Monklands residents can take part in sessions on subjects including family history, coding and creative writing – as well as learning how to access the latest recommended reads – in a two-week online festival being run by North Lanarkshire’s librarians.The event, entitled “Think.
Learn. Libraries” runs from this Monday, May 18, until Friday, May 29 and allows library users across Airdrie and Coatbridge to continue making use of the service.With the busy programme already having been planned, staff then responded following the coronavirus restrictions by transforming the festival into an online event, being run via video conferencing sessions.E-services librarian Chris Wilson told the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “We’d planned for