The Tovertafel (‘Magic Table’ in Dutch) was officially launched today in the dlr LexIcon Library by An Cathaoirleach Councillor Ossian Smyth and is the first of its kind to be installed in Ireland, with a second one planned for Deansgrange Library.

Commenting on the installation, County Librarian Mairead Owens said:

“One of the goals of dlr Libraries is to work with local communities to stimulate creativity and social cohesion, and to contribute to quality of life issues. The library service supports lifelong learning, and the Tovertafel helps us meet our commitment to provide a rich and

What's On: October-December for dlr LexIcon and dlr Libraries has arrived!

Pick up your copy in any dlr Library from Friday 21st September or read it online here.

Féile Litríochta agus Ealaíon do Pháistí

Déardaoin 11 – Dé Sathairn 13 Deireadh Fómhair 2018

Leabharlann an LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire agus IADT 

Imeachtaí go léir saor in aisce - áirithintí le / All events free of charge and bookings with noirin@glornangael.ie

Book Launch: 'RMS Leinster: The Forgotten Tragedy'

All welcome

dlr Libraries are delighted to announce this seminar event, the first of what will be an ongoing series of collaborations between archivists and local historians throughout the country. Have you a collection of material that you feel may be of interest to your local archive or library? Would you like to know more about preparing it for donation? Find out more about this event organised by dlr LexIcon in association with the Federation of Local History Societies and the Local Government Archivists and Records Managers.

Free event but booking essential on eventbrite.ie

Summer Stars 2018 drew to a close in dlr Libraries with celebratory events in our branches during September. As well as all of the rewards along the way, each branch chose three winners at random from all those who read at least eight books over the summer months. A total of 24 branch winners were then invited to attend a special prize-giving ceremony in dlr LexIcon on Saturday, 6 October, where they all received prizes from An Cathaoirleach Cllr Ossian Smyth. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who sponsored prizes on the day - IMC Dún Laoghaire, Nimble Fingers in

dlr Libraries would like to say a big Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to our 2018 LEGO competition. The theme for this year's competition was ‘Design your ideal play space using LEGO’. We were really impressed with the quality of the entries. After careful consideration our judge, Elaine Bowden of Bricks 4 Kidz declared the following category winners:

Age 0-7: First prize - Zoe Russell

Age 0-7: Second prize - John Steen

Age 8-12: Patrick  Reynolds

Age 13-17: Johnah and Naomi Lacy

And thanks to all of you who took part in choosing our crowd favourite: Patrick Reynolds. Congratulations to

All Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown libraries will be closed on the morning of Monday 5 November 2018 to facilitate staff training. All libraries will re-open at 2pm on Monday afternoon.