Marlborough District Libraries' Vision
"A superb library service that meets everybody's needs".
Marlborough District Libraries' Mission
"The Marlborough District Libraries aspire to provide our community with a professional library service which encourages a joy of reading, pursuit of knowledge and enriches lives; all in a safe and accessible environment".
News, Views and Books
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24/7 Access
The Marlborough District Libraries on-line catalogue offers members of the public the ability to search for any one of approximately 144,000 titles in the library's catalogue by title, subject, author or keyword. Library members also can check their library account and renew books, see whether a title is available or on loan, reserve titles and search on-line databases.
iPac instructions (250kb)
On-Line Catalogue Guide (1,003kb)
Marlborough District Libraries
The Marlborough District Council operates two main libraries - the Marlborough District Library in Blenheim and the Picton Branch Library, which is part of the Council's Picton Service Centre. It also supports a network of seven school/community and community libraries run by volunteers. These libraries are based at local schools and community halls.
Library membership is free to all Marlborough residents. In 2004/2005 more than 606,000 items were borrowed from the libraries.
Library Resources
Resources available include:
- Books - fiction and non-fiction
- Large print books
- Magazines - a wide selection of national and international titles
- Music cassettes and compact discs
- Newspapers - a selection of national and international titles
- CD-ROMs
- DVDs
- Videos - childrens' and adults'
- Jigsaw puzzles - childrens' and adults'
- Talking books - unabridged books read onto cassettes and CD
- Local history collection
- Reference/research collection - including atlases, encyclopedias, yearbooks etc
- National telephone directories
- Electoral rolls
- Sheet music
- Public internet terminals
- Special collections
- Maori resource collection "Nga taonga Maori"
- Multimedia/computer-based information - encyclopedias, atlases etc on CD-ROM, and other public information databases
- On-line databases, EPIC - Gale and Ebsco Databases, Te Ara and Matapihi
- Statistics NZ publications
Library Services
- Word processing facilities
- Self-service photocopiers
- Reservations - if an item held is out, it can be reserved for you
- Interloan - if a item is not available in the libraries' collection, the libraries will try to borrow it from another library
- Information services - a help desk providing trained staff to help you research information
- Homework Assistance @ "Homework Zone" 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm
- Renewal services - items on loan can be renewed by telephone, via my ACCOUNT on website, or by coming in
- After-hours book returns - books can be returned to the library at any time of the day or night
- Children's school holiday programmes
- Display space for promotion of community activities
- Display boards for community notices
