We are pleased to report that the new Dalston CLR James Library opened on Monday 23 January. It is the first new Council library to be built in Hackney for over 20 years.
At 2,964 square metres over three floors, the library is one of the largest libraries in the UK, more than twice the size of the previous facility.
As well as 17,000 books for adults, 9,500 for youngsters and 200 talking books there are 1,600 CDs/DVDs. The library includes 20 dedicated study spaces and 2 meeting rooms along with free use of 57 computes and free wi-fi. There will also be a cafe on the site (opening later in the year) managed by a local business.
The
building will also incorporate Hackney Archives, the Council’s official records
repository, and which is open to the public. They have over 20,000 historic
photographs, original records of Hackney Council and other local organisations,
and what are thought to be the oldest documents in the collections, a bundle of
property records relating to land in different parts of London, dating back to 1356.
The library, as with the previous building, is named after CLR James, a Trinidadian historian, journalist and social theorist.
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