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County Library and Information Service

Welcome to the Library and Information Service web site

Our resources

Use the navigation at the left hand side to select the information you require.

You can access the Lancashire county library catalogue . We also maintain the Online Reference Library which provides access to a range of online sources from your local library, home or any internet PC

There are also extracts from our own catalogue - there are reading lists for different types of stock and a selection of new stock and new releases which is updated every month or so. If you want, you can also read book reviews submitted by our users , and even submit your own reviews . You can also have a look through a list of our most requested items and see which are our most popular books this week.

There is also news of the Unclassified fiction scheme in Colne Library

Special Collections - View some of the many special collections that we have available to us here in Lancashire. From manuscripts to photographs to pamphlets, find out where we store miscellaneous items of interest.

The Lancashire Lantern web site covers

Community information/clubs and societies ( How to get your society listed in our database )
Census index
Newspaper index
Obituaries
Parish registers
Armed forces index
Record Office transactions
The Image Archive - Our collections of local photographs, postcards and other images held in libraries across the county, as part of the Lancashire County Library and Information Service. Here you will find, at the click of a mouse, life in Lancashire in all its many aspects – people, buildings, streets, transport, architecture, customs, traditions, celebrations and much more!
The (External) Lancashire Pioneers web site gives details of people who were famous local people in science, technology and innovation. These pioneers were either born in Lancashire or their endeavours made a significant contribution to the development of the County.
The Lancashire Poetry Index - An index to authors, first lines and titles of Lancashire poetry in books held within libraries in Lancashire, including the Lancashire Authors’ Association collection. The index provides details of the book in which a particular poem may be found and also a link through to the library catalogue to give the locations of the required volume. It is under continuous development.

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