Lectures in the Bournemouth / Poole area

Talks, events and festivals in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, and talks and festivals in East Dorset and the New Forest.  Also arts festivals in Dorset and Wiltshire.

Natural Science Society - Bournemouth (lectures Tues 7.30pm & Sat 2.30pm)
http://www.bnss.org.uk/programme.html

Bournemouth Skeptics in the Pub

http://bournemouth.skepticsinthepub.org (2nd Wed in month 7.30pm)

Bournemouth Cafe Scientifique (first Tues in month 7pm)
http://cafescibournemouth.wordpress.com
In Dorset ,there also one in Dorchester ,and in Wiltshire, one in Salisbury.

Dorset Humanists - Bournemouth (3rd/4th Wed of month and daytime 1st/2nd Saturday of month)
http://dorset-humanists1.blogspot.com/

Bournemouth University events
http://news.bournemouth.ac.uk/events 

Waterstones - Bournemouth and Poole stores
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/events/?nav=Top7linkID=Events - choose any of Bournemouth Arcade, Bournemouth Castlepoint or Poole from the Search by Store drop-down list

Bournemouth Libraries

http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/LeisureCultureLibraries/Libraries/BournemouthLibraries.aspx

Poole Libraries
http://www.boroughofpoole.com/leisure-and-culture/libraries/libraries-more-information/whats-on-for-adults-and-children

Dorset Libraries (including Christchurch Library)
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/libraryevents

Dorset Libraries - Literature Live
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/librarylitlive

Red House Museum - Christchurch
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/redhouse/whatson-redhouse.htm

Poole Museum

http://www.boroughofpoole.com/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-local-history/museum/exhibitions-events-and-activities/ 

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum - Bournemouth
http://www.russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk/Whats-On/Whats-On.aspx

Arts Bournemouth
http://www.artsbournemouth.org.uk/whats-on

Regent Centre - Christchurch
http://www.regentcentre.co.uk/eventlisting.php

Lighthouse - Poole
http://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/whats-on

IN OCTOBER Purbeck Film Festival
http://www.purbeckfilm.com

IN APRIL Bournemouth Festival of Words - last ran in 2013
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bournemouth-Festival-of-Words/302382809808007

Bournemouth Creatives
http://bournemoutharts.blogspot.co.uk/p/bournemouth-creatives.html

Southbourne Creative Hub
http://www.southbourne.net/hub

Bournemouth International Centre - Conferences
http://www.bic.co.uk/conferences-and-exhibitions/whats-on/ 

Bournemouth Council - Whats On
http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/NewsEvents/EventsWhatsOn/WhatsonCalendar.aspx

Bournemouth Tourism - Whats On 

(Click on the What's On tab in the box on the right and then select type Literature and Author Event)
http://www.bournemouth.co.uk/site/whats-on/search-results/a-z/a

Poole Council - Whats On
http://www.poole.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/arts-and-entertainment/artsinpoole/arts-events/

Poole Tourism
http://www.pooletourism.com/events/calendar/

Visit Christchurch - Whats On
http://www.visitchristchurch.info/site/whats-on

Highcliffe Castle - Events

http://www.highcliffecastle.co.uk/events

Visit Dorset - Whats On
http://www.visit-dorset.com/site/whats-on

Do More Dorset
http://www.domoremag.com/Dorset/Bournemouth.html

Facebook pages for student film groups at BU:
     French cinema https://www.facebook.com/frenchcinema
     Global cinema https://www.facebook.com/groups/44323601466

Peter Knight, Stone Seeker
http://www.stoneseeker.net/#ForthcomingEvents

See also www.open-lectures.co.uk (search for Bournemouth or Poole or Christchurch)

Others that I know about but have yet to check out:

Bournemouth and Poole National Trust Association
http://www.bournemouthpoole-nta.org.uk/

Bournemouth Aviation Museum
http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/index.php?id=10

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Historical Association
http://www.history.org.uk/resources/he_resource_1093_17.html
&
http://www.history.org.uk/events/list.php?s=1&branch_id=7&st=

Bournemouth Photographic Society
http://www.bournemouthcameraclub.com

Bournemouth Radio Society
http://www.brswebsite.org.uk

Bournemouth Society of Art, Philosophy & Theosophy
http://www.bournemouthsociety.org.uk/programme.html

Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group
http://www.chog.org.uk/index.html

