Your library services

Shropshire County Library Service provides an inclusive, responsive and accessible library and information service, meeting the needs and demands of Shropshire's communities, residents and visitors. The aim is to make this website and all the published information about the service as clear and easy to use as possible. Further information on what you can expect as a library user can be found on the page devoted to library customer service standards.

Introducing the service
Links to selected main pages appear on this page. The "Frequently asked questions" section gives a useful overview and answers such questions as:

• Where is my local library?
• How do I join the library?
• How much does it cost?
• How can I renew my library loans?
• Can you get me particular books and other items I need?
• What do I need to do to be able to use a computer in the library?
• How can I request a new PIN?
• Can I access a library outside normal opening hours?
• How do I make a comment, complaint or suggestion?
• Can I ask for someone to deliver my books?
• Can I hire a room for a meeting?
• Can I put up a display or mount an exhibition?
• Where can I find an online form?

What's new?
To find out what is happening around the county, follow the link to "Library news and events".

• Oswestry Library will be opening in a new building in August 2008 - there is currently a temporary service operating from the Mobile Library Garage adjoining the old library
• the National Year of Reading is a celebration of reading in all its forms. Follow the "National Year of Reading" link for more details
• Craven Arms Library has now re-located to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre with much longer opening hours. Further details can be found on the Craven Arms Library page.
• find out about the book everyone in Oswestry is reading on the "Oswestry Reads 2008" page
• books in Polish. Lokalna biblioteka można bezpłatnie skorzystać z komputera i książki w języku Polskim. [Your local library can provide you with free computer access and books in Polish] - books in other languages are also available or can be provided on request.