Highlights From Libraries

ANGUSalive is responsible for seven libraries across the county which includes delivery of Angus Council’s ACCESS service. We offer a range of traditional and innovative library services through our network of seven full-time burgh libraries, two mobile library vehicles, a home delivery service and an extensive outreach programme.

Library members can select from a stock collection of over 170,000 items that includes fiction, non-fiction, local history and reference material for all ages in print and digital formats. Our growing collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines provides customer access to material 24/7.

Each library also offers residents and visitors access to the People’s Network computers for internet, email, online learning and Microsoft Office software as well as free guest Wi-Fi for customers with their own devices.

A programme of regular clubs and activities is designed to engage people with reading, literacy, culture and each other. Special events and promotions throughout the year tap into local and national initiatives.

The quality improvement framework for public libraries in Scotland, How Good is Our Public Library Service (HGIOPLS), was commissioned by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) to help library managers and staff demonstrate the quality of service provision and the impact they have on communities, with a focus on planning, service delivery and continuous improvement. ANGUSalive actively participates in this self-evaluation and peer review framework, putting forward our services to be assessed against the quality indicators and by providing reviewers as part of an evaluation team for other library services.