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87-638: Birkenhead Library ( Te Whare Matauranga o Birkenhead in Māori ) is a New Zealand library, part of the Auckland Libraries system located on Auckland's North Shore . Founded in 1949 it predominantly serves the areas of Birkenhead , Beach Haven, Birkdale, Kauri Park, Chelsea, and Birkenhead East, a population of about 26,000, including six primary schools , two intermediate schools , and two colleges . Typical of medium-sized public libraries in New Zealand, it

174-510: A time capsule was buried out in front of the library, by the Birkenhead war memorial . It contained various items such as maps, driver's licences, shopping receipts, and old library cards from the 1960s and 1970s. Blessed by a kaumatua from Awataha Marae it was planned to be dug up in one hundred years. On the plaque are quoted the opening two lines from T. S. Eliot 's poem Burnt Norton . In 1992 issues topped 300,000 items. By 2003 usage of

261-463: A web service , often following the SRU or OAI-PMH standards. MARC encodes information about a bibliographic item, not information about the content of that item; this means it is a metadata transmission standard, not a content standard. The actual content that a cataloger places in each MARC field is usually governed and defined by standards outside of MARC, except for a handful of fixed fields defined by

348-428: A comprehensive collection of Māori, Family History and Local History published material. The South Auckland Research Centre , based at Manukau City Centre, specialises in the history of the southern and eastern parts of Auckland city ( Howick , Manukau , Manurewa - Papakura and Franklin wards), but also has strong general reference, family history, Māori and New Zealand collections. The heritage collections include

435-420: A consent was "the crux of the matter." Some residents claimed they had not been properly consulted. Abrahams felt he should've been consulted because the design blocked his views. The Council disputed that there had been no consultation. The Strategic projects manager, Simon Guillemin, pointed out that there had been a number of public meetings and press releases. He also said there had also been consultation with

522-442: A feasibility study considered four options: demolition, refurbishment, ground floor extensions, or extensions to both levels. Demolition and reconstruction was estimated at $ 3.3 million, cheaper than extending both floors at $ 3.7m, though nearly twice the cost of refurbishment. The study noted that the site comprised five lots whose exact boundaries were unclear. It also acknowledged the demolition and reconstruction option would require

609-548: A further three years or until the new library was built, whichever came later. This location was meant to be a transitional arrangement while the new building was being constructed. However, the library remained at this temporary location for four years. Brendan Rawson, from the Architecture Office in Ponsonby , was retained in 2004 to design a building that would create the much needed public space ; and in addition, reflect

696-421: A land use consent application, as the new building would exceed height and coverage restrictions. In March 2002, City Librarian Geoff Chamberlain presented the study in a report to the council, with the first option being the preferred choice by the library services. It would increase the size of the building to 1600 m, 1200 m of which would be devoted to the library itself, with the additional space being used for

783-429: A large collection of Winkelmann's Auckland images from the photographer himself in 1928. These were transferred to the library after the museum's closure in 1957. Notable international rare books include a copy of Shakespeare 's First Folio (1623), Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590); an edition of William Blake ’s Europe a Prophecy and America a Prophecy bound together, and Alexander Shaw’s A catalogue of

870-590: A mobile library. In 1989, the North Shore City Council was formed by combining the various boroughs that had previously existed on the North Shore, so that prior to the 2010 amalgamation of the council into the Auckland Council, North Shore Libraries was a network of six libraries and a mobile library. Waitakere Libraries was part of Waitakere City Council services. Prior to the 2010 amalgamation of

957-496: A number of free events: Wriggle and Rhyme: Active Movement for Early Learning for babies; storytime for toddlers; book clubs for teens and adults; guest speakers and author talks; movie nights; school-holiday programmes, and computer classes. Auckland Libraries has an online database recording its heritage collections holdings. The online database is named Kura Heritage Collections Online and includes photographs, maps, manuscripts, journals, indexes and oral histories. In addition to

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1044-511: A plan change but they are modest in comparison." However, subsequent further delays lifted the cost to the region of $ 9.25 to $ 9.5 million as of the end of 2007, with a budget shortfall of $ 2.75 million. The North Shore City Council had lodged a resource consent application for the new building in December 2004, but did not wait for it to be confirmed before demolishing the existing building in May–June

