From Tuesday 2 April reservation collection and returns will be available.
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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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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.
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.
You can access digital resources for reading, viewing, listening, and research without ever entering one of our libraries.
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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.
As well as English, City of Melbourne Libraries has books in:
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Find out which libraries have community language items.
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.
We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.