Auckland Libraries

Auckland Council Libraries
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau (Māori)
The Central City Library in the Auckland CBD
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
EstablishedNovember 2010 (2010-11)
Branches55 (now 56 from March 2021)
Collection
Size
  • Approx. 3.5 million items
  • Access to 100+ databases
Access and use
Circulation17 million items (2012)
Population served1.5 million
Other information
DirectorMirla Edmundson
(General Manager Libraries and Information / Amorangi, Ngā Pātaka Kōrero)
Websitewww.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

Auckland Council Libraries, usually simplified to Auckland Libraries, is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It was created when the seven separate councils in the Auckland region merged in 2010. It is currently the largest public-library network in the Southern Hemisphere, with 56 branches from Wellsford to Waiuku, two research centres, mobile library services, and an extensive heritage collection.