1131-620: A set of characters at the beginning of each record that provide a directory for locating the fields and subfields within the record. In 2002, the Library of Congress developed the MARCXML schema as an alternative record structure, allowing MARC records to be represented in XML ; the fields remain the same, but those fields are expressed in the record in XML markup . Libraries typically expose their records as MARCXML via

1218-928: A settlement in New Zealand ; a certified copy written in Māori of the Treaty of Waitangi , and documents concerning the building of the Stone Store at Kerikeri , New Zealand’s oldest surviving stone building. Archival collections that have been deposited include the personal papers of Jane Mander and John A. Lee , as well as the records of Mercury Theatre and the Auckland branch of Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand . Significant photograph collections include those of Clifton Firth and Henry Winkelmann . On his retirement in 1974, Firth gave Auckland Libraries much of his surviving work, including many display prints as well as more than 100 000 photographic negatives. The Old Colonists’ Museum purchased

1305-533: A wide range of books and periodicals, newspapers, photographs, maps, oral history recordings, ephemera, and manuscripts and archives. Further south, Pukekohe Library also holds substantial heritage collections of books, photographs, periodicals and newspapers relating to the Franklin area. South Auckland Research Centre staff work closely with local historical societies and museums in the area which have heritage collections. The West Auckland Research Centre moved into

1392-432: A wide variety of alternative plans for a far more elaborate community centre. These involved road closures, adding new roads, and leasing or selling his land on 15 and 17 Rawene Road, or going into partnership using his buildings. There was, however, little support for his ideas. In October 2005, he sent an email to Community Services & Parks Committee claiming his proposals had been misrepresented. He accused those doing

1479-667: Is able to provide an extensive range of modern library resources and services through its integration into a wider urban network, and through its association with the National Library , while retaining its own distinct, local connections such as the Archives Collection of the Chelsea Sugar Refinery . The library was the first public library to be founded in North Shore City, the first to offer dial-up access to

1566-608: Is based on ISO 2022 and allows the use of Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic, Greek, and East Asian scripts. MARC 21 in UTF-8 format allows all the languages supported by Unicode. MARCXML is an XML schema based on the common MARC 21 standards. MARCXML was developed by the Library of Congress and adopted by it and others as a means of facilitating the sharing of, and networked access to, bibliographic information. Being easy to parse by various systems allows it to be used as an aggregation format, as it

1653-498: Is characterized by four transformations which occurred at approximately twenty-year intervals since its founding in 1949. Three of these transformations involved new buildings, while the other involved amalgamation into the wider North Shore Libraries system. There was also an unexpectedly long interim period when the library was based at the Leisure Centre. At the turn of the twentieth century, apart from " subscription libraries "

1740-617: Is currently the largest public-library network in the Southern Hemisphere with 55 branches from Wellsford to Waiuku . Currently from March 2021, the region has a total of 56 branches. In November 2010, Auckland's local councils merged to create the Auckland Council . As a result of this process, the seven public library systems within the region were combined to form Auckland Council Libraries. The following library networks were amalgamated, forming Auckland Council Libraries: In

1827-485: Is further divided into subfield "a" for the place of publication, "b" for the name of the publisher, and "c" for the date of publication. MARC records are typically stored and transmitted as binary files, usually with several MARC records concatenated together into a single file. MARC uses the ISO 2709 standard to define the structure of each record. This includes a marker to indicate where each record begins and ends, as well as

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1914-583: Is home to heritage collections such as the Angela Morton Art History Collection and the letters of Major Donald Stott . The Angela Morton Collection is a reference collection of publications which relate to the visual art and artists of New Zealand. The Central Auckland Research Centre holds microfilms of Auckland heritage newspapers, copies of Auckland area local newspapers and the Auckland Star Clippings collection as well as

2001-592: Is in software packages such as MetaLib , though that package merges it into a wider DTD specification. The MARCXML primary design goals included: The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate among libraries. On the one hand, the storage formats are quite complex and are based on outdated technology. On the other, there is no alternative bibliographic format with an equivalent degree of granularity. The billions of MARC records in tens of thousands of individual libraries (including over 50,000,000 records belonging to

