Auckland City Libraries is home to a large and varied collection.
The libraries work together to provide an extensive collection of fiction and non fiction material (including large print and audio books) as well as a great choice of music, DVDs, games, newspapers and magazines. We have vast reference collections of books, journals and other material (including sheet music and language courses).
In addition to what you can see on the shelves, there are a further 600,000 items stored in the basement of the Central City Library. you can find these items in our online catalogue, and library staff will retrieve them for you on request.
There are collections aimed specifically at kids, teens, and
Māori as well as a growing collection of material in a wide range of world languages.
The
Digital Library is our collection of eResources and online database that feature indexes and full-text articles on every subject imaginable.
Our
Heritage Collections which range from recently published books and documents to Maori language and medieval manuscripts, are a treasure house of rare, valuable and interesting material. We provide key resources for
family history and local history research.