Ethnic Library Service

Libraries welcome black, minority ethnic and other diverse communities in Edinburgh - including asylum seekers and refugees. McDonald Road Library is the Centre of Excellence for providing library resources in a wide range of community languages. These resources are also available from the Central Library, selected community libraries and mobile libraries.

Services

• books in community languages including Urdu, Chinese, Arabic and Polish
• audio visual materials
• newspapers and magazines
• dual language picture books for under fives
• community language software for word processing
• free internet access to information and learning sites.

Events

• regular events and author visits for children and adults
• reading groups
• regular courses and taster sessions for internet, e-mail and word-processing
• the Ethnic Library Service provides a forum for public consultation on the development of library services for the minority ethnic communities.

Information on Ethnic Language Collections in Edinburgh City Libraries (25 kB)

Link to Newspapers and Magazines in Community Languages in Edinburgh Libraries (Word) (34 kB)