Portobello_Library,_Edinburgh

Portobello Library, Edinburgh

Portobello Library, Edinburgh

Library in Edinburgh

Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500[1] and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M. Weatherstone with a stock of 26,000 books and eight staff.[2] The previous accommodation in the Old Town Hall, now Portobello Police Station, was considered unfit for purpose and was criticized for being dirty, dark and overcrowded.[3]

Opened in 1897, the year after Portobello was formally incorporated into the City of Edinburgh, the library service is the joint-second oldest in Edinburgh (after Central Library (1890) and joint with Western (Dundee Street) Library (1897).[3]

In 1997, Portobello Library celebrated its centenary through a programme of talks.[4]

In June 2017, the Edinburgh Tool Library opened a lending service out of Portobello Library.[5]

Portobello Library is one of the main venues for events at Portobello's annual book festival in October.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "New Library Opening". Edinburgh Evening News. 12 October 1963.
  2. [2]
    "Portobello's new library opens". Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. 12 October 1963.
  3. [3]
    "Portobello Library: long service - and spacious days ahead". Edinburgh Evening News. 16 March 1963.
  4. [4]
    "Library marks centenary". Portobello Reporter. Autumn 1997.
  5. [5]
    "Edinburgh Tool Library Is Coming To Portobello - Public Notices". www.portobellocc.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Portobello Book Festival". Portobello Book Festival. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

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