List of libraries in Victoria explained

The following is a list of libraries in Victoria, Australia.

State library

• State Library Victoria^[1]

Academic libraries

Theological libraries

• Carmelite Library (Affiliated with the University of Divinity)^[2]
• Mannix Library (Catholic Theological College)^[3]

Universities

• Baillieu Library (University of Melbourne)^[4]
• Borchardt Library (La Trobe University)^[5]
• Deakin Library (Deakin University)^[6]
• MacFarland Library (Ormond College, University of Melbourne)
• RMIT University Library (RMIT University)
• Sir Louis Matheson Library (Monash University)^[7]
• Victoria University Library (Victoria University)^[8]

Public libraries

Public library services in the state are managed by local councils or regional library corporations and are represented by Public Libraries Victoria.^[9]

Greater Melbourne

• Bayside Libraries (City of Bayside)^[10]
• Brimbank Libraries (City of Brimbank)^[11]
• Boroondara Library Service (City of Boroondara)^[12]
• Connected Libraries (Formerly Casey Cardinia Libraries) (City of Casey)^[13]
• Darebin Libraries (City of Darebin)^[14]
• Frankston City Libraries (City of Frankston)^[15]
• Glen Eira Libraries (City of Glen Eira)^[16]
• Greater Dandenong Libraries (City of Greater Dandenong)^[17]
• Hobsons Bay Libraries (City of Hobsons Bay)^[18]
• Hume Libraries (City of Hume)^[19]
• Kingston Libraries (City of Kingston)^[20]
• Maribyrnong Library Service (City of Maribyrnong)^[21]
• Melbourne Library Service (City of Melbourne)^[22]
• Melton City Libraries (City of Melton)^[23]
• Merri-bek Libraries (City of Merri-bek)^[24]
• Monash Public Library Service (City of Monash)^[25]
• Moonee Valley Libraries (City of Moonee Valley)^[26]
• Mornington Peninsula Libraries (Shire of Mornington Peninsula)^[27]
• Port Phillip Library Service (City of Port Phillip)^[28]
• Stonnington Library and Information Service (City of Stonnington)^[29]
• Whitehorse Manningham Libraries (City of Manningham and City of Whitehorse)^[30]
• Wyndham City Libraries (City of Wyndham)^[31]
• Yarra Libraries (City of Yarra)^[32]
• Yarra Plenty Regional Library (City of Banyule, City of Whittlesea and Shire of Nillumbik)^[33]
• Your Library (Formerly Eastern Regional Libraries) (City of Knox, City of Maroondah and Yarra Ranges Shire)^[34]

Regional and rural libraries

• Buloke Shire Library Services (Shire of Buloke)^[35]
• Campaspe Regional Library Service (Shire of Campaspe)^[36]
• Central Highlands Libraries (Rural City of Ararat, Shire of Southern Grampians, City of Ballarat, Shire of Moorabool, Shire of Northern Grampians, Shire of Pyrenees, Shire of Hepburn, Shire of Central Goldfields)^[37]
• Corangamite Moyne Library Service (Shire of Corangamite and Shire of Moyne)^{[38] [39]}
• East Gippsland Shire Library (Shire of East Gippsland)^[40]
• Gannawarra Library Service (Shire of Gannawarra)^[41]
• Geelong Regional Libraries (City of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Borough of Queenscliffe, Shire of Colac Otway)
• Goldfield Libraries (City of Greater Bendigo, Shire of Loddon, Shire of Macedon Ranges, and Shire of Mount Alexander)^[42]
• Goulburn Valley Libraries (Shire of Moira, Shire of Strathbogie and City of Greater Shepparton)^{[43] [44] [45]}
• High Country Library Network (Alpine Shire, Rural City of Benalla, Shire of Murrindindi)^[46]
• Hindmarsh Shire Libraries (Shire of Hindmarsh)^[47]
• Hyphen [Wodonga Library and Gallery] (City of Wodonga)^[48]
• Indigo Shire Libraries (Shire of Indigo)^[49]
• Latrobe City Libraries (City of Latrobe)^[50]
• Mildura Rural City Council Libraries (City of Mildura)^[51]
• Mitchell Shire Libraries (Shire of Mitchell)^[52]
• Myli - My Community Library (Bass Coast Shire, Shire of Baw Baw, Shire of South Gippland, Shire of Cardinia)^[53]
• Swan Hill Library (City of Swan Hill)^[54]
• Towong Shire Libraries (Shire of Towong)^[55]
• Wargaratta Library (Rural City of Wangaratta)^[56]
• Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre (City of Warrnambool; within the Warrambool TAFE)^[57]
• Wellington Libraries (Shire of Wellington)^[58]
• Wimmera Regional Library Corporation (City of Horsham and West Wimmera Shire)^[59]
• Yarriamback Shire Libraries (Shire of Yarriambiack)^[60]

Special libraries

• Australian Queer Archives^[61]
• Melbourne Athenaeum^[62]
• PMI Victorian History Library^[63]
• NGV Research Collection and Archive (National Gallery of Victoria)^[64]
• Victorian Parliamentary Library & Information Service^[65]
• Xin Jin Shan Chinese Library (Ballarat) (Chinese-language library)^[66]

