As the country moves to level 5 restrictions, from Thursday October 22, Cork County Council Library will move its services online.

A wide range of ebooks, eaudio, emagazines, enewspapers and ecourses are all available free of charge. From our website you can join the library and access a full range of free online services from home. You can access BorrowBox for eBooks and eAudiobooks, RBDigital for magazines, PressReader for newspapers, Transparent Language for language learning and UniversalClass for online courses. These can all be accessed on your phone, tablet or computer. Find out more at https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/library-services/library-online.

The staff of the Local Studies Library are still available to answer your queries about local and family history. The Cork local studies digital collection, which includes previous exhibits, photographic collections, digitized material from our Cork and Irish Collections as well as a selection of local history journals, can be viewed at www.corklocalstudies.ie/. You can contact the staff by phone at 021 4546499 or email [email protected]

For further details on other services online, please check our social media for updates.

A Housebound Book Delivery Service will also be available. If you are interested in availing of this service, please contact the Cork County Council’s Community Call Helpline at 1800 805 819 or email [email protected]. You can also contact your local library.

For those who were availing of the Book Collection Service, it will not be possible to collect such items from this date. The online book request system is paused until further notice but you can still access your account online. Your books will be automatically renewed if they were due to be returned over the next six weeks.

If you require assistance, please contact the Cork County Council’s Community Call Helpline at 1800 805 819 or email [email protected]

For library queries, please contact 021 4546499 or email [email protected] or get in touch with your local library by phone.

Thank you for always supporting your local library.

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