Opening hours
**Please note that Partick Library is closed for building improvement works and is due to re-open at the end of 2019.**
Your closest alternative libraries are Hillhead, Whiteinch and the Mitchell Library. If you have any queries during this time please email getintouch@glasgowlife.org.uk. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Some services have relocated to other venues, click here for the current list.
Built in 1925, Partick Library offers a wide range of services and activities in relaxing and inspiring surroundings. With thousands of books and a programme of weekly classes and events, our friendly staff will always be on hand to help you get the most out of your visits.
Don’t forget you can access all 33 Glasgow Libraries and our 24/7 online library with your Glasgow Libraries membership card: Join Glasgow Libraries
Find a book, reserve and renew, search the catalogue and access all of our online resources.
Accessible toilets
Baby changing
Baby feeding
Guidedog friendly
Hearing loop
Photography and video recording
On occasion, filming and photography may take place in the venue.
Additional information
View the accessibility guide here on AccessAble - the new name for DisabledGo.
Community information
Community languages collection
Local history collection
Newspapers and magazines
Novels and factual books
Photocopying
Study spaces
Free wifi
In the recent programme celebrating his 75th birthday, Portrait Of A Lifetime, Connolly described Partick Library as the most important building there.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
Maggie O’Farrell
My favourite book so far this year has to be Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death’.
This uncomfortable yet absolutely compelling memoir is a real page-turner, as thrilling as any work of fiction I have read. O’Farrell’s brushes with death include: a jump off a wall into the sea where she was trapped under water, a truly death-defying encounter with a man on a remote mountain path and a plane journey where passengers hit the ceiling as the plane hurtled towards the earth. An unconventional, astonishing memoir that leaves the reader grateful and lucky to be alive. Wonderful.
Louisa, Partick Library
Glasgow Life offers Adult Learning programmes, activities and support services in a number of libraries across the city.
For more information about Digital Learning provision, English Language courses or support with Reading, Writing or Numbers - please visit our Learning Opportunities page.
