Library news and activities

Help decide your library opening hours: tell us your views

Take part in the libraries service consultation. This 6-week consultation will close on Thursday 10 October 2024.

We are looking at ways for libraries to not just survive but continue to thrive for many more years to come. The libraries service public consultation sets out a range of options as to for our future opening hours.

The council has made significant investments into library buildings in recent years to make them more welcoming, accessible and user friendly. We will continue this investment in years to come for the benefit of communities across the borough. Haringey has also maintained some of the longest opening hours in London and protected libraries from cuts, despite long years of austerity from central government.

However, due to severe constraints on council funding nationally, we cannot sustain the libraries’ current operating model. We are therefore consulting residents and stakeholders on options to vary library service hours.

This consultation is the first phase of a wider piece of work. The next stage, in Autumn 2024, will see the council collaborating with residents and stakeholders to co-design and co-produce a strategic vision for the future of our libraries here in Haringey.

We're part of The Libraries Consortium

Haringey Libraries have officially joined The Library Consortium (TLC) from Monday 6 March 2023.

With Haringey Libraries completing the membership process, library members in other local authority areas covered by the consortium will also have access to Haringey Libraries diverse range of material. Joining The Libraries Consortium makes us part of a single powerful brand that exists to enrich all our communities.

Haringey Libraries currently offers access to over 250,000 books and over 6,000 eAudio and eBook titles for residents. By joining The Libraries Consortium, Haringey library members now gain access to nearly 8 million books. A new-look online library catalogue will now give Haringey library members access to millions more items of stock, with a greater diversity of material.

Other members of The Libraries Consortium are Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Essex and Thurrock, Hackney, Hammersmith, Havering, Harrow, Havering, Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Lewisham, Luton, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Sutton, Surrey, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

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What's On in Libraries

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Reading Well

Reading Well helps you to understand and manage your health and well-being using helpful reading.

The books are chosen by health experts and people living with the conditions covered. People can be recommended a title by a health professional, or they can visit their local library and take a book out for free.

Many of the Reading Well titles are available to borrow as ebooks and e-audiobooks. Find out how to join the library and access books digitally.

 

Reading Well booklist

Reading Ahead

We are delighted to partner with the Reading Agency and bring #ReadingAhead to Haringey Libraries.

Reading Ahead is a reading challenge for young people and adults delivered by libraries and learning settings that asks participants to choose 6 reads. These can be books, magazines, recipes, letters - anything!

Challenge yourself to read and review 6 books that give you pleasure.

Start Your Reading Journey Today!

Reading Ahead