Postal Address: The Wardwick, Derby DE1 1HS. Interactive location map  

Phone: 01332 255400 Book renewals

01332 255398 Enquiries and information

01332 369570

Minicom: 01332 380712

E-mail: central.library@derby.gov.uk

Operations Manager: Julie Topham

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Pay your library charges by credit or debit card - You can pay online any outstanding service charges on your account for requests, reservations, overdue items and lost or damaged items.

Access
The library is accessible for wheelchair users and has induction loops at the counters and Enquiry Desk. There is also an induction loop in the Learn @ Your Library Centre.

Central Library has:

• Standard print books in English, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Gujerati, Bengali, Polish, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Farsi, Francophone, Kurdish, Pashto, Russian and Somali
• Large print books in English, Punjabi and Gujerati
• Newspapers and magazines
• Audiobooks - on tape and CD
• Music CDs
• DVDs
• Access to the Internet and e-mail
• Word processing and other Microsoft Office applications
• Independent learning packages on computer
• Citizenship mock exam on CD-ROM 
• Internet Taster sessions for beginners 
• Learn @ Your Library Centre
• Business information
• Books in Braille for children
• Large screen PC with software to magnify the text and convert it to speech
• Colour Photocopier
• Fax machine
• Storytimes for children and Chatterbooks club
• Reading Group for adults

Please note that we charge for some of these services.

Everything in the library is for adults, young people and children unless we state otherwise.

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