UPDATE: Library building open as normal - Saturday 21 June

We are pleased to report that the Library building is now open with full access to power. Members can enjoy access to all services as usual.   

 

UPDATE: work continues on power outage issue

UK Power engineers have been working on the issues in the local area and power has been largely restored. However, we are still working to restore our building systems, which may take a few more hours. Therefore, the building will remain closed to members for the rest of the afternoon.

We are expecting the Library to be open as normal on Saturday 21 June.  

Thank you for your patience.

 

Library building closed due to local power outage - Friday 20 June

Due to a UK Power outage in the local area, the Library building is currently unable to open to ensure the safety of our staff and members.

Along with neighbouring buildings, large areas of the Library are affected included the stacks, lifts, toilets and fire alarms. Members may also experience a delay in communicating with staff who cannot access emails.

Engineers are currently working on this issue and we have been advised that we may be able to open this afternoon.

In the meantime, members not visiting the building today can make use of our electronic resources, Catalyst, and eBooks, as well as the online events available through the website.

Please check back here for updates.

We are delighted to announce our five new London Library Ambassadors, who join our existing 10 ambassadors and will help raise awareness of the Library and expand the Library’s reach and impact.

The Ambassadors were chosen for their longstanding support in which each member has, on numerous occasions, voluntarily offered their time, expertise and platform for the Library. Their work spans genres, from historic writing to poetry and academia, reflecting our wonderfully creative and diverse community.

We are glad to publicly extend our gratitude for their valued, ongoing commitment to the Library.

Find out more about the Library Ambassadors

As part of our ongoing partnership with the Jhalak Prize, we want to congratulate 2025 winners Mimi Khalvati, NS Nuseibeh and Nathanael Lessore for winning this year’s ninth Jhalak Prize. 

Established in 2016, The Jhalak Prize awards celebrate the creativity, imagination and literary excellence that people of colour bring to the UK publishing landscape.

As Jhalak prize partners, we are delighted to support these winners and those shortlisted with complimentary London Library membership. 

Our online catalogue Catalyst will be unavailable to members for up to 24hrs over the weekend of 12-13 July while the service provider, ExLibris, carries out a datacentre migration. 

During this maintenance period, ExLibris will display a holding page for 23.5 hours and for the final 30 minutes, visitors will be shown a “Page not found” error.

We apologise in advance for this inconvenience.

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