Leith Library

[3] The stone marking the first phase of construction was laid by the then Lord Provost, Alexander Stevenson in 1929.

[5] The building suffered bomb damage in 1941 but was subsequently restored and re-opened in 1955.

[6] The library is currently open six days a week and, in addition to the collection of books, offers visitors computer access, a for-hire community room, public exhibition space, a knitting group and a weekly children's crafts class/workshop.

[9] As of 1974, Edinburgh is the only area in the UK where public libraries utilise the US classification scheme.

Children's books, and some non-English works, are indexed using the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme.