Support for speakers of other languages
Overview
It is free to join our libraries and the easiest way is to fill in your details online and then visit your nearest library to collect your card. No ID is required.
Translation resources
Translator EU: Translation of English to other languages
Books in other languages
We have French, German, Italian and Spanish books available to request from our central bookstore.
We also have dual language picture books for loan and can request free dual language picture books in over 30 languages from Book Trust, for families to keep.
For books in other languages, please ask staff for more information.
eBooks and eAudiobooks
We now have a range of adult and children’s Ukrainian eBooks as well as Russian eBooks and eAudiobooks, via our BorrowBox app.
To use the app, install BorrowBox from your phone's app store. Alternatively, you can use the app store or google play buttons to go straight to the download page.
To start borrowing, select Cheshire East and Cheshire West Libraries within the app and enter your library card number and PIN/Password.
If you are not using a mobile device, you can access the service by logging into BorrowBox.
You can borrow up to five eBooks and three Audiobooks at any one time and place holds on items that are out on loan.
Public computers and access to the internet
It is important to be able to keep in touch with family and friends and so, our libraries offer internet access via their public computers and via library Wi-Fi (library membership is required to use both). Computer access is free, for one hour per day, for library members.
To assist customers where English is not their first language, the webpage default language on our computers can be changed to an alternative – please ask a member of staff how to do this.
The default keyboard language can also be changed to Ukrainian and selected libraries have keyboards, with the Ukrainian characters added to the standard QWERTY layout. Please ask at your library for more information.
