Are you in the news?
As part of the celebrations doe the National Year of Reading, Warwickshire County Council’s libraries are be running a competition during July and August.
The competition is to promote The Times Digital Archive and the new local papers online available free on the library website. To enter the competition go to http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/informationzone where a question sheet with notes on the back on how to get into the websites is available.
The questions are designed to prompt people to look at local information and to show that the Times Digital Archive includes pictures, advertisements and births, marriages and deaths announcements that could add detail to school projects or family history research.
To enter the competition simply:
Search the online newspaper archives at any Warwickshire library or on the internet at home using your library card number.
Ask for a free printout of your most interesting article to go on display
Put your name and library card number on the back of your printout to be entered in the prize draw for a £50 book token.
The closing date for entries is 1st September 2008.