2088-465: Is one of the largest documentary heritage collections in the southern hemisphere. Since the founding gift to the citizens of Auckland by George Grey in 1887, the collections have grown by purchase and generous donations by numerous benefactors to become one of the country's major heritage collections. Significant holdings include two items of documentary heritage that are part of the UNESCO Memory of

2175-466: The Library of Congress , American computer scientist Henriette Avram developed MARC between 1965 and 1968, making it possible to create records that could be read by computers and shared between libraries. By 1971, MARC formats had become the US national standard for dissemination of bibliographic data . Two years later, they became the international standard . There are several versions of MARC in use around

2262-669: The OCLC consortium alone) create inertia. The Library of Congress has launched the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME), which aims at providing a replacement for MARC that provides greater granularity and easier re-use of the data expressed in multiple catalogs. Beginning in 2013, OCLC Research exposed data detailing how various MARC elements have been used by libraries in the 400 million MARC records (as of early 2018) contained in WorldCat. The MARC formats are managed by

2349-462: The Plunket , Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB), and council Area Office had to find alternative premises. In fact only 50% to 60% of the library's own stock could be accommodated. $ 175,000 was budgeted for the fitout of the basketball court, and included such things as improved lighting, car park access, and funding for a passenger lift to allow for disabled patrons. Since the location was some distance from

2436-485: The Treaty of Waitangi . The council aimed to lead by example with best practices . The library design incorporated several notable features, including the maximisation of natural light , the use of recyclable material , including reuse of grey water , and a natural ventilation and cooling system to limit energy costs . After the Environment Court decision (see below) this design underwent some modification, but

2523-492: The Auckland Council, Waitakere Libraries consisted of Waitakere Central Library at Henderson, New Lynn War Memorial Library, Te Atatu Peninsula Library, Massey Library, Ranui Library, Glen Eden Library, and Titirangi Library. Membership of Auckland Libraries is free for residents and ratepayers of the Auckland Council region. Auckland Libraries has free lending collections and a small number of rental collections (DVDs and music CDs). Library members can request an item from any of

2610-693: The Birkenhead Town Centre Association and the Friends of the Library. Yet in June, independent commissioners declined resource consent . Reasons cited included concern about the impact on the existing environment, traffic flow, and the building's proposed size, which violated the zoning requirements. Thwarted, the Council elected to seek rezoning . As Geoff Chamberlain, the City Librarian acknowledged,

2697-530: The Council Area Office and the Citizens Advice Bureau. A year later, in June 2003, demolition and reconstruction was the confirmed preference. Costs were projected for the next year's draft annual plan. This included $ 100,000 in the first year for design and planning, $ 900,000 in the next, and $ 4.5 million for the building itself. By mid–2004 the concept had been finalised, and the detailed design

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2784-435: The Environment Court approved the building of a new library on the former site, but reaffirmed the rezoning commissioners' restrictions, notably the restriction on height which dropped the maximum from 11 m to 9 m, and the constraints on the footprint. The Council agreed, "keen to keep the planning process as straight-forward as possible." Bill Abraham, of Abraham Holdings, claimed "people in years to come will be grateful for all

2871-414: The MARC standards themselves. Resource Description and Access , for example, defines how the physical characteristics of books and other items should be expressed. The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are a list of authorized subject terms used to describe the main subject content of the work. Other cataloging rules and classification schedules can also be used. MARC 21 was designed to redefine

2958-571: The New Zealand Bibliographic Network, and a leading proponent of full weekend services. For four years the library was located in temporary quarters in the Birkenhead Leisure Centre, while a dispute over the location and design of its proposed new building was resolved. On 17 December 2009, a new Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre was opened on the site of the former library. The history of Birkenhead Public Library

3045-457: The Recreation 2 boundary, to cut through the middle plot. This was done to safeguard the treed area, and to ensure a better balance between the reserve and the building complex. They emphasised the need for integration, both physical and visual, between the two zones to encourage usage of the recreation area. It was expected then that the library project would be further delayed by two years. While

3132-511: The United States, and Canada . MARC 21 is a result of the combination of the United States and Canadian MARC formats (USMARC and CAN/MARC). MARC 21 is based on the NISO / ANSI standard Z39.2 , which allows users of different software products to communicate with each other and to exchange data. MARC 21 allows the use of two character sets , either MARC-8 or Unicode encoded as UTF-8 . MARC-8

