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We're here to help by offering Early Learning Centres a wide range of information, resources, activities, and events.

We still have lots of material left to transcribe, and from discussions in our webinars and over email we believe that many of you are interested in continuing to contribute. So we are reorganising.

We provide books for children that deal with a range of social and personal issues. These books act as soft introductions to complex issues and are written in a way that young children can understand easily. The books initiate social awareness for children and allow them to understand themselves, others, and the world around them.

Over the last few weeks we’ve published a number of blogs on a wonderful resource available to you with your Dublin City membership. The Great Courses offers video-based learning that fits your life. You can watch at a time and place that suits you and learn at your own pace. There’s no homework, no tests, so no pressure.

Dublin City Libraries are delighted to present a new range of sensory and assistive resources available for use in branch libraries citywide. 

Jacob's manufactured biscuits in Dublin for almost 130 years from 1880 to 2009, first in Bishop Street and they subsequently moved to Tallaght in 1975. The photographs reflect the company's history as a major employer in Dublin city and as a global exporter of biscuits.

If you are a member of Dubllin City Libraries you can borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for free, from Borrow Box. This guide takes you through the steps necessary to download eBooks to a computer, and transfer them to an eReader.

Dublin City Libraries have lots on offer for our younger members! As well as books, we have lots of free online resources for fun or for homework help.

Dublin City Council and the Abbey Theatre present readings of 'Ulysses' by acclaimed actor Barry McGovern.

Shoppers at a new Lidl store in Dublin will get a unique insight into the city's medieval past. The remains of an 11th century house are clearly visible beneath a glass section of the floor of the store on Aungier Street in the city centre.