Orkney Library

Books and Archives since 1683.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

More than 2000 years ago the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote in a letter to a friend, 'Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil' which means:

'If you have a garden in your library, everything will be complete.'

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Look at our lovely raised bed this morning! ❤️

This is our Moorland bed and it's one of five raised beds, each one representing a different habitat found here in #Orkney. 🌼

Find out more at: https://t.co/EcxaGLNAOM

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Look at our lovely raised bed this morning! ❤️

This is our Moorland bed and it's one of five raised beds, each one representing a different habitat found here in #Orkney. 🌼

Find out more at: https://t.co/EcxaGLNAOM

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Remembering that time we made a FIFA #WorldCup Trophy in our 3D Printer!

Anyway, it's nearly closing time so

we're going home
we're going home
we're closing
then we're all going home

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@JanJoostBouwman Wycliffe Down Under

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

When you have to design 2 different book covers but you only have one photo to use

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@tabzahs Officially yes

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

We have an announcement.

Orkney Library & Archive will be CLOSING at 5pm tonight.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

We hope this archive photograph of 2 men trying to work out the best way to ride a motorcycle helps to make up for any disappointment.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@CardiffSpinster Oh go on then

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@IncroyableLies It is! It's the Cytrix motorcycle display team at Stromness Shopping Week in 1955.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@sfbrennan Away on their hols again!

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

You can always tell when A-ha have been in to return their books

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

You get daily and weekly newspapers from all around the world, and magazines on every subject with back issues available too.
You can log in on your browser or download the BorrowBox App and log in with your Orkney Library card.

Find out more at:
https://t.co/D58qOdLovb

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

You don't need to spend £££££ flying across the Atlantic, booking hotels, buying match tickets etc to enjoy the #WorldCup! ⚽️

Your Orkney Library card gives you FREE ACCESS to loads of football eMagazines (and 100s of other magazines and newspapers) using the FREE BorrowBox App!

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

@iratesheep yeah okay

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

It's a little known fact that back in the old days #Orkney horses were masters of disguise and could easily blend into their surroundings.
You might not believe this but there is a horse standing in this photograph.

LIKE if you think you see it.
RT if you DEFINITELY see it.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Today we are wishing a Happy Birthday to Maurice Sendak, who was born #onthisdate in 1928.

If you've not read Where The Wild Things Are, read it today. Or if you've not read it for a while, read it today.

And then let the wild rumpus start.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Find out more about #Lego Braille Bricks at https://t.co/z3dPShrb9f and you can read more out our services for people living with visual impairment at https://t.co/LsML92RDei

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

It's #HiVis fortnight; an annual campaign to promote library services and technologies that assist people living with visual impairment.

The latest newest addition to our collection of assistive items is this brand new set of #LEGO Braille Bricks, sent from our friends @RNIB❤️

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Every #LEGO Braille brick has a braille character on it and with more than 100 activities available, this set means that visually impaired children have the opportunity to learn braille through play.

The set will be available to borrow from Orkney Library & Archive shortly.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

If you've never read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd then this is a great month to read it - published 100 years ago in June 1926!

Of all the many brilliant books Agatha Christie wrote, Roger Ackroyd is considered one of her masterpieces so it is well worth a read. 🔍

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

If you're joining in with the #ReadChristie2026 challenge then the theme for June is the Best @agathachristie story to Read in One Sitting!

The chosen title for this month is The Murder of Roger Ackroyd which is also being celebrated because it was first published 100 YEARS AGO!

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Our friends at @agathachristie have also sent us copies of the latest issue of The World of Agatha Christie magazine - full of extracts, trivia and puzzles.

Pick one up from Orkney Library or you can get your own copy by signing up to their newsletter at https://t.co/bm8Qg8lPb9