Scotland loves libraries!

We know that the Scottish people love their libraries. In the last year, there were nearly 30 million visits to our country’s public libraries, and millions more to libraries of other types, like in universities, schools, colleges, or even the health service and other specialist information centres.  Bucking the trend of declining visits being reported elsewhere, visits to Scottish libraries are actually increasing, showing just how important our services are to cultural life and economic development in this country. Whether for workplace development, personal study, access to learning or a gateway to the world of reading, your local library has something to offer you.

But we need your help so that we can keep up the good work. Financial constraints and budget cuts will affect libraries in all sectors, and this at a time when we know people will need their libraries more – to help with job seeking and retraining, to access the internet, or to skim money off the household budget by borrowing that expensive text book or latest best-seller. To keep enjoying access to libraries and our services, please make your voice heard for libraries by signing our petition or have your say about what libraries mean to you in our guestbook. With your help, we can show politicians and policymakers just how much libraries mean to the people of Scotland!