More than a Library
Go hands on with Maker_Space or sign up to the Perthshire Seed Library, check out Bookbug or print straight from your mobile.
You can find so much more than just books at your local library!
BOOKBUG
Bookbug is Scottish Book Trust’s national Early Years programme. As a national charity, Scottish Book Trust delivers the Bookbug programme locally by working in partnership with local library and education services, the health service and third sector organisations. To support local delivery of the Bookbug programme, Scottish Book Trust provides its partners with training, advice and Bookbug bags of books.
WARM SPACES
Community Libraries can offer warm spaces with access to books, digital technologies, comfy chairs, jigsaws, free heat packs and much more.
Lend and Mend
Our Lend and Mend Hub is a dedicated facility, based in the AK Bell Library that allows free access to equipment to repair, reuse and upcycle textiles.
LIBRARY JIGSAW EXCHANGE
We’ve got over 400 adult and children’s puzzles available to borrow.
INTERNET AND COMPUTERS
Free Wi-Fi, access to computers and the internet via the People’s Network.
Printing
Print directly to our library printers
MAKER_SPACE
Our Maker_Spaces are home to an extensive range of creative technology and are free to use for community groups, creatives, businesses, and individuals.
BOOK GROUPS
Being part of a book group is a popular pastime and there are a number of active groups in Perth and Kinross.
LIBRARIES FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING
Culture Perth and Kinross work in partnership with NHS Tayside and other local organisations to provide a range of self-help books covering topics.
Books on Wheels
This service delivers books to people who are unable to visit their local library. Throughout Perth and Kinross, volunteers visit more than two hundred people at home. If you are unable to visit your local library because you are housebound, recovering from illness, have mobility difficulties, or visual impairment or are a carer at home, we can bring the library service to you.
PERTHSHIRE SEED LIBRARY
The Perthshire Seed Library is a partnership between the Perthshire Organic Gardeners and Culture Perth and Kinross Libraries. The library aims to enable gardeners (experienced and novice!) to share a resource of open-pollinated seeds that suit local growing conditions, a library of knowledge and information plus the experience from local seed library volunteers.