Are you looking for a fresh way to spice up your reading routine in 2025? At CityLibrary, we’ve created the 2025 Reading Challenge just for this! This challenge is a fun and flexible way to explore books. Whether you’re an avid reader or someone looking to rekindle a love for books, this challenge…Continue Reading Turn a new page in 2025!
Disability History Month 2024
Disability History Month takes place this year from 14 November to 20 December. Library Services are highlighting services and resources focused on this year’s theme: Disability, Livelihood, and Employment. This includes topics such as equity, representation, and removing barriers. Books and audio-visual resources Explore print books, e-books, and articles in our online collections. Use CityLibrary…Continue Reading Disability History Month 2024
Overdrive: The Library in Your Pocket
CityLibrary is a big fan of reading for pleasure and relaxation and you can find this over on the Libby app and Overdrive website. Whether you want to lose yourself in a thrilling mystery, want to work on yourself with a self help audiobook, or fight some bad guys in a superhero graphic novel- there…Continue Reading Overdrive: The Library in Your Pocket
Book Display Highlights of 2023
As the year draws to a close, now is a time to reflect on what happened and the perfect subject to think about is books. Over the course of 2023, CityLibrary ran a wide range of displays from the fun to the serious and educational. At CityLibrary, we made sure to have plenty of leisure…Continue Reading Book Display Highlights of 2023
Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023
This month we are supporting Islamophobia Awareness Month, a campaign aiming to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims and raise awareness of Islamophobia in modern society. The goal of this year’s campaign is to connect people from diverse backgrounds through the transformative power of storytelling. Join the conversation using the official hashtag #MuslimStories. Our new…Continue Reading Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023
Black Futures Month at CityLibrary
October is when City, University of London celebrates Black Futures Month. This year’s theme is Saluting Our Sisters and at CityLibrary, we have a display with all kind of genres available. The choice ranges from essay collections, science fiction, biographies, and contemporary fiction. There are also two lists on the Overdrive website and the Libby app…Continue Reading Black Futures Month at CityLibrary
Pride at CityLibrary
In celebration of Pride month, CityLibrary has all kinds of resources to explore this June. Whether you want to learn about the history of the movement or catch up on a beautifully told fictional story, there’s something for everyone. Kanopy has plenty of interesting leisure viewing, with some of the standouts being Derek…Continue Reading Pride at CityLibrary
Reading for pleasure and making reading pleasurable
As the autumn months approach, is there anything nicer than curling up with a good book? Whether you’re an avid reader, a member of a book group, an audio-book lover or like to dip into self-help and wellbeing titles, there’s something for everybody on OverDrive. The OverDrive platform provides access to a wide range of…Continue Reading Reading for pleasure and making reading pleasurable
Expanding digital resources
We’re focused on keeping the collections fresh, up-to-date and evolving – and that’s why we’re pleased to announce the expansion of some key online resources….Continue Reading Expanding digital resources
CityLibrary search downtime
At 2am on Tuesday 30th November, CityLibrary search will be unavailable for up to two hours due to a system upgrade. During this period you will not be able to access your library account, search for items, place requests or renew items. We envisage that the upgrade will be completed on time and full service…Continue Reading CityLibrary search downtime