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Birkenhead Public Library Te Whare Matauranga o Birkenhead
Corner Rawene Road & Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand
Type
Public library
Established
1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Branch of
Auckland Libraries
Collection
Size
300,000+
Access and use
Population served
26,000
Other information
Website
Birkenhead Library
Birkenhead Public Library (Te Whare Matauranga o Birkenhead in Māori) is a New Zealand library, part of the Auckland Libraries system located on Auckland's North Shore. Founded in 1949 it predominantly serves the areas of Birkenhead, Beach Haven, Birkdale, Kauri Park, Chelsea, and Birkenhead East, a population of about 26,000, including six primary schools, two intermediate schools, and two colleges.[1][2]
Typical of medium-sized public libraries in New Zealand, it is able to provide an extensive range of modern library resources and services through its integration into a wider urban network, and through its association with the National Library, while retaining its own distinct, local connections such as the Archives Collection of the Chelsea Sugar Refinery.
The library was the first public library to be founded in North Shore City, the first to offer dial-up access to the New Zealand Bibliographic Network, and a leading proponent of full weekend services.[3][4]
For four years the library was located in temporary quarters in the Birkenhead Leisure Centre, while a dispute over the location and design of its proposed new building was resolved.[5] On 17 December 2009, a new Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre was opened on the site of the former library.[6]
^Fisher, Muriel and Hilder, Wenman. (1969). Birkenhead: the kauri suburb, Birkenhead: Birkenhead Borough Council, p. 101.
^Statistics New Zealand. (2006). Community Profiles accessed Feb 2007.
^Graham, Rata (1992). "Birkenhead Library: a history". Birkenhead: North Shore Libraries. pp. 1–3.
^"Computer links Birkenhead to library network". North Shore Times Advertiser. 28 January 1986. p. 3.
^Watson, Ben (9 June 2006). "Waiting game for reserve appeal". North Shore Times. p. 6.
^"Price trebles, but the library is back". The New Zealand Herald. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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