In January 1996 the Idães Dependency opened, and in November 1997 the Itinerant Library was launched, circulating through all of the municipality's parishes and schools. Reading is a necessary universal right to the growth of the individual and his active participation in society. The Municipal Library of Felgueiras has an extension working in the Village of Barrosas, the Idães Dependency, with about 4.000 books, and the services of the Itinerant Library are also available providing about 3.000 books. The Municipal Library foresees a short-term extension in the city of Lixa.

      Programmed animation and awareness activities have been carried out by this Library for the attainment of its goals: the "Story Telling Hour" for the little ones, the circulation of bibliographically adjusted book packages throughout municipal schools and the prison, movies sessions suitable to the different age groups, meetings with writers, exhibits on the most varied subjects, as well as of local and national authors, conferences and lectures on subjects on the national and regional agenda. 

    Having the democratization of the information society and the satisfaction of all the interested parties' needs as a keystone, the Municipal Library of Felgueiras has a diversified range of services and events: Public reading, loans, audiovisual services, active information diffusion, research reference and support, Internet access, CD-ROM consultation, reading animation and promotion, access to the municipal archive of Felgueiras, community information, national and European information virtual centre, diversified cultural activities: meetings with writers, conferences, theatre, exhibitions, music...