Library Services
Belfast Education and Library Board provides a library service
for everyone who lives, works, attends school or undertakes
courses or study within the area. The library also welcomes
visitors to the city.
The service is delivered through:
- Belfast Central Library and 20 community libraries
- 2 mobile libraries
- A homes van, which visits sheltered dwellings and homes
in Belfast
- An outreach service for people with disabilities
- Schools Library Service
You can find a complete list of BELB libraries and information
on library services at www.ni-libraries.net. This website
is a service of the five education and library boards and
through it you can:
- search the catalogue of public library stock held in
Northern Ireland
- request items
- renew your loans
- find other useful information websites
- ask for help with queries
Full contact details for all BELB libraries
can be found here
The Equality Impact Assessment of Electronic Libraries
Report now available
online.
Research on school libraries published
School libraries need more and better-trained
staff, more and better accommodation and more and better resources
if they are to achieve their full potential in supporting
learning in the school. These are the main findings of research
commissioned by the Association of Chief Librarians and funded
by the Department of Education. Read the report by Jane Starrs:
School Libraries in Northern Ireland: An Investigation Into
Their Current and Potential Contribution to Learning
Download the full report including recommendations
here click
to download
Download the recommendations here click
to download (Coming soon)
Analysis of Comments, Compliments & Complaints Forms Received by the Library Service
We recently carried out a survey to see what you thought of our complaints procedure here are the results:
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