Christchurch Royal Aeronautical Society - Poole
http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List?Branch=Christchurch

Christchurch Local History Society
http://www.historychristchurch.org/calendar/

Dorset Family History Society - Poole
http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/programme.htm

Dorset World Ship Society - Poole
http://www.sotonwss.org.uk/page13.html

East Dorset RSPB - Bournemouth
http://www.rspb.org.uk/groups/eastdorset/events/

Friends of Stanpit Marsh - Christchurch
http://www.friendsofstanpitmarsh.org.uk/

Poole Decorative and Fine Arts Society
http://www.pooledfas.org

Richmond Hill Literary and Musical Society - Bournemouth
http://www.bournemouth-urc.org.uk/literary_and_music.html

Soroptimist International - Bournemouth
http://sigbi.org/bournemouth/

Soropimist International - Poole
http://sigbi.org/poole/

Southbourne Literary Society - Bournemouth
Look in the Southbourne Link and Southbourne.Net magazines for talk details

U3A - Bournemouth
http://www.bournemouthu3a.org.uk/U3A2/socials.php

Wessex Numismatic (money and medal history) Society - Bournemouth
http://www.coinclubs.freeserve.co.uk/wessex.htm

Wessex Transport Society - Bournemouth
http://www.wessextransportsociety.co.uk/

Workers Educational Association - South West - Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset
http://www.wea-sw.org.uk/index.php?page=courses

Talks and Festivals in East Dorset and the New Forest:

Avon Valley Archaeological Society (Ringwood)
http://www.avas.org.uk and http://blogavas.wordpress.com/meetings/

Christchurch and New Forest National Trust Association
http://www.cnfnta.org.uk/activities.html

East Dorset Antiquarian Society (Wimborne)
http://www.dorset-archaeology.org.uk/

Dorset Earth Mysteries Group (Wimborne)
http://www.dorsetmysteries.org/

East Dorset Heritage Trust (Wimborne)
http://www.edht.org.uk/

      Also runs Dorset Architectural Heritage Week in September http://www.edht.org.uk/dahw.html

East Dorset National Trust Association (Ferndown/West Moors)
http://www.ednta.org/talks.htm

Forest Arts (New Milton)
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/forest

Hampshire Genealogical Society Family History Groups:
   New Milton and Christchurch (Highcliffe) http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/gp_new_milton_and_christchurch.asp
   Ringwood http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/gp_ringwood.asp

New Forest History and Archaeology Group
http://www.nfhistoryandarchaeology.hampshire.org.uk/page11.html

Sting in the Tale Festival of Stories - August (East Dorset)
http://stinginthetale.org.uk/

Tivoli Theatre (Wimborne)
http://www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk/

Verwood Historical Society
http://www.verwoodhistorical.org/

Wessex Astronomical Society (Wimborne)
http://www.wessex-astro.org.uk/

Wimborne and Blandford Decorative and Fine Arts Society (Wimborne)
http://www.wimborneblandford-dfas.org.uk/

Wimborne Civic Society
http://www.wimbornecivicsoc.org.uk/events.html

Wimborne Literary Festival - in November
http://www.wimborneliteraryfestival.co.uk/
See also http://www.visit-dorset.com/whats-on/wimborne-literary-festival-p1442913

Arts Festivals in Dorset and Wiltshire

Beaminster Festival - June/July
http://www.beamfest.org.uk/

Bridport Festival of Culture - August
http://festivalofculture.com/

Bridport From Page to Screen - April
http://www.frompagetoscreen.org.uk
Film Festival of books adapted for the screen

Bridport Literary Festival - November
http://www.bridlit.com/

Bridport Open Book Festival - October
http://bridport-open-book.com/

Charmouth Literary Festival - September
http://www.charmouthliteraryfestival.org.uk/

Dorchester Festival - May

http://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/dorchester-festival/ http://www.dorchesterfestival.co.uk/Festival/

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival - May

http://www.fossilfestival.com 

Purbeck Arts Week Festival - May

http://www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk

Purbeck Literary Festival

http://www.purbeckliteraryfestival.info - February

Salisbury International Arts Festival - May/June
https://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/

Sherborne International Film Festival - October

http://shiff.org.uk

Sherborne Literary Festival - October

http://www.sherborneliterarysociety.com

And in Dorchester

Thomas Hardy Society

http://www.hardysociety.org/eventsmanager

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival - July

http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/index.php?page=martyr-s-festival
You can add as a Comment any other local organisations that offer lectures and events - with a web link please

Unusual libraries in the Bournemouth/Poole area

Family & local history, health, scientific & technical, and other special local libraries and archives in Bournemouth & Poole - in additon to the Bournemouth, Dorset (including Christchurch) and Poole public libraries, Bournemouth University libraries, the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) library, Bournemouth and Poole College libraries and school libraries. NB Some may not be open to the public! Plus other unusual libraries within 1hrs travel time, and in all of Dorset.

