Libraries in Hong Kong
62 libraries are mapped in Hong Kong, 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 Hong Kong
- 花園街公共圖書館 Fa Yuen Street Public Library
- DBS Library
- 九龍公共圖書館 Kowloon Public Library培正道 Pui Ching Road 5
- Ronald J. Chao Library
- 大角咀公共圖書館 Tai Kok Tsui Public LibraryMo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Th off; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00
- 油蔴地公共圖書館 Yau Ma Tei Public Library上海街 Shanghai Street 251 · Mo 12:00-20:00, Tu-Sa 10:00-20:00 open "LNY Eve, Mid-Autum Fest shortened"; Dec 24,31 09:00-17:00; Su,PH 09:00-17:00 "LNY Day 1-3 closed"; Jan 01, Dec 25,26, easter -2 days off
- LRC Reading Centre
- Middle School Library
- Senior School Library
- 元州街公共圖書館 Un Chau Street Public Library
- 石硤尾公共圖書館 Shek Kip Mei Public Library
- Heep Yunn Library農圃道 Farm Road 1
- 土瓜灣公共圖書館 To Kwa Wan Public Library
- 包玉剛圖書館 Pao Yue-kong LibraryStep free
- 尖沙咀公共圖書館 Tsim Sha Tsui Public Library科學館道 Science Museum Road · 10:00-17:00, Mo-Fr 17:00-19:00 "except LNY Eve, Mid-Autum Fest"; Dec 24,31 10:00-17:00; Th off; PH 10:00-13:00 "except LNY day 1-3"; Jan 01, Dec 25,26, easter -2 days off
- 紅磡公共圖書館 Hung Hom Public Library
- 九龍城公共圖書館 Kowloon City Public Library衙前圍道 Nga Tsin Wai Road 100 · 10:00-19:00; Th closed; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00; PH 10:00-13:00; Jan 01,Dec 25-26,easter -2 days closed; Dec 24,Dec 31 10:00-17:00
- 深水埗公共圖書館 Sham Shui Po Public Library深旺道 Sham Mong Road 38 · Mo 12:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 09:00-17:00
- 保安道公共圖書館 Po On Road Public LibraryPartly step free
- 區樹洪紀念圖書館 Au Shue Hung Memorial Library
- 樂富公共圖書館 Lok Fu Public Library
- 天主教南華中學圖書館 Nam Wah Catholic Secondary School LibraryStep free
- 新蒲崗公共圖書館 San Po Kong Public Library
- 龍興公共圖書館 Lung Hing Public Library
- HKMA Library金融街 Finance Street 8
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 62, including the 32 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Hong Kong?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 62 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 Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong 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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