See also

• List of libraries in Melbourne

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opening hours . 2024-07-12 . State Library Victoria . en.
2. Web site: Home . 2024-07-12 . Carmelite Library . en-gb.
3. Web site: Mannix Library . 2024-07-12 . mannix.org.au.
4. Web site: 2023-12-13 . Library locations & opening hours . 2024-07-12 . University of Melbourne Library . en.
5. Web site: Library . 2024-07-12 . La Trobe University . en-AU.
6. Web site: About the library . 2024-07-12 . Deakin University Library . en.
7. Web site: Sir Louis Matheson Library . 13 July 2024 . Monash University.
8. Web site: Campus libraries opening hours . 13 July 2024 . Victoria University.
9. Web site: About Us . 2024-05-23 . Public Libraries Victoria . en-AU.
10. Web site: Library locations and opening hours . 2024-07-12 . Bayside City Council . en.
11. Web site: Brimbank Libraries - Library Locations & Hours . 2024-07-12 . www.brimbanklibraries.vic.gov.au.
12. Web site: 2024-03-22 . Libraries . 2024-07-12 . City of Boroondara . en-AU.
13. Web site: About . 2024-07-12 . Connected Libraries.
14. Web site: Library services . 2024-07-12 . Darebin Libraries . en-AU.
15. Web site: Branches, Outreach, and Hours . 2024-07-12 . library.frankston.vic.gov.au.
16. Web site: Locations and hours . 2024-07-12 . Glen Eira Libraries . en-au.
17. Web site: Locations and Opening Hours . 2024-07-08 . Greater Dandenong Libraries . en.
18. Web site: Visit Us . 2024-07-10 . www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
19. Web site: Locations and Opening Hours . 2024-07-10 . www.humelibraries.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
20. Web site: About us . 2024-07-12 . Kingston Libraries . en-AU.
21. Web site: Locations and Hours . 2024-07-10 . www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
22. Web site: Library locations and opening hours . 2024-07-07 . City of Melbourne . en-AU.
23. Web site: Libraries Victoria . 2024-07-10 . www.melton.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
24. Web site: Visit or contact us at the Library . 13 July 2024 . Merri-bek City Council.
25. Web site: Branches . 2024-07-08 . Monash Public Library Service . en-AU.
26. Web site: Locations & Hours . 2024-07-07 . Moonee Valley Libraries . en-AU.
27. Web site: Our Libraries . 2024-07-08 . Mornington Peninsula Libraries . en-AU.
28. Web site: Library hours and locations Port Phillip Library Service . 2024-07-10 . prod-library.portphillip.vic.gov.au . en-au.
29. Web site: About us . 2024-07-10 . www.stonnington.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
30. Web site: Libraries & Hours . 2024-07-07 . Whitehorse Manningham Libraries . en-AU.
31. Web site: Libraries Wyndham City . 2024-07-10 . www.wyndham.vic.gov.au.
32. Web site: Hours and locations . 7 July 2024 . Yarra Libraries.
33. Web site: Locations & Hours . 2024-07-10 . Yarra Plenty Regional Library . en.
34. Web site: About Us . 2024-07-12 . Your Library . en-AU.
35. Web site: Council . Buloke Shire . Libraries . 2024-07-09 . www.buloke.vic.gov.au.
36. Web site: Library . 2024-07-12 . Campaspe Shire Council . en-AU.
37. Web site: About Central Highlands Libraries . 2024-07-12 . Central Highlands Libraries.
38. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-09 . Corangamite Shire . en-AU.
39. Web site: Branches . 2024-07-09 . Corangamite Moyne Library Service . en-AU.
40. Web site: Library Contact Details . 2024-07-09 . East Gippsland Shire Council . en.
41. Web site: Contact, Locations, Hours & Services . 2024-07-09 . Gannawarra Shire Council . en-AU.
42. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-09 . Goldfields Libraries.
43. Web site: Locations . 2024-07-09 . Goulburn Valley Libraries.
44. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-09 . Strathbogie Shire Council . en-AU.
45. Web site: Goulburn Valley Regional Library . 2024-07-09 . Greater Shepparton City Council . en.
46. Web site: Library and Customer Service Locations and Operating Hours . 2024-07-09 . Murrindindi Shire Council . en-AU.
47. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-10 . www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
48. Web site: 2021-07-30 . Hyphen Wodonga — Using the library . 2024-07-10 . www.hyphenwodonga.com.au.
49. Web site: Library branches and opening hours . 2024-07-09 . Indigo Shire Council . en-AU.
50. Web site: Locations and Hours . 9 July 2024 . Latrobe City.
51. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-12 . Mildura Rural City Council . en-AU.
52. Web site: Library locations Libraries . 2024-07-12 . Mitchell Shire Council . en.
53. Web site: Locations . 2024-07-09 . Myli - My Community Library.
54. Web site: Opening Hours & Locations . 2024-07-10 . Library . en-AU.
55. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-09 . Towong Shire Council.
56. Web site: Library . 2024-07-09 . Rural City of Wangaratta . en-AU.
57. Web site: Explore The Centre library.warrnambool.vic.gov.au . 2024-07-10 . library.warrnambool.vic.gov.au.
58. Web site: Libraries . 2024-07-09 . Wellington Shire Council . en.
59. Web site: WRLC . About Wimmera Libraries . 2024-07-10 . Wimmera Libraries . en-AU.
60. Web site: Library . 2024-07-09 . Yarriambiack Shire Council . en-AU.
61. Web site: About us . 2024-07-12 . AQuA . en-AU.
62. Web site: Library . 2024-07-12 . Athenaeum . en-US.
63. Web site: About Us . 2024-07-12 . PMI Victorian History Library . en-AU.
64. Web site: NGV Research Collection and Archive NGV . 2024-07-12 . www.ngv.vic.gov.au . en-AU.
65. Web site: Library . 13 July 2024 . Parliament of Victoria.
66. News: 2023-01-10 . How a regional town has become home to some of the rarest Chinese books in the world . 2024-07-12 . ABC News . en-AU.