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
Collection

Location	Hamilton, New Zealand
Branches	Six
Size	over 400,000
Other information
Director	Su Scott^[1]
Website	www.hamiltonlibraries.co.nz

Hamilton City Libraries are a group of six libraries in Hamilton, New Zealand, owned by the local city council.^[2] They lend fiction and non-fiction (for all ages), magazines, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs.

Branches

Hamilton Central Branch, located in Garden Place, converted from the Arthur Barnett department store (former Drapery and General Importing Company - DIC) and opened on 20 March 1993

There are six current branches:

Branch	Notes
Central library	Contains three floors. The upper floor is the reference area with public computers available for research.
Chartwell library
Dinsdale library	A single storey branch with computer access available by booking.
Glenview library
Hillcrest library
St Andrews library

References

External links

Hamilton, New Zealand

Suburbs	Ashmore Beerescourt Callum Brae Chartwell Chedworth Park Claudelands Crawshaw Deanwell Dinsdale Enderley Fairfield Fairview Downs Fitzroy Flagstaff Forest Lake Frankton Glenview Grandview Heights Hamilton Central Hamilton North Hamilton East Hamilton West Harrowfield Hillcrest Huntington Livingstone Magellan Rise Maeroa Melville Peacocke Pukete Queenwood Ruakura Riverlea Rotokauri Rototuna Silverdale St Andrews St James Park St Petersburg Somerset Heights Stonebridge Te Rapa Temple View Thornton Western Heights Whitiora

Urban area	Cambridge Huntly Ngaruawahia Tamahere Taupiri Te Awamutu

Schools	Fairfield College Fraser High School Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Girls' High School Hillcrest High School St John's College St Paul's Collegiate School

Sports teams	Chiefs (rugby) Magic (netball) Waikato (rugby) Waikato FC (football)

Facilities and attractions	Hamilton Gardens Hamilton City Libraries Hamilton Zoo Office of the Waikato District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (Former) Seddon Park St Peter's Cathedral Waikato Museum Waikato Stadium Waterworld pool complex

Other	Hamilton Press Tainui Waikato Hospital Waikato River Waikato Times

Coordinates: 37°47′16″S 175°16′57″E / 37.7879°S 175.2824°E / -37.7879; 175.2824

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