Home library service
Walsall’s Home Library Service
Willenhall Lane
Bloxwich
Walsall WS3 2XN
Telephone 01922 710625
Email mobilelibrary@walsall.gov.uk
Home Library Service
What is the Home Library Service?
Whatever your circumstances, you need never be without a library service. We provide a Home Library service for the residents of Walsall of any age who, because of illness or frailty, are unable to visit their local branch library. The service is also available to carers who have difficulty accessing a library service because of their individual circumstances.
We also have a Home Library Officer who speaks a number of Asian languages and is dedicated to providing a Home Library Service to the Asian community.
The Home Library Service also provides deposit collections to residential homes throughout Walsall. The collections are put together by Home Library staff using reader profiles and changed on a monthly basis. A WRVS volunteer assists with bringing materials to a small number of Walsall residents.
How Do I Become a Customer?
Are you:
- A resident of Walsall Metropolitan Borough?
- Unable to get to a local library because of disability or illness?
- Unable to carry materials to and from a library?
- A full time carer?
If you have answered “yes” to any of the above you may be eligible for the Home Library Service.
Phone us on: 01922 710625
Email: mobilelibrary@walsall.gov.uk
You will be contacted by one of our Home Library officers who will make an appointment to visit you in your own home.
Each officer carries an official identification badge and uses a white van with the Walsall council logo on its sides.
Customers are also referred to us through other agencies such as Social Services or the Walsall Society for the Blind.
What can I borrow?
There are no limits to how many materials you can borrow.
You may borrow:
- Fiction and non-fiction books in standard and large print formats
- talking books
- music cassettes and CDs
Our Asian stock includes all of the above in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu languages. Music cassettes and CD’s are available in various categories such as Bhangra, Bollywood films, religious, ghazals, folk songs and qawalies.
Does it cost anything?
There is no cost for books, and no hire charges for talking books or recorded materials.
It is also free to request any particular item so just let the Home Library Officer know what you need, and they can try to find the item for you.
We can also provide various types of information such as contacts of other agencies and services available.
Useful links
A page of relevant addresses and webpage links.
This page was last updated on 12 May 2008