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Library Services at Home
 

www.birmingham.gov.uk/libraryservicesathome

Library Services at home

Library Services at Home is a specialist service
based at:

Unit 14
Gravelly Industrial Park
Tyburn Road
Erdington
Birmingham
B24 8HZ

Tel: 0121 464 1118
Fax: 0121 464 0693

Text phone / Minicom: 0121 464 0694
library.services.at.home@birmingham.gov.uk

Closure Details for Public Holidays

See some of the fascinating Oral History Projects we've done.

Free talking book service from the RNIB

New ! We now have a Tele-Book Club. Please ask the staff for more details

Who Can Use The Service ?

The service is available to residents of Birmingham who are physically unable to visit their local library due to disability, illness, mobility or frailty. The service is also available to carers who are unable to visit their local library due to their individual circumstances.

What Kind Of Service Is Offered?

A member of staff will deliver a monthly supply of books to your home. Careful records are kept of readers' current likes and interests in order to help with the selection.

As well as ordinary print books, we supply the following:

Large Print Books

Talking Books (for people with sight difficulties) including Birmingham's Forward newspaper

Jigsaws
Magazines (both general interest and specialist titles)
Community Information (Available on request. Please phone for details)
Recorded music

Readers Newsletter

We produce a Newsletter three times a year in large print format and on CD and audio-cassette to keep all our readers in touch with what is currently going on.

Reservations

We operate a FREE reservation service for any particular items which are required. Just contact one of our staff.

Residential Homes/ Sheltered Accomodation

Loans consisting of larger numbers of items can be delivered to community rooms in residential homes, sheltered accommodation and day centres by arrangement with local wardens or managers.

Please Note

Please note LIBRARY SERVICES AT HOME is an extremely popular service so you are advised to telephone first (Tel 0121 464 1118) for full details about services to the particular area of the city you live in.


Or you can apply for the service online.

Complete whichever version of our application form suits you:

Description of form

Applet version

HTML version

Text only version

Application for Library Services at Home

Library Services at Home Application (requires Java)

Library Services at Home Application

Library Services at Home Application

For each version you need to scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Next to move to the next screen.

Find out more about our online forms


Related Links
Information Zone for Older People
Forward Newspaper
Festivals of Our Lives
Memories from the Islands
Our Africa
Upstairs, Downstairs
Reflections of War
Other Electronic Forms
Tele-book Club
 
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