The City of Sydney Library network consists of nine branch libraries and two 'library links', located in Australia within the City of Sydney Council administrational area.
A free public lending library service has existed in Sydney since 1877 when the Government of New South Wales opened a lending branch of the State Library of New South Wales on Macquarie Street. By the end of the same year there were over one thousand registered borrowers. In 1899 the lending library moved to the second floor of the Queen Victoria Building and in 1909 control passed from State to the City of Sydney Council. In 1918 the library moved again, this time to the old concert hall of the Queen Victoria Building. This provided space for a separate children's library to open in the same year. The first branch libraries opened in 1949 which also provided book deposit stations at a number of local schools. In 1970, the City library moved to yet larger premises within the Queen Victoria Building before taking up residence at 321 Pitt Street in 1984. High rent fees prompted it to move again in 1994 to Town Hall House. In 2005 the Town Hall branch moved to its current location at Customs House at Circular Quay.
In addition to the network's collection of over 400,000 books the libraries provide for the loan of CDs, DVDs, magazines, newspapers, toys and non-English books. The libraries also provide internet, copying and printing services.
The City of Sydney library had a total stock of 461,253 items as of June 2015.[3]
Library Linkedit
A Library Link has existed in Town Hall House, close to the location of the library's previous premises, since its relocation to Customs House in 2005. The Library Link makes available a number of current newspapers and magazines, a fiction collection, a self-operated check-in and check-out machine and a telephone to contact library staff. Members can pick up books and other material held at other branches at the Library Link by contacting staff. In 2006 a link opened at Pyrmont offering a limited services. People are able to drop off books and pick up items they have asked for during the time that the volunteers are there.
Membershipedit
The library network has around 40,000 active members and processes 1,350,000 loans per year.[4] Membership of the library network is free to residents of the City of Sydney local government area and residents of New South Wales.
Referencesedit
^"Green Square Library - City of Sydney". www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^"Sydney Subject Specialisation Scheme". 17 November 2012.
^Morrison, Kathy. "PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS 2014–15 PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES" (PDF). State Library of NSW. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^City of Sydney Library Statistics (2004–06), retrieved 2009-10-07 2009-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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