Mobile and Community Libraries

Mobile Library and Home Delivery service

Shetland Library Mobile

After the COVID pandemic, our Mobile Library and Home Delivery service was expanded and diversified in response to feedback and increasing customer demand. We now offer customers visits from our big Mobile Library van or we can deliver a pre-selected collection of Library books to your home with our smaller delivery van.

Please note that Mobile Library visits and home deliveries operate to a 6 week rotation, 3 weeks apart.  So, for example, if the big Mobile Library van visits your area, the small delivery van will then be in the area 3 weeks later, with the Mobile Library returning 3 weeks after that. We would like to encourage folk to choose their own books on the Mobile Library, rather than use it as a delivery van.  Please click on the links below to see when the Mobile Library van or the delivery van will be in your area.

Mobile Library Timetable 2026

Home Delivery Timetable 2026

If you have any questions, or are a new customer who would like to know about our Mobile Library and Home Delivery service, please contact us by phoning 01595 743868 or emailing shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk

Week beginning Monday 11 May 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 11.05.26 Library Library
Tuesday 12.05.26 Staneyhill - Scalloway - Burra: Staneyhill, Scalloway, Trondra, Hamnavoe & Burra Unst: Baltasound, Haroldswick, Burrafirth, Uyeasound & Belmont
Wednesday 13.05.26 Bressay, Bressay Hall 2 pm - 2.30 pm Library
Thursday 14.05.26 Fetlar Northmavine: Urafirth, Hillswick, Eshaness, Heylor, North Roe, Ollaberry & Sullom
Friday 15.05.26 Library Library

Week beginning Monday 18 May 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 18.05.26 Library Library
Tuesday 19.05.26 Aith & Bixter: Weisdale, Aith, Aith Hall 11 am - 11.30am, Clousta, Sand, Bixter, Bixter Hall 1.30 pm - 2 pm Sumburgh: Dunrossness, Exnaboe, Virkie, Quendale,, Scousburgh & Bigton
Wednesday 20.05.26 Sandness & Walls: Sandness Primary School 10 am - 10.30 am, Walls, Happy Hansel Primary School, Selivoe, Skeld & Reawick Library
Thursday 21.05.26 Library Sandwick: Gulberwick, Quarff, Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Hoswick & Levenwick
Friday 22.05.26 Libary Library

Week beginning Monday 25 May 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 25.05.26 Library Library
Tuesday 26.05.26 Yell: West Sandwick, Gutcher, Cullivoe, Cullivoe Hall 11.30 am - 12 noon, Camb, Mid Yell, Mid Yell Leisure Centre 12.30 pm - 1 pm & Aywick Brae: Brae, Muckle Roe & Mossbank
Wednesday 27.05.26 Whalsay: Symbister, Harlsdale 11.30 am - 12 noon, Brough & Isbister Library
Thursday 28.05.26 Library Nesting - Vidlin - Voe: Nesting, Skellister, Billister, Laxo, Vidlin, Voe & Girlsta
Friday 29.05.26 Library Library

Week beginning Monday 1 June 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 01.06.26 Library Library
Tuesday 02.06.26 Unst: Unst Leisure Centre 10.30 am - 11.00 am, Final Checkout 11.10 am - 11.40 am, Haroldswick, Norwick, Burrafirth & Uyeasound Fetlar & Skerries
Wednesday 03.06.26 Hillswick - Brae - Mossbank: Brae, Brae Co-op 10 am - 10.30 am, Urafirth Primary School, Hillswick, Mossbank Primary School, Voxter & Brae Library
Thursday 04.06.26 Library Central: Gott, Scalloway, Trondra, Hamnavoe, Bridge End & Bressay
Friday 05.06.26 Library Library

Week beginning Monday 8 June 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 08.06.26 Library Library
Tuesday 09.06.26 Sandwick: Quarff, Cunningsburgh Primary School, Cunningsburgh, Sandwick, Sandwick Bakery 1 pm - 1.30 pm & Levenwick Aith & Bixter: Clousta, Twatt, Aith, East Burrafirth, Garderhouse, Reawick, Skeld, Selivoe & Bixter
Wednesday  10.06.26 Sumburgh: Dunrossness, Virkie, Quendale, Mainland's Shop 12 noon - 12.30 pm, Hymhus 1 pm - 1.30 pm & Bigton Library
Thursday 11.06.26 Library Sandness & Walls: Whiteness, Bridge of Walls, Walls, Sandness & Weisdale
Friday 12.06.26 Library Library

Week beginning Monday 15 June 2026

Day Date Mobile Library (Big Van) Mobile Library (Peerie Van)
Monday 15.06.26 Library Library
Tuesday 16.06.26 Nesting - Vidlin: Nesting Shop 9.50 am - 10.10 am, Nesting Primary School 10.20 am - 11 am, North Nesting, Lunnasting Primary School, Lunning, Vidlin & Voe Yell: West Yell, West Sandwick, Herra, Sellafirth, Cullivoe, Camb, Mid Yell, Aywick, Burravoe, Ulsta & Coppister
Wednesday 17.06.26 North Roe & Ollaberry: Ollaberry Primary School, Ollaberry, Lochend, North Roe Primary School, North Roe & Sullom Library
Thursday 18.06.26 Library Whalsay: Symbister, Marrister, Brough, Skaw, Isbister & Huxter
Friday 19.06.26 Library Library