A State of Alert is in place for rural and remote areas in the south and the west of the ACT. Information on what this means, what you need to do, support available and government service changes can be found on the Emergency Services Agency website.
Please be aware that due to poor air quality from bushfire activity in the region there may be intermittent delays in some library services.
Power has been restored to the ACT Heritage Library and they will open as usual 24 and 25 January. Thank you for your understanding.
Click through to go to the new site to search the catalogue, log into your account, book a computer, check out what's on and book into programs and events, and more.
You will need to login and renew or update your account, then accept the updated Conditions of membership and Privacy statement. Please check/complete all your details and options and create a new passphrase.
We are welcoming donations of non-perishable food at Libraries ACT until 31 January 2020
All food will be donated to OzHarvest Canberra who provide food to more than 60 charities in the ACT. Please bring food items into any Libraries ACT branches (don’t put them through return chutes). Only non-perishable,
sealed food items (ie. tins and packets) will be accepted.
With no more overdue fines, these donations are being accepted for good will, rather than to reduce library charges.
All our libraries will be closed for the Australia Day public holiday on Monday 27 January. We are open normal operating hours on Sunday 26 January for branches that are open on Sundays. This includes Belconnen, Dickson, Gungahlin, Tuggeranong and Woden branches. Come and visit this weekend to stock up on good holiday reading material!
To support those people who have been evacuated from their homes interstate due to the bushfires, we are offering a special library membership. If you have been evacuated and want to join the library, please speak to staff and show proof of identity and usual residence if you are able to. Please click the title link for more information and what you can access.
It's been a hot summer, so join us for a cool line up of programs to keep the kids and adults entertained. There's inspired story times featuring books with super cool characters like Zog and ACT's Chris the Sheep, and to help little ones get ready for their first day of school. Plus there's a fantabulous Ella inspired journal workshop and LEGO+Robotics fun. Help keep the mind chill with Zentangles mindfullness, enjoy great author talks and get help for young workers and writers needing editors.
The most requested items in 2019 had an interesting diversity in genres compared to 2018, which was mainly self-help and non-fiction. Popular themes for 2019 were crime/mystery, self-help/lifestyle, domestic fiction, biography/memoir, and book to movie links. Click through for the full top 5 most requested items lists.