A former Leeds library, which was sold off by the council, has gone up for auction for almost £200,000. Crossgates Library was sold by the city council in February 2024 after being deemed surplus to ...

According to the Chamber, Leeds’ first public library opened in the 1920s in two rooms above what was then Whitehead’s Grocery on Ninth Street. In the early 1930s, the library moved to Leeds High ...

THE report of the librarian of the University of Leeds for the session 1942–43 refers to the rapid growth of the Library as shown by the addition of 5,244 volumes during the year, 4,965 of which were ...

An outdoor poster campaign to promote Leeds Libraries has begun to roll out, created by Purebrand. The campaign uses popular fiction genres to target commuters with poster sites at railway stations ...