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Nine locations within our City - find your local Library and Knowledge Centre here!

From 1 September, some of our CBCity Libraries will be open late to all 2025 HSC students! Find out more

Library membership is free and you can even join online. Next time you visit the library, bring your photo ID and proof of name and address to receive your library card.

​​​​​​​​​​​​Under Council's Library Services Policy, which came into effect on 1 July 2018, parents/guardians of children under 12 years of age must remain on library premises. Anyone under 16 years of age must have a parent authority to join the library. For more details, download our Library Services Policy.

Lost cards can be physically replaced at a cost of $5 with photo ID/ proof of name and address OR download our FREE Library app onto your phone/device, log-in to your member account, then you can save your library card on your phone/personal device for FREE! Download now cb.city/LibraryApp

24-hour return facilities are available at Campsie, Bankstown, Riverwood and Chester Hill Library and Knowledge Centres. An after-hours return chute is available at Lakemba Library and Knowledge Centre.

Check out what's on at the Libraries

Bankstown

Baby rhyme time Bankstown

Babies can have fun and develop language with songs, rhymes and stories and meet other babies! 

Tuesday, 10am and 11am (during school terms)

Bankstown

Book a librarian Bankstown

You can Book-a-librarian for 30-minute one-on-one sessions to help you with your computer and information needs.

Tuesdays, 10am-noon, and Thursdays, 2.30-4pm

Campsie

Preschool Story Time in Chinese | 学龄前中文故事会

Join in the fun and introduce your child to the joys of stories in your language. Session activities include stories, singing and craft

Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am (during school terms)

Campsie

Knitting group Campsie

Join one of our popular knitting groups and enjoy the company of like-minded craft-lovers.

Fortnightly on Tuesday (see more for dates), 10.30am-12.30pm

Campsie

Knitting group Campsie

Join one of our popular knitting groups and enjoy the company of like-minded craft-lovers.

Fortnightly on Tuesday (see more for dates), 10.30am-12.30pm

Panania

Adult Chess Club Panania

Join one of our weekly chess clubs to play a social game of chess or to learn from a chess master

Tuesdays, 10.30am-12.30pm

Panania

Preschool story time Panania

Join in the fun and introduce your child to the library, books and reading with our interactive story time sessions for parents and children

Tuesday and Thursday, 11am-noon

Bankstown

Baby rhyme time Bankstown

Babies can have fun and develop language with songs, rhymes and stories and meet other babies! 

Tuesday, 10am and 11am (during school terms)

Chester Hill

Preschool story time Chester Hill

Join in the fun and introduce your child to the library, books and reading with our interactive story time sessions for parents and children

Tuesday, 11am-noon (during school term)

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