Schools Library Service

Service Aims:

  • To ensure good library provision in all schools
  • To support staff in their teaching role
  • To support board officers in their educational role

Five Departments

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NI Educational Film Library

Opening Hours
Mon-Fri—9.00am-5.30pm
Telephone No: 028 90690354
niefl@ni-libraries.net

The Northern Ireland Educational Film Library provides a video and DVD loan service to schools and other educational institutions throughout Northern Ireland.

Catalogues are published annually and are distributed to schools and other registered borrowers at the beginning of the autumn term.
Visitors are welcome to browse and may select their own material. However, advance booking for most titles is recommended. Borrowers are allowed up to 4 videos or DVDs for 1 week (minimum). Requested items can be posted to schools though borrowers must pay return postage.

Teachers Reference Library

Opening Hours
Mon-Fri—9.00am-5.30pm
Telephone No: 028 90690355
teachersreferenceslsbelb@ni-libraries.net

The Teachers’ Reference Library provides a wide selection of material for loan to and consultation by teachers and board officers in the 5 Education and Library Boards.

The Library’s resources include:

  • Books
  • Book Lists
  • Careers Unit
  • Evaluation Packs
  • Fiction Files
  • Government Publications
  • Internet Access
  • Periodicals
  • Reading Schemes/Tests
  • Photocopying facilities


Teachers may borrow up to 6 books for 3 weeks and a request service is available.

Projects Department

Opening Hours
Mon-Fri—9.00am-5.30pm
Telephone No: 028 90690355
projectsslsbelb@ni-libraries.net

The department provides a project loan service to schools in the Belfast Education and Library Board area.
Topic packs, tailored to individual needs, are compiled from our resources which include:

  • Books
  • Big Books
  • Portfolios
  • Slides
  • Art prints
  • Posters
  • Videos
  • Local History Packs
  • Audiocassettes
  • CDs

Visitors are welcome to browse and may select their own material though advance booking for most topics is recommended. Our loan period is 1 month (minimum).

A delivery service to schools is also available.

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