Hamilton City Libraries (New Zealand)

Hamilton City Libraries
Location Hamilton, New Zealand
Branches Six[1]
Collection
Size over 400,000
Other information
Director Su Scott[1]
Website www.hamiltonlibraries.co.nz

Hamilton City Libraries are a group of six libraries in Hamilton, New Zealand, owned by the local city council.[2] They lend fiction and non-fiction (for all ages), magazines, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs. In December 2016, a substitute library compensated for the closed Central branch.[3]

Branches

Hamilton Central Branch, located in Garden Place, converted from the Arthur Barnett department store (former Drapery and General Importing Company - DIC) and opened on 20 March 1993

There are six current branches:

Branch Notes
Central library In November 2016, the Central Branch was closed temporarily due to concerns related to earthquake safety.[4]
Chartwell library
Dinsdale library
Glenview library
Hillcrest library
St Andrews library

References

  1. 1 2 NANCY EL-GAMEL (January 2015). "Hamilton book borrowers owe almost $70,000". Waikato Times. Stuff.co.nz.
  2. About Us @ Hamilton City Libraries
  3. Pop-up library to fill in for Hamilton central
  4. Danielle Nicholson (November 2016). "Hamilton library shut over earthquake safety concerns". Hamilton News. The New Zealand Herald.

Coordinates: 37°47′16″S 175°16′57″E / 37.7879°S 175.2824°E / -37.7879; 175.2824


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