3219-690: The World , New Zealand register: God Defend New Zealand and the Grey Māori Manuscripts. Other items of note include the first work printed in New Zealand: Ko te katihama III (pictured), printed in 1830 by William Yate who worked for the Church Missionary Society ; the manuscript of Robin Hyde ’s unpublished autobiography and of Baron de Thierry ’s Historical narrative of an attempt to form

3306-403: The assessment reports of "yet more incompetence" and threatened to contest the rezoning "fiercely.. every step of the way." The Committee concluded, contrary to Milne, that the reports were "thorough and included site analysis, as well as evaluation of alternatives." In June 2006, the three independent commissioners approved the rezoning of the district plan (pictured). Their decision acknowledged

3393-754: The brick, pottery and timber industries. It also includes approximately 10,000 photographs, both prints and negatives. The collection also includes published and unpublished material on the heritage of West Auckland, and includes books, magazines, newspapers, research files, ephemera, photographs, personal papers, community archives and over 200 oral histories. Images, audio, collection records and indexes held in Auckland Libraries’ Heritage and Research collections are available online at Kura Heritage Collections Online. Auckland Council Libraries' Heritage Collections (formerly Sir George Grey Special Collections: Tā Hori Kerei – Ngā kohinga taonga whakahirahira )

3480-432: The catalogue shifted from card to microfiche . Borrowers were now directly registered onto the computer, and a new computer management system went live, "the most sophisticated...in the world." This was a forerunner of the greater computerisation ahead, including the introduction of self-issue machines in 1995 (pictured), internet access in 1996 and a widening range of electronic resources from 2002. However, perhaps

3567-498: The collection of the Auckland Free Public Library. In 1887, George Grey donated around 8,000 books, doubling the existing collection, and a new building was erected for the library on the corner of Wellesley and Coburg (now Kitchener) streets. At the time, this building housed the entire collection for the Auckland public library, in addition to the city's art collection. Additionally, from its inception in 1916 until it

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3654-589: The commissioners acknowledged this, they felt that landscaping could improve the situation somewhat. They then noted the number of people using the newly opened reserve was "relatively modest," especially when contrasted with the significant number who wanted to reinstate the library there. Three-quarters of those who made submissions on the rezoning supported the change, including Thea Muldoon . Prominent among those objecting were former television newsreader Judy Bailey , and property developer , Graham Milne. Milne, who had made proposals as far back as 1989, proffered

3741-441: The community over two years, which in a general sense was pertinent to the usage of the contested land. The commissioners concurred, and the library site became formalised as part of a Special Purpose 9 zone, which allows for the continued operation of community facilities. They noted too, that it is this zoning which underlies other North Shore Libraries, such as the ones at Takapuna and Glenfield. The commissioners also reconfigured

3828-601: The computer management system established the year before was improved to allow universal access to the six libraries' holdings. This convergence has continued to this day with the advent of the "eLGAR" conglomerate, the Libraries of the Greater Auckland Region . Birkenhead Library (as part of the North Shore Libraries system) began a public rollout of the eLGAR Smarter System on 16 June 2005. On 1 May 2000,

3915-828: The different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook (known as "the tapa-cloth book"). The Reed Dumas collection resides in Sir George Grey Special Collections. From boyhood an avid admirer of French author Alexandre Dumas , Whangārei pharmacist Frank Reed (1854–1953) gradually accumulated the most extensive Dumas collection outside France—and then bequeathed the more than 4,000 items to Auckland Public Library. It includes 500 first editions in French and English, 2,000 sheets of original manuscripts, and 51 typescript volumes of translations, letters and bibliographies. MARC standards Working with

4002-491: The end of the 1990s some sort of addition to the library or a rebuild was being actively considered. In 2005, in preparation for building works on the same site, the library was shifted to a converted basketball court in the Birkenhead Leisure Centre in Mahara Avenue (pictured). Other alternative sites had been considered, but most were found to be either inappropriate or too expensive. With limited space available for services,

4089-557: The exact future of the library was uncertain, a survey conducted by the MP for Northcote Jonathan Coleman in October 2006 showed there was widespread public support for its return to its former site. However, Abraham Holdings, owner of Rawene Chambers, located opposite the library's former site, lodged a last-minute appeal with the Environment Court , claiming, among other things, concern over

