Ormeau Road Library

Close to work, so that’s a bonus. Opens until 8 o’clock on a Thursday evening. Parking can prove to be a challenge. But nice and bright space to work.
Free WiFi and a good few sockets to charge up your phone. If you get bored you can always look out the window and stare at the lagan.
#ThroatPunch to anyone who chitters in the library.

Haven’t been in Ormeau Road Library in a very long time and how it has changed! It’s been given a face lift since I was last here. Now it’s bright, modern, warm and welcoming inside. Comfy armchairs, free Wi-​Fi, good selection of books, self service check out/​return, computers, meeting rooms and study desks. It’s awesome! I’m so glad I’ve misplaced my kindle!

I like this library, and have used it a lot as I always seem to end up living around the Ormeau Road end of the city when it’s time to look for a new place.
Their noticeboard is huge and is packed with info about community groups and events, and they have a really decent children’s section for those of us who like to be nostalgic by rereading Just William and Billy Bunter.
The fiction section is of a decent size too, although some of the non-​fiction categories could be a little bigger I think.
The best part of this library for me is the big reading tables right by the window, perfect for browsing over one of the newspapers on offer and watching the world go by.

The Ormeau Road library is unlike those old, stuffy libraries of days gone by, as it tries to keep up pace with modern society’s needs and wants.
Based on the Ormeau Road embankment it serves a wide community of varying needs and stands on its own against the competition of Queen’s university libraries. The library’s opening hours reveal how its services are in demand, with late opening on a Monday and Thursday to eight o’clock.
The only negative point is that the library only opens to one o’clock on a Saturday which would be a key day for family’s especially younger children making use of the service.
However, it redeems itself with the various programmes it runs during the week for all different age groups such as children’s storytelling, an adult book group and community poetry. There are also non-​reading activities to participate in such as an adult dance workshop!
So if you fancy having a rummage round age-​old classics or poking your nose in a new novel, drop down to the Ormeau library.