Christchurch City Libraries

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Christchurch City Libraries
Tūranga – the new post-earthquake central library in 2019
43°31′48″S 172°38′05″E / 43.5300°S 172.6346°E / -43.5300; 172.6346
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Established	1859
Branches	20
Collection
Size	1,089,818 (June 2008)
Access and use
Circulation	5,980,509 (July 2007 – June 2008)
Population served	369,006 (2018 census)
Other information
Director	Carolyn Robertson (Libraries and Information Manager)
Employees	254
Website	christchurchcitylibraries.com

Christchurch City Libraries is a network of 21 libraries and a mobile book bus. operated by the Christchurch City Council and Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake the previous Christchurch Central Library building was demolished, and was replaced by a new central library building in Cathedral Square, Tūranga, which opened in 2018. A number of community libraries were also rebuilt post earthquake.^[1][2]