4176-515: The fence ringing the library site to be taken down, and eventually the Birkenhead-Northcote Community Board had it pushed back to the perimeter. Two new park benches were installed on the reserve to take advantage of the expanse that was now available (pictured). As part of their later application on rezoning, the Council submitted a report on the prevailing winds, which suggested the land would be unsuitable as open space. While

4263-403: The format for bibliographic records . The MARC standards define three aspects of a MARC record: the field designations within each record, the structure of the record, and the actual content of the record itself. Each field in a MARC record provides particular information about the item the record is describing, such as the author, title, publisher, date, language, media type, etc. Since it

4350-577: The former Waitākere Central Library Reference Room in April 2013. The Local History collections includes collections of John Thomas (Jack) Diamond, who researched and collected material on the history and industries of the West Auckland region. His personal papers and research library were donated to the library in 2001. The collection contains material on Maori and the archaeology of the Waitākere Ranges and

4437-489: The heritage aspects, though he did not specify any details. The Friends of the Library , on the other hand, were unanimous in their praise. Another important aspect of the design was that it would also be a sustainable building . This commitment to the environment was an increasingly significant part of North Shore City Council 's approach to urban development , especially through the Resource Management Act and

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4524-470: The heritage of the area. Initial concepts took advantage of the considerable potential for views, and incorporated extensive additional landscaping, from more trees to poppies. The first completed design, (pictured), evoked the kauri that were once endemic to the region. Shadow-patterns of branches etched on the windows were reminiscent of the trees in the reserve, one of which was itself a kauri, planted in 1987 to commemorate environmentalist Bill Fisher. There

4611-528: The impact on the historic value of the reserve. Former councillor Jenny Kirk decried Abraham Holdings for their blatant commercial self-interest, and lodged a counter objection. A hearing was set for 28 May 2007. Speaking on behalf of the rezoning were Council, Friends of the Library (represented by Mrs. Adrienne Wright), Plunket (by Ms. Jane Sheridan and Jenny Kirk); speaking against were Abraham Holdings, Graham Milne (Airborne Asia Pacific), Clyde Scott, Peter White and David Brook. After three months' deliberation

4698-534: The lending and rental collections Auckland Libraries also holds a number of heritage and research collections. These are primarily held in the four regional Research Centres and the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections including Sir George Grey Special Collections. The North and West Auckland Research Centres closed desk service on 30 September 2023, making in-person services available by appointment only. The North Auckland Research Centre

4785-508: The libraries in Auckland Libraries for free. On 1 September 2021 Auckland Libraries went fines free and removed all existing overdue fines from patron records. Many of the libraries provide Internet access. The library system also gives access to three specialised eBook suppliers: Overdrive , BorrowBox (run by Bolinda Audio ), and Wheelers. There is also a Digital Library which includes over 100 databases. The library system also provides

4872-546: The library began opening on Saturdays in 1983. In 1986, children's multimedia items were offered for the first time, and the New Zealand Bibliographic Network link was established. Soon after, compact discs were made available, while in 1987 the library began opening on Sundays. So service was now provided over the entire week, a first in New Zealand. Notable too in the late eighties, was the processing of books to create " machine readable codes ," which saw

4959-500: The library had increased still further, to such an extent that it was noticeably affecting service delivery. Over 500 people a day were entering the library and new members were growing at a rate of 150 per month. Finding room to add new material to the existing stock of some 67,500 items was becoming increasingly difficult. Another factor driving the need for change was the absence of enough space for community groups, such as primary schools and students, book clubs , and author events. By

5046-575: The library opened on 17 December 2009 with a formal opening ceremony in February 2010. In preparation for a new community library complex the old Birkenhead Library was demolished in May 2005. The library service was temporarily relocated to a basketball court in the Birkenhead Leisure Centre . It was expected to be there for eighteen months. However, the project was then delayed for several years; and

5133-400: The library systems were able to offer their customers a seamless transition to membership of the larger network, with immediate access to all 55 libraries from November 1, 2010 (the first day of the new council). As of April 2021, there are more than 56 libraries across Auckland region (one of which is Takaanini Library, which opened on 27 March). Prior to amalgamation, Auckland City Libraries

