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News and Announcements
Covid-19 – Reopening of libraries
We are starting to safely reopen our libraries following their closure due to Covid-19.
From Tuesday 7th July, Central Library (ground floor) and Crayford Library will reopen as part of a phased approach to reopening our libraries
Find out more about which services will be available and what limitations will be in place when we reopen on the Covid-19 Updates page.
You can view a short video which explains how the restrictions work.
More information is also available on our COVID-19 Updates page.
Silly Squad, Summer Reading Challenge 2020
This year's annual Summer Reading Challenge has gone digital!
Find out more about this year's challenge and how you can join in!
eMagazines are moving!
From 1 July 2020, some of our FREE downloadable digital magazines are moving – you can currently find them all on our RB Digital portal, but most will be moving to our PressReader site instead.
Find out more
Bexley Libraries proudly presents...Odd Odes and Short Stories from the Shed
Enjoy three short YouTube videos with three verses from Victorian era Bexley.
The ballad of Foots Cray Cricket Club
Lockdown Stories
Are you missing your regular Storytime? Then come and see Will from Welling Library reading some amazing stories!
Your Digital Library is Never Closed
You can still access lots of library services from the comfort of your own home - books, audiobooks, magazines, comics, newspapers and lots more!
Your Digital Library is available 24/7 and access to all these great resources is FREE for Bexley Libraries members.
It’s easy to get started - all you need is your library card and PIN, an email address and an internet enabled device, such as a PC, tablet or smartphone.
- Read an eBook
- Listen to an Audiobook
- Read an eMagazine
- Read an eComic
- Read a newspaper online
- Access Online Reference Services
Resources for learning at home
There are lots of free, fun and educational activities available to help keep your child occupied at home, now that local schools have closed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Many schools will have issued guidance on what children can do whilst they are at home, but just in case you need some more ideas, we have come up with some suggestions to get you started.
Online resources for learning at home
Free digital audiobooks from RBDigital
Free digital audiobooks from Ulverscroft
You can now listen to eAudiobooks through your phone or tablet with uLIBRARY.
Until 31 July, Ulverscroft are giving members of Bexley Library Service free access to a collection of 500 digital audiobooks on the uLIBRARY portal.
It’s easy to get started – just register at www.ulibrary.net/register
You just need your name, your email address, your library (Bexley Library Service) and Country (UK) to register. Ulverscroft will then email your login credentials within 72 hours.
Once you have your login credentials, just follow these 6 steps to download your favourites.
PressReader – new for Bexley Libraries
PressReader is a fantastic new digital resource that offers FREE access to a huge selection of digital newspapers and magazines to everyone with a Bexley Library card.
Over 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines from across the world, in over 60 languages are available. Over 100 UK and Irish daily newspapers are on Press Reader – including The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Telegraph and The Observer. The papers are all full colour newspapers, unabridged, and include supplements.
You can browse and download titles free of charge at any time from any location using the free PressReader app.
For more information and to get started, click here
FREE Comics and Graphic Novels
Our range of digital comics and graphic novels has just gotten even better!
All your Marvel comic favourites, such as Spiderman, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and the Avengers are still available, but now you can also download lots of Disney titles as well, including Lion King, Frozen, Cars, Toy Story, Wall-E, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp etc.
We also have lots of IDW titles, including Angel, Dungeons and Dragons, G.I. Joe, Jessica Jones, Orphan Black, Star Trek and Transformers.
It’s really easy to get started – all you need is an email address and your library card number.
Bexley Libraries App
Your personal library in the palm of your hand
Download the new Bexley Libraries App for quick and easy access to library services wherever you are, whatever the time. You can search the library catalogue, download eBooks, renew and reserve books and find out about events in libraries. With the App on your mobile device, you'll never be without your library card.
Download it for free from:
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Care Hub
The Bexley Care Hub is an online portal which provides information on services for older people, those with care needs and their carers. There is information on financial assessments, savings and contributions and a useful tool for users to find services and providers near them. Users are also able to carry out a self-assessment of their own social care needs. Access The Bexley Care Hub
