Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Of Education Libraries Fulha

Let me give my local library a little love. I’ve been happy having them nearby in the neighborhood and I’ve frequented the library often during our Eurotrip. It was easy to get a card and check out books. They have an easy to use system both in house and online to search for items, reserve and renew. I’ve mostly checked out travel guides for our trips that I used to spend a lot of money on. I really don’t need those once the trip is over anyway. Cheers, you’ve saved me money and I know where to go and what to see.

Quite small, but ooooh so lovely. What they don’t have they’ll get and it was also very very close to my former home. All good points! If you live in Fulham, this is where you get your read on.

The local library I found not only useful for books but many more added values, which I discovered bit by bit.
The Fulham Library has a photocopier black and white — which is of course practical on a Sunday.
Not having had Internet at my place, I regularly was able to book free Internet sessions — make sure you book in advance over the phone…
The book selection is alright, but very small, more for a pensioner who wants to look up which bird he spotted or books for children. If you need to do professional research the British Library or Royal College of Arts library is the cream of the crop.
Upstairs there is a study room all in dark wood reading lamps. In fact very beautiful and ideal if you need to spend some time studying in silence — there your will get peace and silence — if you do not apply to the rules you will get kicked out. The documents stored in the wooden shelving there are only to be studied in the library and not to be borrowed.

I don’t have all that much basis for comparison — you tell me is this better or worse than most London council libraries?
As a resource though I find it to be pretty useful — easier than dots to join up and the selection is pretty good. They have the usual mix of bestsellers, classics, factual and research books, general academic, foreign language, graphic and children’s books. They also provide some local community services like free internet access and a big study room upstairs. I’ve been up there a couple of times to try to work without the distractions of a coffee shop or my internet connection at home but honestly it’s a bit too much like uni for my liking — mostly students when I was in. Still — a good place to join if you are local and want to share all your books with your neighbors. Via the library middle man obviously so don’t worry you won’t have to talk to them.