Hamilton City Libraries (New Zealand)

This article is about the libraries in Hamilton, New Zealand. For other libraries with this name, see Hamilton Library.

Hamilton City Libraries
Map
LocationHamilton, New Zealand
BranchesSeven[1]
Collection
Sizeover 400,000
Other information
DirectorRebecca Whitehead[2]
Websitewww.hamiltonlibraries.co.nz

Hamilton City Libraries are a group of seven libraries in Hamilton, New Zealand, owned by the local city council.[3] They lend fiction and non-fiction (for all ages), magazines, audiobooks, and DVDs. From November 2016 to 9 July 2018, a substitute library compensated for the temporarily closed Central branch,[4] and the libraries closed for over 2 months for COVID-19 in 2020.[5] Waikato District residents living close to Hamilton City can freely use the Hamilton libraries.[6]

  1. ^ Hamilton City Libraries. "Locations and hours". Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Library leadership team". Hamilton City Libraries. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Libraries". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Pop-up library to fill in for Hamilton central". 4 December 2016.
  5. ^ "History of Hamilton City Libraries". Hamilton Libraries. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ^ Agreement reached over Hamilton city libraries