check out all our upcoming events on our FB page ow.ly/e78EQ

From Mon 8 Oct, people aged 16+ visiting libraries across the borough will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about the service.

Exhibitions at Darwen library: paintings by Mr F Mulhearn, photos by Graham Dean and Mr Senior’s collection of nature photographs

Have you been watching Who Do You Think You Are? Use Find My Past and Ancestry to trace your family tree, available at your library.

Are there any newspaper articles you've missed? You can search online for UK and Irish national and local newspapers using UKNewsstand.

Local information about Blackburn, provided by KnowUK ow.ly/emj44

We have a new #Twitter account! Please follow us BwDLibraries

We now have OED online, the definitive record of the English Language. Type bwd then your library card number. ow.ly/eiD9x

From 17 October GOV.UK will replace Direct Gov as the best place to find government services and information ow.ly/dLcZX

Half Term events - check our FB page for our Black History Month themed events ow.ly/e779l

Great if you're nosey, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Type bwd then your library card number. ow.ly/eiDAJ

Learning to Drive? Practise for your theory test with Theory Test Pro, at home and in the library. ow.ly/eiDLk

Six degrees of Francis Bacon? (or is that Kevin Bacon....) ow.ly/emieH

Love your lawn? advice for looking after your lawn this Autumn ow.ly/emkjP

This website encourages readers to try the works of new authors ow.ly/emk7y

Everything you ever wanted to know about Existentialism... ow.ly/emhQP

Hundreds of reference books free to read online ow.ly/emjas

KnowUK has a Life Events section, giving you advice on what to do at different life stages, ow.ly/emjRu

Have you heard of Xenophon? early Greek historian... ow.ly/emiS1

Friends of Darwen library (FODL) The next FODL meeting will be at 6pm on Monday, 12 November in the library. The group have put together...