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                    City Library Closure

                    City Library will close from Friday 29 March until mid 2024.

                    From Tuesday 2 April reservation collection and returns will be available.

                    Find out more information about City Library.

                    Catalogue maintenance

                    Our library management software will be down for maintenance on Thursday 9 November between 9pm and 1am.

                    Online services such as renewing, joining or accessing the elibrary will be unavailable.

                    We apologise for any inconvenience.

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                    ​Here are all the ways you can locate reading, listening, watching, and research materials.

                    Search our collections

                    Find everything we have, physical or digital

                    ​Reserve items you want

                    Once you’ve found items you want on the catalogue, you can reserve them to be picked up from whichever library you choose. Look for the place reservation button on your search results. You will have one week to collect your reservations. Members may have a maximum of 20 items reserved at any one time.​

                    Get items we don't have

                    If you have searched our catalogue and we don’t have what you want, you can ask us to buy it. 

                    You will need to be a member and log in to use this service. Find out about library membership.


                    If we can't buy it, you can see if other libraries have it. We can ask them to loan it to you on our behalf. Fees and charges may apply.

                    eLibrary - digital collections


                    You can access digital resources for reading, viewing, listening, and research without ever entering one of our libraries.

                    We have: 

                    • eBooks and eAudio
                    • online newspapers and magazines from around the world
                    • streaming music and movies
                    • reference and research databases
                    • learning and tutorial services
                    • online resources for kids.

                    Many things can be found by searching the catalogue, other things such as streaming music, research materials, and learning resources can only be found by searching directly on the relevant services.

                    Community languages


                    As well as English, ​City of Melbourne Libraries has books in:

                    • Chinese 
                    • Hindi 
                    • Japanese 
                    • Korean 
                    • Vietnamese.

                    We have magazines in:

                    • French 
                    • German 
                    • Italian
                    • Spanish. 

                    Find out which libraries have community language items.

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