Libraries and archives

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Information on what libraries are open and what services are available.

Find out how to join the library online

Resources to learn English, practice your driving theory test or educate yourself in the best of classical music.

Use our Call and Collect service to arrange to borrow or reserve books and collect them from the library.

Find out how to access free digital versions of 7,000 UK and international newspapers and magazines, as well as 1000s of graphic novels and comics.

Find out how to use our eBook and eAudio service.

Find out how to get temporary home access to Ancestry.

Magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, art and drama.

Find out about online activities we are offering while our libraries are closed

Resources to help you find information on local history and family history.

Find out about our ideas events and how you can tell us your suggestions.

Links to case studies to help you come up with suitable ideas and how they could work.