Cover Story: our ace teen reading promotion!
Cover Story is our yearly pick of the best teen reads. The booklist (available free in libraries and online) contains 48 of the best books for 11 – 14 year…
‘Home Sweet Home’, says CEO, Paul Martin
Following his visit to Richmond upon Thames Library Services on Thursday 29 December 2016, Paul Martin, Chief Executive Officer serving Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, shares his views on libraries and…
Behind the Scenes: planning an IT event
Wow! More than 2,000 sessions delivered? How did we do that? In the last three years the Information and Reference Library has planned and held 31 IT events alongside our extremely popular…
New additions to the Local Studies collection
Regular visitors to the Local Studies Library & Archive will know that we were closed for two weeks at the beginning of December. During this time, Local Studies staff were…
Make a Noise in Libraries fortnight
The Information & Reference Library, Richmond, will once again be participating in Make a Noise in Libraries (MANIL), organised by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). This annual campaign, in…
Borough in Prints Collection
Jane Baxter, Heritage Manager, interviews Rachel Kidd, the graduate trainee behind this wonderful new addition to the Local Studies website. Richmond Library 1884 What was your inspiration for the Borough…
Be Online 2015: Demonstrating Digital Services
From Monday 23 February to Saturday 7 March 2015 the Information & Reference Library took part in UK Online Centres' Be Online 2015, a fortnight of free events aimed at…
Volunteers Give New Life to Print Collection
The Local Studies Library & Archive has a collection of around 3,500 prints, watercolours and pencil drawings that document the development of Richmond upon Thames from the eighteenth century onwards.…
Volunteering: behind the scenes, skills
Our libraries have over 100 volunteers who commit their time to enhance the service. From taking care of our gardens to facilitating reading groups and much much more. Working behind the…