A Public Health Emergency has been declared in the ACT for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. See the COVID-19 website for more information.
Joining the library online just got easier
We have set up a new way to complete your online registration, so you can access all of these great services and resources quicker:
All our libraries, including the ACT Heritage Library, are currently open regular hours.
Some services are limited or changed so we can continue to protect the community and our staff, including the Access Canberra Driver Licence Service at Civic Library remaining closed.
Some tables and chairs will be available in public spaces and visits to the library can be up to 120 minutes (2 hours). This means it is important we ask you to provide your name and phone number for contact tracing purposes each time you enter the library. You can use the Check In CBR app at our libraries.
If you are visiting any of our branches, please follow the important conditions we have set:
Click through for more information on these conditions and what services are available
Is your child aged between 0 and 5? Register them as a library member and get a free picture book to keep and discover what the library has to offer them and you (while stocks last, between 12 November 2020 and 14 February 2021). A special children's membership card is available.
We were honoured to recently have award-winning Wiradjuri writer, teacher, academic and essayist, Dr Jeanine Leane join us for an author conversation. Click through to listen and watch Canberra journalist, Louise Maher talk with Jeanine about coming from Wiradjuri land and memories of her childhood, which provided some inspiration for "Purple Threads".
Would you like to help develop your child's language and literacy skills? Join us for an online speechie library talk and find out how you can support your child's language and literacy development at home.
1-12 November
Help keep the brain active, reduce stress, get inspired and find joy in books with us, and the rest of Australia for Australia Reads. Take the pledge and register for the Australian Reading hour and read anything you like for 1 hour, anytime, anywhere on 12 November.