Cocooning Service
Fingal Library Services Fingal County Council has a network of ten branch libraries located in Balbriggan, Baldoyle, Blanchardstown, Donabate, Garristown, Howth, Malahide, Rush, Skerries and Swords. Our library service also consists of four Mobile libraries, a Housebound Service and Local Studies and Archives. Fingal Libraries provides a wide range of traditional and digital services, offering 24-hour access to eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eLearning courses. Our libraries offer a varied programme of cultural and educational events from author visits and storytelling sessions to history lectures and health and wellbeing talks. Libraries are free to join and no charges apply to overdue items. A national catalogue system now exists within the public library service in Ireland meaning that books can be reserved from anywhere within the country and collected at your local branch. In addition to a varied collection of fiction & nonfiction books, our libraries also stock large-print books, audio books, CD’s and DVD’s.
The Fingal Libraries Cocooning Service has been operating out of the Fingal Mobile Library and Housebound offices since June 2020. The service is available to all residents of Fingal who are cocooning at home due to the Covid -19 Pandemic. To avail of this service please call us on 01 890 6719 or email cocooning.library@fingal. ie . Once we receive your request our staff will put together a box of books and/or DVDs as required. Please let us know of any special requests you have regarding authors or titles and we will do our best to provide you with what you want. Once your box of books is ready our drivers will deliver them directly to your door. When you are finished with them simply give us a call and we will come and collect them from you and supply another delivery if required. All our deliveries are carried out in line with Fingal County Council Covid-19 regulations.
Contact & Collect Service Fingal Libraries provide this service if we are unable to welcome people into our libraries due to Covid restrictions. Email or telephone your local library with your book requests and the library staff will contact you with a time and date once the items are ready for collection.
Free internet access, photocopying and printing services are also available in all of our libraries. All of our buildings are accessible, friendly, community environments where all ages are welcome.
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