Shetland Library

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Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Further north than Orkney. 01595 743868 shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk

Colourful handmade fish hang down from a window
wifi printing prints up to 4 sheets 15p per side black and white only good for boarding passes or postage lables print direct from files downloaed on your phone not suited to photos or screen shots computer pritners prints multiple sheets higher quality print outs b&w 15p per side colour 30p per side log onto library computers to use ensure you bring your relevant passwords for emails Staff might advise you on the best method for printing
Jon Dunn is seated in the library. Super Sheltie looks on. Jon holds his new book Butterflies
Big yellow road sign saying ‘Attention, UP HELLY AA, Roads closed 4pm-9pm, No parking from 2pm.’
Up Helly Aa 2026
Harriet Tyce- contestant on BBC’s The Traitors and the books she’s written.
View of street outside window with big snowflakes sweeping by.
Five smiling people in a library, holding books.
Four smiling people holding books and yellow Bookbug dolls with a capiton of 'Shetland Library Staff - top reads 2025'
Four smiling people holding a variety of books
Four people in a library holding up books.
It's a sunny day at Shetland Library (not filmed today!) and a bright colourful Library van's doors are open and streaming out of the doors are all the library staff, one after another, some smiling and waving. The last two people come skipping out hand in hand. All the Library staff are lined up and are clapping. The caption over the video reads; mobile libraries, so much inside
two lego figures stand on a green baseboard in front on one another holding hands Beside them is a pink heart and a huge flame.
two lego figures stand on a green baseboard in front on one another holding hands Beside them is a pink heart and a huge glame.
Two storey building with many windows lit up against a twilight sky.
a plastic punnet of home grown tomatoes of all sizes and autumnal colours
Graphic showing newest additions to Shetland Library's Libby App with screenshots of book covers. Ebooks The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore Midnight Conspiracy by David Leadbetter The Perfect Crime by Vaseem Khan The Housemaid's Secret - by Frieda McFadden The Things We Leave Unfinished, by Rebecca Yarros eBook His Encore, Her Ecstasy by Trisha Fuentes The Lord of the Butterflies, by Andrea Gibson The Raven Banner by Tim Hodkinson The Killing Stones, by Ann Cleeves
A round table has an ipad in the centre playing Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. there are lots of resources for Playlist for life a music & dementia charity. there is a bluetooth speaker and a pair of headphones
Front covers of Kay’s, Janet Frazer, Swallow and Grattan home shopping catalogues.
Four young library staff smiling and holding books, seated at at table, library shelves of books behind.
Quick spin round the library stairs showing children’s colouring pictures and crafts pinned up.
Black and white tabby cat on a colourful bench beside a display of paper owls made by children.
Speech bubble saying "On a month long stay in Lerwick, I read the library had a visitor’s membership! I went round to see if this was too good to be true. The incredibly welcoming and helpful staff issued me a card on the spot. They helped me install the eBook app and I also borrowed books about the Shetland Islands’ history, traditions and traditional handcrafts. I’m a world traveller. I have never found another library willing to allow me to borrow their books. Thank you for extending your services to travellers. Thank you for all being so wonderfully kind and helpful."
michael pedersen hollie mcnish meet Super Sheltie - held by hollie - and marghie our librarian
a herring gull looks displeased with the selection of sale books on the trolley outside Shetland library
Collectors card with 12 activities: 1. Read to someone (or a pet) 2. Play a board game or Lego 3. Read a graphic novel 4. Read a non-fiction book 5. Read a magazine 6. Do a wordsearch or crossword 7. Enter our Shetland Summer comp 8. Enter our colouring comp 9. Read outdoors 10. Recommended a book to a friend 11. Listen to an audiobook 12. Share a joke!
Shetland Library bag with maps and walking guide books. On grass, with sea and cliffs behind.
Cover of A Thousand Feasts - gold Autumn leaves on a brown cover
Masked pony puppet swinging on a tinsel ‘trapeze’ by a book called ‘Circus Skills’
Three Enid Blyton Secret Seven books.
Scribbled list of ingredients, perhaps a shopping list, with a lot of technical notes and arrows underneath, e.g, Cubeside +Hexheight; offset 2nd layer.
a mauve poster with a borrowbox logo and a Shetland library logo. The poster has 8 Audio book covers on it Nora Roberts Hidden Nature, Nita Prose's The Maid's Secret, Lee Child's One Shot; Susan Lewis I Don't Believe a Word. Oh, Miriam, by Miriam Margolyes Mindful New Mum My Black Motherhood, by Sandra Igwe My New Breath, by Jeremy Renner
View from high window with long handled brush cleaning it.
Lunchbox as described in post.
Three smiling women by a library van with a masked pony puppet.
Roughly oval upright flat object with a big hole through the middle and some random little bits on top. Mainly yellow, some red and orange.
Cars in foreground with big cruise ship looming behind.
Book display headed by the Damian Barr quote used in the post.
Muckle Flugga book in library window, book cover is bright design in black, white, red, blue and yellow.
Five women are seated at a table of home-bakes and teacups. At the back stand four women - the youngest of whom is holding on to her fiddle.
A Pink and White sign promotes drop in session Monday 2 June from 5,30pm. Headed with Do You Struggle with Print Size? Come to our vision Services Drop in at Shetland Library. Attending this event are Macular Support Group Shetland, Adult Learning and Alzheimer's Scotland.
Main hall at the Next Con- people seated looking toward the stage
Three book covers. Dark Island by Daniel Aubrey, Close to Home by Cara Hunter and The Losers Club by Yvonne Vincent
Catalogue page of various multi coloured housecoats and dressing gowns.
Catalogue page showing cigars, Babycham, Cherry B and sherry by the box to buy.
70s catalogue page showing two black and white TV sets.
Platform boots over two pages of an old catalogue
Camera pans over 1975 editions of New Shetlander, clothes catalogues, old library cards, library stamp and retro books.
Person pulling five sections out of an album cover, each features one member of the Bay City Rollers.
D/S Hestmanden a ship part of the Liberation Convoy sailing from Norway to Shetland for the 80th Anniversary of VE Day
Stewart Bain's head poking out of the top of a furry brown Gruffalo suit, whose claw almost looks to be making a rude gesture.
Person inside Gruffalo suit which has brown fur, big teeth, horns and claws - holding a big card with Shetland Library and a photo of a puffin on it.
A kind and generous customer donated a Chippendale to the Library. Unfortunately not the kind we hoped for.
Notice board filled with over 20 colourful posters for events.
Four square concrete planters full of red and pink tulips with a few yellow daffodils amidst green leaves.
Hirda da Oorick by Ann Marie Anderson and Jenny Duncan.
Ann Cleeves’ Vera character spotted outside Jimmy Perez’s home in Shetland.