Idea Store & library services
Tower Hamlets libraries and Idea Stores
aim to serve the local community with a range of services.
Children & young people’s service
Discover a wide range of services for children
of all ages:
- Daily Story Time sessions, Monday – Friday 10.30 -11.15am
- Homework Help
- An exciting programme of fun activities and events.
- Summer reading scheme
- School class visits
- Reading Groups
- Bookstart Scheme
Computers & internet
All Idea Stores and Libraries in Tower Hamlets have public
computers that you can use for free to surf the net, create
documents and access your email. Computers can be booked in advance
with a choice of computer terminals and locations. Computer booking
is open to members only, using their own Idea Store/library
borrower card.
How
to book a computer
Home delivery service
Do you have mobility difficulties in getting
to your local Idea Store or library? Are you a full-time carer
whose responsibilities prevent you from visiting our buildings?
Then our free home delivery service is here to meet your needs
Becoming a member of this service is easy, you can either refer
yourself or you can be referred by someone else. To make a referral
or for more information about the service contact Idea Stores
by email ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk,
or phone Barbara Stretch, Idea Store Manager Bow, on 020 7364 5775.
Sylheti speakers can contact Mamun Rashid, mobile: 07958 086
949.
Idea Store Learning
Idea Store Learning offers over 900 high quality courses in
a wide range of subjects.
Whatever your reason for learning we have a course for
you!
At an average cost of just £2.20 per hour, our courses are great
value for money.
Local History Library & Archive
Services include:
- Over 20,000 books and pamphlets dating from the 17th
century to the present day
- Shipping Collection
- Cuttings Collection which includes newspaper
articles and printed ephemera
- 25,000 photographs and
illustrations
- Over 2,000 maps and plans dating from
Elizabethan times to the present day
- Exhibitions
- Microfilms including local census returns
from 1841 to 1891, local newspapers, parish registers and trade
directories
- Audio-Visual Collections
Online Catalogue and eLibrary
The user friendly online catalogue gives you
details of all titles in stock in Tower Hamlets and our London
Libraries Consortium partners. Visit the
Online Catalogue
You will find details of books, CDs, DVDs, language courses and
maps.
The catalogue tells you in which libraries and
Idea Stores the titles are held, and whether they are currently
available for you to borrow or reserve. You will also find
descriptions and reviews of books and the option to buy new books
from Amazon.
Discover our range of audio books and
eBooks available to download free from the eLibrary. Visit the
eLibrary