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Aberdeen Library & Information Services

Aberdeen Central Library

Bucksburn Library

The car park at Bucksburn Library will be closed from Wednesday 17 February 2010 to Saturday 20 February 2010 inclusive while resurfacing and drainage work is carried out.
Alternative car parking will be available in the Bucksburn Academy car park. Pedestrian access to the library from Kepplehills Road will remain open.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Closure Notice

Torry Library will be closed this Saturday (13th February) 10.00-1.00 due to building works - reopen as normal 2.00 on Monday 16th February.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Welcome to Aberdeen Library & Information Service, a public library service serving over 200,000 residents living in the area.  The library service covers the city boundaries and local communities.  The Education, Culture and Sport Service is responsible for the provision and development of a wide range of recreational and information services.  Aberdeen Library and Information Service operates seventeen local libraries, a mobile library and housebound services.  The main library is the Central Library, located at Rosemount Viaduct

The Library Service is provided free of charge except:

Multimedia Services, Reservations & Inter-Library-Loans service,
Technical Standards & Business Reports.

Revised opening hours

Revised opening hours for the Central Library and Branch Libraries from 6 April 2009. Click the link for details. New Opening Hours

New Titles

The Library Service is continually adding new stock to its collections. To view the latest titles please click on the links below.

New CDs   New DVDs   New Fiction   New Non Fiction

Europe Direct Aberdeen Roadshows

The next Roadshows will take place at the venues below. Come along and put your queries on the EU to a member of the team. All sessions 2 - 4pm.

Thursday 25 February  Northfield Library
Thursday 25 March  Bridge of Don Library

Scottish Local History Week 2010

"Gan the Messages: shops and shopping in days gone bye"

More on the 2010 theme at: Shops and Shopping

Online Databases available by remote access from your home PC and within libraries

With a valid Aberdeen City Library card you can access databases from home or elsewhere via the Internet.  To access these databases click on the link to  Online Resources

and you can now make use of

Our New Ask Scotland Service  
    Ask Scotland Logo

Go to the  Ask Scotland Enquiry Form to pose your question

or find more details at 24 Hour Enquiry Services 

 Local Studies Research/Enquiry Service

We are currently experiencing an exceptionally high demand for our research / enquiry service in Local Studies.

As a result, from 1 November 2009 we are temporarily suspending this service as a short term measure. All enquiries received from this date by letter or e-mail will be held on file until such time we are in a position to respond to them.

We regret having to take this decision and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.



Contact Details

Central Library 
Aberdeen City Council
Rosemount Viaduct
Aberdeen
AB25 1GW
Tel: 01224 652500
Fax 01224 641985
CentralLibrary@aberdeencity.gov.uk