List of libraries in Melbourne

This is a list of libraries in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the second UNESCO City of Literature.¹ Melbourne has a rich and varied reading culture and municipal councils throughout Melbourne provide funding and support for a large network of libraries.

• Australian Queer Archives
• Berwick Mechanics' Institute
• Footscray Mechanics' Institute Inc. Library, Footscray
• Melbourne Athenaeum Library
• PMI Victorian History Library
• Melbourne Art Library
• The Military Library of the Royal United Services Institute of Victoria

Melbourne's public library services are operated by local government municipalities through a range of grants funding and service agreements. In addition to branch libraries a number of library service providers also operate a mobile service to outer Metropolitan areas. Public Libraries Victoria is the peak body for public libraries in Victoria.²

Inner City

• City of Melbourne has libraries in Docklands, East Melbourne, Melbourne and North Melbourne.³
• City of Port Phillip has libraries in Albert Park, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda.⁴
• City of Yarra has libraries in Carlton North, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North and Richmond.⁵

Northern suburbs

• City of Banyule has libraries in Ivanhoe, Rosanna and Watsonia⁶ and a click and collect service at Bellfield.⁷ Their libraries are operated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library.⁸⁹¹⁰
• City of Darebin has libraries in Fairfield, Northcote, Preston and Reservoir.¹¹
• City of Hume has libraries in Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Gladstone Park, Sunbury and Tullamarine.¹²
• City of Moonee Valley has libraries in Ascot Vale, Avondale Heights, Flemington, Moonee Ponds and Niddrie.¹³
• City of Merri-bek has libraries in Brunswick, Brunswick West, Coburg, Fawkner and Glenroy.¹⁴
• Shire of Nillumbik has libraries in Eltham and Greensborough,¹⁵ and a click and collect service at Hurstbridge.¹⁶ Their libraries are operated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library.¹⁷¹⁸¹⁶
• City of Whittlesea has libraries in Lalor, Mernda, Mill Park, Thomastown and Whittlesea,¹⁹ and a click and collect service at Epping.²⁰ Their libraries are operated by Yarra Plenty Regional Library.^212223242520

Eastern suburbs

• City of Boroondara has libraries in Ashburton, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Hawthorn and Kew.²⁶
• City of Knox has libraries in Boronia, Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Rowville and Wantirna South.²⁷ Their libraries are operated by Your Library.²⁸
• City of Manningham has libraries in Bulleen, Doncaster, Doncaster East and Warrandyte. Their libraries are operated by Whitehorse Manningham Libraries.²⁹
• City of Maroondah has libraries in Croydon and Ringwood.³⁰ Their libraries are operated by Your Library.²⁸
• City of Whitehorse has libraries in Blackburn, Box Hill, Nunawading and Vermont South.³¹ Their libraries are operated by Whitehorse Manningham Libraries.²⁹
• Shire of Yarra Ranges has libraries in Belgrave, Healesville, Lilydale, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn and Yarra Junction.³² Their libraries are operated by Your Library.²⁸

South Eastern suburbs

• City of Bayside has libraries in Beaumaris, Brighton, Hampton and Sandringham, and a library locker in Hurlingham Park³³
• Shire of Cardinia has libraries in Emerald and Pakenham.³⁴ Their libraries are operated by Myli - My Community Library.³⁵
• City of Casey has libraries in Cranbourne, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Hampton Park and Narre Warren.³⁶
• City of Greater Dandenong has libraries in Dandenong and Springvale, and a library locker in Dandenong North.³⁷
• City of Frankston has libraries in Carrum Downs, Frankston and Seaford.³⁸
• City of Glen Eira has libraries in Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caulfield and Elsternwick.³⁹
• City of Kingston has libraries in Chelsea, Cheltenham, Clarinda, Clayton South, Dingley Village, Highett, Moorabbin, Parkdale and Patterson Lakes.⁴⁰
• City of Monash has libraries in Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Oakleigh and Wheelers Hill⁴¹
• Shire of Mornington Peninsula has libraries in Hastings, Mornington, Rosebud, Somerville and Sorrento.⁴²
• City of Stonnington has libraries in Malvern, Malvern East, Prahran and South Yarra.⁴³

Western suburbs

• City of Brimbank has libraries in Deer Park, Keilor, St Albans, Sunshine and Sydenham.⁴⁴
• City of Hobsons Bay has libraries in Altona, Altona Meadows, Altona North, Newport and Williamstown.⁴⁵
• City of Maribyrnong has libraries in Braybrook, Footscray, Maribyrnong, West Footscray and Yarraville, and a library locker in Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre.⁴⁶
• Shire of Melton has libraries in Caroline Springs and Melton, and library access points in Aintree, Diggers Rest, Fraser Rise and Strathtulloh.⁴⁷
• City of Wyndham has libraries in Hoppers Crossing, Manor Lakes, Point Cook, Tarneit, Truganina, Werribee and Williams Landing.⁴⁸

The State Government of Victoria maintains a library service for staff within Government departments and agencies through the Victorian Government Library Service,⁴⁹ and to all Victorians through the State collection maintained by State Library Victoria.⁵⁰

• Museums Victoria library⁵¹

The multi-campus, national University of Divinity has 10 libraries in Victoria.⁵²

• The Carmelite Library, Middle Park
• Dalton McCaughey Library, Parkville
• Eva Burrows Library, The Salvation Army, Ringwood
• Geoffrey Blackburn Library, Whitley College, Parkville
• Leeper and Mollison Libraries, Parkville
• Mannix Library, Catholic Theological College, East Melbourne⁵³
• Redemptorist Seminary Library, Kew
• Social Justice Library, Box Hill
• St Athanasius College Library, Coptic Orthodox Church, Donvale
• St Paschal Library, Box Hill⁵⁴

• Ormond College Library,⁵⁵ The University of Melbourne
• Trinity College Library,⁵⁶ The University of Melbourne

• The University of Melbourne has libraries on its campuses in:
  • Parkville: ABP Library, Baillieu Library, ERC Library, Giblin Eunson Library, Law Library
  • Burnley: Burnley Library Creswick: Creswick Library
  • Dookie: Dookie Library
  • Southbank: Southbank Library
  • Werribee: J.A. Gilruth Library ⁵⁷
• La Trobe University has libraries in Albury–Wodonga, Bendigo, Bundoora, Melbourne, Mildura, Shepparton, Sydney⁵⁸
• RMIT University Library⁵⁹
• Monash University Library⁶⁰
• Swinburne University of Technology Library⁶¹
• Victoria University Library⁶²
• Deakin University Library⁶³
• Federation University Library⁶⁴

There are a large number of special libraries in Melbourne, which are embedded in corporations and organisations in the fields of law, business, professional associations, health, charitable, religious and cultural organisations.⁶⁵

• State Library Victoria Foundation