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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.


                    City of Melbourne Libraries are free to join, and open to anyone living in Victoria. 

                    Proof of identity with name, and current address must be shown. If you have no proof of address you can still join, and if you can’t visit one of our seven libraries​ we have online-only memberships. 

                    People under 18 years of age require a parent or guardian to take responsibility for their account.

                    Library app

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                    Stay connected with the City of Melbourne Libraries app:

                    • reserve and renew
                    • search the catalogue
                    • find your next read
                    • discover our eLibrary
                    • research and learn
                    • find out what’s on
                    • and more!

                    Download it from the App Store or Google Play now.

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                    Membership information in community languages

                    Arabic
                    نبذة عن مكتبات بلدية مدينة ملبورن
                    Hindi
                    City of Melbourne की लाइब्रेरियों के बारे में
                    Korean
                    멜번 시티 도서관 소개
                    Mandarin
                    关于墨尔本市的图书馆
                    Somali
                    Ku saabsan Maktabadaha Magaalaweynta Melbourne
                    Vietnamese
                    Về Thư viện Thành phố Melbourne

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