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic (AECC) Library - Bournemouth (13-15 Parkwood Rd, BH5 2DF, 01202 436306, Library@aecc.ac.uk)
http://www.aecc.ac.uk/library/about-library-home.aspx

Bournemouth Aviation Museum Technical Library - Merritown Lane, Hurn, BH23 6BA, 01202 473141, aviation.museum@btconnect.com Open in summer (April to October) Monday to Sunday 10am to 5pm, in spring (March) closes at 4pm, and in winter only open at weekends and school holidays - check website. Phone 01202 580858 to make an appointment. http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk - Museum information
http://www.culture24.org.uk/am18078 - Technical Library information

Bournemouth Echo Library - Richmond Hill, BH2 6HH
Librarian Scott Harrison, 01202 411244 library@bournemouthecho.co.uk
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8678283.Snap_up_a_copy_of_our_latest_book_/ - story about the launch of the Snapshots of Bournemouth book at Castlepoint Waterstones

Bournemouth Natural Science Society (BNSS) Library 39 Christchurch Road, BH1 3NS, 01202 553525, contact@bnss.org.uk Open on Tuesday mornings and for lending 1hr before lectures (lectures usually at 7.30pm on Tuesdays and at 2.30pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays) and at other times by arrangement.
http://www.bnss.org.uk/library

Development Education in Dorset (DEED) Resources Library - Ferndown - West Moors Middle School, Heathfield Way, BH22 0DA Tel: 01202 875411. Email: info@deed.org.uk
http://www.deed.org.uk and http://www.deed.org.uk/category/resources/

Dorset Family History Society - Treetops Research Centre - Poole (Suite 5, Stanley House, 3 Fleets Lane, BH15 3AJ, 01202 785623, contact@dorsetfhs.org.uk) Open Monday 10am to 6pm, Wednesday 10am to 3pm, (and from April to October on Thursday 7pm to 9.30pm), Saturday 10am to 3pm (closed Saturday and Monday on Bank Holiday weekends)
http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/research/treetops.htm

Dorset Masonic Reference Library (and Museum) - Poole (Branksome Masonic Hall, 57 Ashley Rd, BH14 9BT, 01202 736323, Museum@DorsetFreemasonry.info) Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings 9.30am to 12noon - contact the Museum Curators.
http://www.dorset-freemasonry.org.uk/reference-library.html

East Dorset NHS Library and Knowledge Service (Bournemouth & Poole Hospitals)

http://eastdorsetnhslibrary.wordpress.com

Poole Health Information and Resource Centre Longfleet Rd (between the multistorey car park and Poole Hospital), 01202 448003, healthinfo@poole.nhs.uk Open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4pm
https://www.poole.nhs.uk/patients--visitors/health-information-centre.aspx 

Poole Local History Centre and Archive 4 High Street, BH15 1BW (next to Poole Museum), 01202 262621 or 01202 262613 museums@poole.gov.uk Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 3pm (closed on Tuesdays following a Bank Holiday Monday)
http://www.boroughofpoole.com/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-local-history/poole-history-centre/

RNLI Heritage Trust Library and Archives - Poole (West Quay Road, BH15 1HZ, 0845 122 6999) Researchers are welcome to visit by appointment. Visitor parking available.
http://rnli.org/aboutus/historyandheritage/Pages/Heritage-Trust.aspx  and http://rnli.org/college/Pages/HOME.aspx 

Wimborne Minster Chained Library High Street, BH21 1HT, 01202 884753, wimborneminster@btinternet.com Open from Easter Monday to October on most days of the week from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm - contact the Parish Office
http://www.wimborneminster.org.uk/library.html

Local hospitals, business companies, law firms e.g. Lester Aldridge, Steele Raymond, schools and language schools e.g. BBSI, etc. also have their own libraries but these are not generally open to the public.


