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| City of Sydney Library | |
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 Customs House Library Branch | |
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| Location | Sydney, Australia |
| Established | 1909 |
| Branches | 9 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 400,000 books |
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| Website | library |
The City of Sydney Library is a library network within the City of Sydney Council administrational area in New South Wales, Australia. The network consists of nine branche.
The first Sydney public library began as the Australian Subscription Library, which opened in 1827. [1] By 1858, there was a "great want" for a free public library in the city [2] and the council had began to make plans by 1869, [3] though by 1883 no "definite plans" had yet been made, and the council were still deciding on the location for the first library. [4]
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, marking the official beginning of City of Sydney Libraries. [5] 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.
Library Link
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.
In the Sydney Subject Specialisation Scheme, a Sydney-wide collection development policy which facilitated interlibrary loans prior to computerised union catalogues, the City of Sydney Library maintained a focus on life sciences, engineering and French literature. [17]
The City of Sydney library had a total stock of 461,253 items as of June 2015. [18]
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.
The library network has around 40,000 active members and processes 1,350,000 loans per year. [19] Membership of the library network is free to residents of the City of Sydney local government area and residents of New South Wales.
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