Libraries in Brisbane
97 libraries are mapped in Brisbane, from the main city library to branch libraries, mobile library stops and the street bookcases where books are swapped for free. Where the data says so, you also get opening hours and whether the building is step free.
Named libraries in Brisbane
- Brisbane Square LibraryGeorge Street 266 · Mo-Th 09:00-18:00; Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-16:00; Su 10:00-15:00; PH off · Step free
- The EdgeStanley Place · Mo-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 12:00-17:00 · Step free
- State Library of QueenslandStanley Place · Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Su 10:00-17:00 · Step free
- QUT Gardens Point Main LibraryStep free
- QUT Law LibraryMo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su off; PH off; Jan 01-Feb 23 Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su off · Step free
- TAFE Library
- Book Nook24/7
- Community Library24/7
- Victoria Park Book Swap
- UQ/Mater McAuley LibraryMo-Fr 08:00-17:00
- Kurilpa LibraryBoundary Street 178 – 180 · We 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-16:00; Mo 09:00-13:00; Tu 13:00-17:00 · Step free
- Roscoe Library Saint Francis Theological College
- Dauphin's Library
- Bristol Street Book Library24/7
- New Farm LibrarySydney Street 135 · Tu,We 10:00-18:00; Th 12:00-20:00; Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-16:00; Su,Mo,PH off
- Ryan Street Footpath Library24/7 · Partly step free
- Central LibraryMo-Fr 08:00-18:00, Sa,Su 12:00-17:00 · Step free
- Fryer LibraryCampbell Road · Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00 · Step free
- Walter Harrison Law Library24/7 · Step free
- Biological Sciences LibraryBuilding 69 Slip Road · 24/7 · Step free
- Architecture and Music Library
- Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences LibraryCooper Road, St Lucia · 24/7 · Step free
- Toowong LibrarySherwood Road · Mo-We,Fr 09:00-17:30; Th 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-16:00 · Step free
- Stones Corner LibraryLogan Road 280 · We-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-16:00 · Step free
- Bulimba LibraryOxford Street 219 · Tu 09:00-17:00; We 13:00-20:00; Th-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-16:00
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 97, including the 67 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Brisbane?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 97 mapped libraries around it, or pan to any area and search there. Tap a marker for its position, opening hours when known, and walking directions.
- Are the libraries in Brisbane free to use?
- Public libraries normally are, both for reading on site and for using the toilets, wifi and workspace. Borrowing usually needs a library card, which is typically free for residents.
- Are opening hours shown?
- Where OpenStreetMap has them. Branch libraries often keep shorter and more variable hours than the main library, and some have self service hours outside staffed times, so confirm before a special trip.
- What is a public bookcase?
- A street cabinet or shelf where anyone can take a book and leave one, sometimes called a little free library. They are included here alongside proper libraries, and they are the kind of small fixture only OpenStreetMap bothers to map.
- Where does this libraries data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of libraries in Brisbane complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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