Online libraries

Dorset Coat Digital Archive http://www.dcda.org.uk/

Footprints in the Sand http://content.swgfl.org.uk/seaside/

Streets of Bournemouth http://www.streets-of-bournemouth.org.uk

Local library supplier

Coutts Information Services (part of the Ingram group) - Ringwood
http://www.ingramcontent.com/Pages/Academic--Professional-Libraries.aspx
See also Ingram locations http://www.ingramcontent.com/Pages/Locations.aspx
and Ingram UK - Libraries http://www.ingramcontent.com/Pages/United-Kingdom.aspx

Further afield - 15-30 miles from Bmth/Poole (less than 1 hr away by car)

Beaulieu National Motor Museum Reference Library  - Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7ZN, 01590 614652, motoring.library@beaulieu.co.uk Open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm (closed 1pm-2pm) by appointment only http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/About_the_Motoring_Reference_Library 

Blandford Town Museum Archive Bere's Yard, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7HQ, 01258 450388 or 01258 458911, m.lebas@btinternet.com open Easter weekend to October, Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 4.30pm
http://blandfordtownmuseum.org/archives.html 

New Forest Centre Reference Library - Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7NY, 023 8028 6150, library@newforestcentre.org.uk Open Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4.30pm
http://www.newforestmuseum.org.uk/reference-library/

Royal Signals Museum Archives Blandford Camp, Dorset, DT11 8RH, 01248 482248, info@royalsignalsmuseum.com  Open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm (closed Bank Holidays and for two weeks over Christmas / New Year) by appointment only NB a charge of £6.50 is made for use of the archive.
http://royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/WebSite/index.php/archives

Swanage Museum Local Studies Centre Marine Villas, Swanage Pier, BH19 2AW, 01929 423850, swanagemuseum@swanagemuseum.plus.com Access by appointment only
http://www.swanagemuseum.co.uk/local_studies.html

Tank Museum Archive and Reference Library - Bovington, BH20 6JG, 01929 405096, Librarian@tankmuseum.org Open Monday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm by appointment only. Visiting information at http://www.tankmuseum.org/Visiting
http://www.tankmuseum.org/Archive_and_Reference_Library

Further afield in Dorset - 30-60 miles from Bmth/Poole (1-2 hrs away by car)

Beaminster Museum Reference Section Whitcombe Road, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NB, 01308 863623, webmaster@beaminstermuseum.org Museum admission £2 (students £1, accompanied children free) Open Easter to end of Autumn half-term on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays & Bank Holidays: 10.30am – 1pm & 2 – 4.30pm and Sundays 2 – 4.30pm or by special arrangement
http://www.beaminstermuseum.org/reference_section.htm

Bridport Museum Local History Centre The Coach House, Gundry Lane, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3RJ, 01308 458703, office@bridportmuseum.co.uk Open all year on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm, but ring in advance. Other times can be arranged by appointment.
http://www.bridportmuseum.co.uk/lhc.htm#!localhistorycentre/c1jh6 

Dorset County Museum Library High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA · Tel: 01305 262735 enquiries@dorsetcountymuseum.org Access to the library is only permitted through membership of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. See also http://research.dorsetcountymuseum.org/index.html. Members have access when the Museum is open and when Museum staff are present, including Mondays from November to March, but inform the staff in advance. Museum open Monday to Saturday, April to October 10am - 5pm, & November to March 10am - 4pm.
http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org/library

Dorset History Centre Local Studies Library Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP, 01305 250550, archives@dorsetcc.gov.uk See http://www.dorsetforyou.com/dorsethistorycentre/visiting for visiting information
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/localstudies

Keep Military Museum Library Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RN, 01305 264066, info@keepmilitarymuseum.org The library and archive are not open to the public but, under certain circumstances, research visits can be arranged for a Wednesday morning, at the discretion of the Curator, with at least two weeks notice, charged at £20.
http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/research.php

Lyme Regis Philpot Museum Library Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3QA, 01297 443370, curator@lymeregismuseum.co.uk Museum open Easter to November: Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm & Sunday 11am - 5pm and November to Easter: Wednesday to Sunday 11am - 4pm. Admission £3.95 (Senior citizens £3.45, children and students free).
http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/research-at-lyme-regis

Shaftesbury Abbey Museum Library Park Walk, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JR, Librarian, Anthony Claydon, 01747 852910, user@shaftesburyabbey.fsnet.co.uk, by appointment. Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden open daily from 1st April until 31st October, 10am - 5pm Admission £3 (Concessions £2.50, accompanied under 16s 

http://shaftesburyabbey.org.uk/library/ 

Shaftesbury Gold Hill Museum Library (Shaftesbury & District Historical Society), Gold Hill, Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JW, 01747 852157, library@goldhillmuseum.org.uk by appointment, donation for use by non-members. Museum open daily from 1st April until 31st October, from 10.30am - 4.30pm
http://www.goldhillmuseum.org.uk/library.html

Weymouth Museum Local History Unit and Resource Centre Brewers Quay, Hope Square. Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8TR, 01305 777622 ext 246, localhistoryunit@weymouthmuseum.org.uk, Monday to Wednesday from 10am to 4pm only (Closes in winter)
http://www.weymouthmuseum.org.uk/LHU.htm

Please add a Comment with any more that you know of, including a web link. Thank you.

Librarian Events in the Bournemouth / Poole area

Links to events for librarians in Bournemouth/Poole/Dorset/Hampshire, the South of England and in London - you may need to be a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and log in to their website to access:

1. CILIP - Members network: South Western (from Gloucestershire to the Channel Islands - includes Dorset) - regional branch + Career Development Group division combined
http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/branches/south-west-members-network

2. CILIP - Regional branch: South East (from Hampshire to Kent plus Buckinghamshire)

http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/branches/south-east-branch

3. CILIP - Regional sub branch: Hampshire and Isle of Wight
http://www.cilip.org.uk/south-east-branch/about-us/hampshire-isle-wight-sub-branch-south-east-branch-about-us 

4. CILIP - Regional branch: London
www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/regional-branches/london/Pages/default.aspx

5. CILIP - CDG - London and South East (includes Hampshire)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/career-development-group/divisions/cdg-london-and-south-east

6. CILIP - Academic and Research Libraries Group (ARLG) South West (includes Dorset?)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/academic-and-research-libraries-group/about/south-west-division-academic-and-research-libraries 

7. CILIP - ARLG London and South East (includes Hampshire?)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/academic-and-research-libraries-group/london-and-south-east-0 

8. CILIP - ARLG Southern (Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/academic-and-research-libraries-group/about/southern-division-academic-and-research-libraries-group

9. CILIP - Commercial, Legal and Scientific Information Group (CLSIG) - some events in the South
http://www.cilip.org.uk/commercial-legal-and-scientific-information-group/events 

10. CILIP - Information Services - London & South East
http://www.cilip.org.uk/information-services-group/regional-groups/isg-london-south-east-section

11. CILIP - Local Studies Group - London & South

http://www.cilip.org.uk/local-studies-group/about/regional-sub-groups/south-sub-group

12. CILIP - School Libraries Group - London & South East - events
http://www.cilip.org.uk/school-libraries-group/events/events

13. CILIP - Youth Libraries Group - South West (includes Dorset)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/youth-libraries-group/youth-libraries-group-committees/regional-committees/south-western-region 

14. CILIP - Youth Libraries Group - South East (includes Hampshire)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/youth-libraries-group/youth-libraries-group-committees/regional-committees/south-eastern-region 

Non-CILIP local groups (and their events):

1. JISC RSC (Regional Support Centre) South West (covers Dorset)
http://jiscevents.force.com/E/EventsMainPage?srvc=JISC%20RSC%20South%20West 

2. JISC RSC South East (covers Hampshire)
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/southeast/events.aspx

3. Association of South East Colleges (AOSEC) LRCs Network (includes Hampshire)
 http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc-create/aoc-createevents/events_calendar.cfm  and www.aosec.org.uk/events

4. South West Regional Library Service (SWRLS)
www.swrls.org.uk/events.asp

5. Creating Libraries Accessible to Users with Disabilities (CLAUD)
https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/CLAUD/Events 

6. CPD25 (CPD from the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries - London and home counties Middlesex, Berkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent etc.)
www.cpd25.ac.uk/index.php

7. Archives & Records Association (ARA) South West
www.archives.org.uk/ara-south-west/news-and-events.html

8. Archives & Records Association (ARA) South East
www.archives.org.uk/ara-south-east/news-and-events.html


Many of these also have JISC Mail lists for more information and communication