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Computers, the Internet and IT training

The People's Network is a lottery funded project to connect all public libraries to the Internet. It is part of the Government's commitment to give everyone in the UK the opportunity to get online.

Portsmouth City Council provides free access for members of the library to the Internet, word processing and other computer facilities in all of its nine public libraries across the city.

What's available?

Internet access and e-mail

Keep in touch with friends and family in Britain and abroad
Search the world wide web
Keep up to date with news, weather, sport, travel ...

Word processing

Prepare CVs
Write letters
Produce coursework

Multilingual support

The public computers provide support for users in a wide selection of languages

Blind and visually impaired support

Screen reading and/or screen magnification software is available in most of the libraries in Portsmouth to assist blind and visually impaired users to user the computer facilities.

One-to-One computer training

Portmouth Library Service offers free One-to-One tasters in:

Beginner's guide to the Internet
Beginner's guide to email
Advanced Internet searching skills

These simple and informal tasters last approximately 2 hours and are tailored to your interests and requirements.

For further details, or to book a session, call Pat Garrett on (023) 9268 8054, email libraries@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or pop into Central Library.

Learndirect

Portsmouth Central Library has joined forces with Learndirect to deliver your choice of over 500 courses.

At Learndirect we want to help you achieve your goals, whatever they are. So, if you want to brush up your IT skills, help your children with their homework, or work towards a qualification, we can help you with a wide range of courses.

With Learndirect courses you learn at a time and pace to suit you, using a computer and the Internet. There are hundreds of courses to choose from including:

Introductory IT courses for complete beginners
Essential skills to improve your reading and writing
Essential business and management courses covering subjects such as customer care and finance

Learndirect come to the library every Tuesday from 9.30am to 2pm. For further information, or to book a place, please call (023) 9229 8288.