Hurstville Library

Great library but why aren't the books organised by categories/genres? I don't know what author I want I just know what type of book I'd like.

Very Spacious, i love how you can borrow bundles of kiddy books and borrow kiddy toys.

There is also a very generous amount of music instrument and equipment to borrow for people to hone their craft without paying exorbiant amounts of equipment expenses~

Have few charge station and toilets. First visit to this library since moving here recently. Got a membership card in 5 mins after registered online in the library. We can borrow 50 items, either books or DVD for 3 weeks, can extend for another 2 times if can't finish.

Staff was very helpful and polite. The lady helped me print something from my phone.

Busy library with clean and enjoyable environment. Love going there. Staff are friendly as well

Very quiet library with plenty of study spaces and good selection of books! They also have a kids section and an independent music room, very impressive for a local library. Recommend for students or someone who loves reading !!

An incredible place to hangout, socialise and work. There are plenty of workspaces where you can get work done quietly, it has plenty of computers with one always being free, lounging and desk areas, recording equipment, instruments and even a green screen room. There is no end to what you can accomplish here, really great work environment and I would definitely recommend checking it out.

A great place to read and bring curious kids. It’s new modern features include a sound booth, and new scanners. The kids section has been turned into a place for storing toys, books and other places are also refurbished. Come here if you need a book!

Great collection of resources. Includes books and newspapers in different languages and toys for the younger audience.

Great quite area and a wide selection of books. Good customer service, decent child play area, and a good selection of movies to hire. Quick and easy sign up for library cards. Many great functions and activities held for the community on a constant basis.

As a traditional library, I think it's very good. I love the book collection there.

Don't expect fast wifi, the very latest titles, etc, but expect:

- Good collection of books, including few relatively recent books (2014-2016, review written in 2017), and some recent popular titles, in English, and in other languages (Chinese and Arabic to name a few)

- Very good collection of kids books, both for toddlers and older junior readers, that's good both in quantity and quality (They also have scooters and kids toys for borrowing!)

- Friendly staff most of the time. They are strict, etc, but most of the time not aggressive / unfriendly, and always happy to answer questions/ provide help when asked. If your experience was different, you were probably a tiny bit unlucky.

- A good borrowing system. It allows you to reserve books, and borrow unreserved books for 3 weeks which can be renewed twice for most titles. You get email notifications 2 days before due date and the day after due date. You can reserve / renew books online too.

- A working search, although it's ancient and has many opportunities of improvement. It allows you to search Penshurst branch too, and reserve books from there to be picked up from Hurstville library

- Plenty of seats. It does get too crowded around kids area, and noisy around common students space, but usually the noise is bearable and there're other seats in other spaces. If you really need quiet, there's a study space at the end, although I wish the study space had more power plugs like others mentioned.

- A couple vending machines for snacks and drinks. There's also limited seating space right after the entrance for reading while eating / drinking. Since it's after the entrance security line, you don't need to borrow the book you want to read while snacking.

Today I went to Hurstville library for collecting my reserved books. However, as I am a new member of the library which registered last night, I was not familiar with the book borrowing process. I was not able to pick up the books because after reservation request place online, I need to wait for the notifications before pick up. I did not aware about it and feel so disappointed because I was planning to enjoy my offdays within the books. Surprisingly, the staff there find a VERY NICE BOOK for me to instead! it is from the same author of the one I booked for. Also, the young man wrote the name of his recommended book for me. I was so touched by this kindly help, and he brings me a kindness of the world in this special time. Thank you and thank you all in Hurstville Library, you are so great and you warmed the world！💗

all good, except limited power socket, most of the seats don't have power supply

Read a few reviews about having bad internet, but after being here a few times, internet on library computers isn't bad at all, but ye when you connect to their wifi then it's slow
and there are plenty of charging ports, yes on busy times may not be available but overall happy with internet here.

Love it, very accessible location. Lots of books for kids, toys.

The toy library is amazing! Great assortment of quality toys with new selections being added to the collection regularly. Toys are always clean and in great condition and the toy area is well maintained. Great toy library!

Great service with cool asian guy working the front, Needed help with printing stuff for work 15 minutes before closing, Even tho he was busy he got right up and helped me out. Great place.

Love this Library, complete collection of books, magazines, and dvd. There is also language section which I can rent some Indonesian book from here. Very happy to join member in this library.

Good customer service from all librarians I encountered. One of them was not as pleasant as others but seems to be improving in the right direction. Overall I will still give a 5 for service.

I really enjoy coming to this library. I always find something good to read. Staff are helpful and friendly. Their collection is quite extensive, great for the diverse Hurstville community.