What is the Home Library Service?
Our Home Library Service is a special monthly service which reaches out into the heart of our community. It is here for residents who, because of age or health, are…
Library Volunteers’ Day Out: A Trip to Strawberry Hill House
George Andrews, one of the library volunteers, describes their recent trip to Strawberry Hill House – a treat organised in recognition of their sterling work in Richmond upon Thames libraries.…
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…
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…