introduction to the Internet.

During events such as Adult Learners Week in May and Family Learning Festival in October many libraries offer basic one to one taster sessions for members of the public, who have not used computers or the Internet before. These are informal, fun sessions, where a member of the library staff will guide the student through a short one hour basic course and then be on hand for a further half hour to help the student practise their new skills.

Hitchin, Royston, and Stevenage libraries working in partnership with North Hertfordshire College are offering slightly longer introductory courses introducing members of the public to word processing the Internet,and Electronic Mail (email). The Courses run in two hour sessions over three to four weeks . Please contact North Hertfordshire College for more details.

West Herts College offer IT tuition in the training suite at Oxhey library. The Computer Literacy and Information Technology Course (CLAIT) runs over 12 weeks and involves 30 hours of tuition. Please contact West Herts College or Oxhey Library for more details.

North Watford and Watford Central Libraries are venues for a beginners ICT course. The courses which are delivered by West Herts College, include word processing, internet, email, use of pictures, images and graphics. This could lead to an OCR Certificate in Using IT. Contact West Herts College on 01923 812345 for more details.

Berkhamsted library in Partnership with The Workers Educational Association offer similar courses on Information Technology using the library computers. Please contact Berkhamsted library for more details.The WEA also run a Literature Study Group in this library.


If you want to start improving your Information technology skills right now use the online learning weblinks signposted on the right of this screen to start a tutorial. If you do not have a computer at home you can always book to use a computer in your local library use the sign post on the right to find out more.