The European School Library exists to serve its community, supporting students as they learn to work with a wide range of resources and develop their academic skills. Our goal is to awaken curiosity and to guide students through inquiry and discovery.

United by a shared philosophy and purpose, the European School Library consists of two main branches: the Primary School Library and the Middle and High Schools Library.

Our spaces

The Primary School Library includes two dedicated spaces in Building A, serving Grades I to V in both the IB Primary Years Programme and the Georgian Programme. Collections for Grades I and II are held on the IV floor, and those for Grades III to V on the VI floor, and every primary student is welcome in both.

The Middle and High Schools Library operates across two buildings. In Building B, on the V floor, it serves Grades VI to XII in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP), Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP). In Building C, on the V floor, it serves Grades VI to XII in the Georgian Programme and the American School of Advanced Studies (ASAS).

Each library offers reading areas, computer stations and space for group projects, and transforms easily into a presentation space that hosts events for up to 50 guests. The Middle and High Schools Library also has a chess-playing robot, one of its most popular features.

Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00.

Our collections

The Middle and High Schools Library holds approximately 10,000 printed resources, and the Primary School Library around 4,000, in English, Georgian, French, German, Greek, Persian and Russian. Every reader can find something in the language closest to them, and students can keep their home language strong while learning in English.

The school’s young researchers also have 24/7 access to leading international academic and scientific databases.

Our services

• Research and academic integrity. Librarians teach research skills, source evaluation and citation across all programmes, and support the PYP Exhibition, MYP projects and DP coursework, so students learn to work with sources honestly and independently.
• Reading and literacy. Weekly Library Hour and Reading Hour in the primary school, differentiated so every reader takes part and builds the habit of reading.
• Digital literacy and AI. Sessions on databases, evaluating sources, and citing AI properly, so students can judge what they find online.
• Practical support. Printing, scanning, and a librarian on hand when you need one.

Events and guests

The library runs a full calendar throughout the year: World Read Aloud Day, Literacy Week, International Mother Language Day, Give a Book, the Book Fair and Academic Integrity Week, alongside book clubs, reading challenges, exhibitions and competitions.

Writers, translators, publishers, athletes and public figures visit to meet students, with new guests each year. Our events pages carry photographs and reports from past years.