Libraries

Blackhall library has had to close because of RAAC concrete.

Temporary unit to replace library closed due to RAAC concrete

Central Library in Edinburgh opened in 1890, and was the first public library building in the city

Make sure to have your say on the future of our libraries - Steve Cardownie

Barclays will close another 14 branches in the UK

Barclays confirms more high street branch closures across the UK

A rare first edition 1996 Bloomsbury publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone purchased from a library for pennies is set to fetch up to £5,000 at auction.

Harry Potter book bought for 30p turns out to be worth £5,000

Library advisor Anna Plichta-Les pictured at the Children's Library Edinburgh

Libraries are a treasured resource - Steve Cardownie

A Bookbug session at Central Children's Library in Edinburgh. Picture: John Devlin

Support Our Libraries: A celebration of Edinburgh Central Children's Library

A Bookbug session at Central Children's Library in Edinburgh. (Picture credit: John Devlin)

Support Our Libraries: A celebration of Edinburgh Central Children's Library

Photo credit Oliver Goulden

Support our Libraries: Protesters gather for 'read in' amid closures

Libraries are a gateway to adventure

Save our Libraries: Time travel with a library card - Liam Rudden

Danderhall library

Midlothian libraries to end DVD and CD fines to encourage more users

Central Library, Edinburgh

Read all about it: Edinburgh libraries scoop top award

The well-designed soup-can inspired library which was sadly vandalised (Photo: Little Free Library - Wester Hailes).

Little street libraries springing up around Wester Hailes to improve literacy

Central Library is one of six due to open on October 6

Six libraries to open a week earlier than planned

Community centres and libraries in the Capital will not reopen fully to the public for at least another four weeks.

Libraries and community centres closed for four more weeks

This is when libraries in Scotland might reopen (Photo: Shutterstock)

When will libraries reopen?

Revealed - the most borrowed books of the year. Have your favourites made the li... Sue Wilkinson

Digital libraries experience a surge in membership amid lockdown

Boris Johnson ordered the public to stay at home during a TV broadcast on Monday night (Getty Images)

What are the UK’s lockdown procedures?

The council agreed a budget which means 88m of cuts over the next three yeats

Edinburgh council budget agreed as plans to cut library opening hours dropped

The proposed cut would have seen Edinburgh's libraries closed on Saturday afternoons to save 300,000

Edinburgh council chiefs drop proposed cut in library hours and reconsider idea ...

All Edinburgh libraries would close on Saturday afternoons under the council's cuts proposals

Fears over Edinburgh council's plan to save £1 million with staffless libraries

The reading room at Edinburgh's Central Library Picture Ian Rutherford

The future in your hands with Edinburgh’s vast selection of ebooks – Frank Ross

Sarah Barnard is one of the team behind the first independent bookshop to open in Portobello in living memory.

A day in the life of...An independent bookseller: "We’re not just building a boo...

Le Patin Libre from Canada promote their ice show on rollerskates as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Picture: Steven Scott Taylor

The Edinburgh of the future will have no residents and an all year festival - Al...

Chapman's 1800 Plan of Stornoway Bayhead is the earliest surviving map of the town and has now been saved by conservators at National Library of Scotland. PIC: NLS/Western Isles Libraries.

220-year-old map from the Hebrides is saved

Midlothian House, the main office for Midlothian Council, Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith

Raft of Midlothian services set to be ‘decimated’ by funding cuts

Iain Duffus with Lisa Mason on the left and Kate Grenyer on the right.

Exhibition tapestry puts Midlothian on the map

Libraries staff turned into sleuths when they helped the curator of the National Museums of Scotland track down a tapestry for an exhibition.

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All schools in Edinburgh are to remain closed.

Schools to remain closed as snow shuts Edinburgh down

The way libraries operate could be changing with self-service kiosks being trialled

Edinburgh libraries to operate without staff in pilot study

Libraries are an invaluable social resource. Picture: Getty

Yvonne McEwen: Libraries play a vital role, so why all the cutbacks?

Muirhouse Library Team Leader Declan McCann Irvine Welsh says he would never have become a writer were it not for Muirhouse Library. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Library cutbacks: Council urged to drop plans to reduce library hours

MacMillan Service point launched at Central Library . PIcture; Lisa Ferguson

Libraries to offer help for cancer patients

Irvine Welsh has credited his success as a writer to Muirhouse Library.

Irvine Welsh spearheads campaign against library cuts

Central Library could see its opening hours reduce while other libraries could close for good. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Libraries in Capital could face closures as £6.4m cuts announced

The library service is treasured bu Edinburgh residents. Picture: Neil Hanna

Tell us what you'd like to happen and we'll deliver

School librarians help children find great books.

Chris Riddell: Libraries play vital role in helping children find the perfect bo...

The number of books being borrowed from libraries is falling. Picture: Neil Hanna

Book borrowing down by 3.2 million in three years

Antisocial incidents in public libraries included three boys shooting airguns. Picture: Neil Hanna

Airgun-wielding kids among 72 hit with library ban

The latest sculpture was found in a Leith library

Latest Edinburgh paper sculpture found in library

Naomi Knight and fellow residents at the library. Picture: Gordon Fraser

Irvine Welsh calls to save Newtongrange library

Nostalgia: Caught read handed

Marc Lambert: Turning the page for a new era in reading

Libraries order extras of ‘Mummy porn’ bestseller

Libraries land top honours

Mental health by the book

Library closures move is shelved

‘Few if anyone could argue with the plans’

Letters: Libraries strategy sounds like a cutback in my book

Libraries ‘should keep fine cash to balance the books’

Deidre Brock: City’s library service needs public views on its future

Libraries told to balance the books by making cuts

BOOK of the week

I spy book sculptor’s latest art creation

New edition on Horizon

Libraries snap up exhibition