5220-517: The mid-1960s issues each year had increased dramatically by nearly a hundred thousand items. Nora Bourke, the chairman of the Library Committee, felt the existing building was limited and, with mayor Cyril Crocombe, began making plans for a much larger building. This was to be built on the Civic Reserve, on which a World War One memorial has stood since 1927. On 20 April 1968, the new building

5307-404: The most significant event of the eighties was amalgamation of the Birkenhead and Northcote Boroughs, and the subsequent merging of the local libraries into the North Shore Libraries system in 1989 (pictured). Staff were redeployed and regional development was initiated. A new division, Technical Services , became fully operational at Takapuna . A Children's Services Coordinator was appointed, and

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5394-447: The next year. According to a 2006 examination of the project management, Council assumed there was little risk of the application being declined. However, an amended Council report by planner Ian Jefferis revealed that the building was to occupy 15% more of the reserve than expected (pictured). Speaking after his appeal in 2007, Bill Abrahams, owner of Rawene Chambers located opposite the library site (pictured below), said that this lack of

5481-585: The ongoing redevelopment in the whole of the Birkenhead town centre. Four months after the library was demolished, Jill Nerheny, the Birkenhead-Northcote Community Coordinator, claimed there was a groundswell of support for leaving the land as green space . Residents Clyde Scott and Peter White became adamant the community would be better served with a park on the reserve site and the library located elsewhere in Highbury. Others lobbied for

5568-614: The only library in Birkenhead was run by the Zion Hill Methodist Church. In 1901, the Birkenhead Borough Council resolved that its legal and finance committee should consider building a public one, but little eventuated. A subsidy of £100 was sought from the government in 1904 for a building "not to exceed a total of £600". However, it was not until 1949 that the Free Birkenhead Public Library

5655-487: The original MARC record format for the 21st century and to make it more accessible to the international community. MARC 21 has formats for the following five types of data: Bibliographic Format, Authority Format, Holdings Format, Community Format, and Classification Data Format. Currently MARC 21 has been implemented successfully by The British Library , the European Institutions and the major library institutions in

5742-463: The original zoning on the site was historically complex, and never tidied up. In fact, it limited the coverage of any building to only 10% of the land; but the original building built in 1968 had covered 19.5%. This did not include the Plunket building. The new plan was initially thought to be 32.9%, then revised to 48%. This apparent expansion of the footprint particularly concerned resident Clyde Scott, who

5829-515: The park space that has been kept." Indications were that it would still be larger than the old library, with 250 m of extra floorspace, though this would make it some 200 m to 300 m smaller than the original preferred design. The steering group was redesignated as the Governance and Advisory Group. Consisting of councillors, community board members, and the Community Services general manager, it

5916-532: The significance of historical precedent. In other words, the fact that there had been a library on the site for over thirty years was "notable" with regards to the usage the land was now put to. Also important was the appropriateness of the site in comparison to other options. Previous reports in 2003 and 2005 had considered the existing site was the best choice, while the Highbury Centre Plan of 2006 indicated that there had been extensive close consultation with

6003-466: The system: Papatoetoe and Howick , where the municipal library services dated from 1945 and 1947 respectively. In 1958 Papatoetoe Library had earned the distinction of setting up the first municipal mobile library in New Zealand. Manukau Libraries’ last three branches were Clendon (1995), the innovative Tupu-Dawson Road Youth Library (2001), and the Botany Idealibrary (2004). Clendon Library

6090-488: The town centre, a free shuttle bus was provided from Highbury once a week. The Leisure Centre is located in the Birkenhead War Memorial Park. In the areas adjacent to the library, there were problems associated with youth drinking, graffiti, and other undesirable behaviour. Patronage of the library dropped by 35%. In March 2007, the library was granted a resource consent to use the Leisure Centre location for

6177-634: The world, the most predominant being MARC 21 , created in 1999 as a result of the harmonization of U.S. and Canadian MARC formats, and UNIMARC. UNIMARC is maintained by the Permanent UNIMARC Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and is widely used in some parts of Europe. The MARC 21 family of standards now includes formats for authority records , holdings records, classification schedules , and community information, in addition to

6264-406: The years leading up to the merger of the library systems within Auckland, the separate library systems combined to form a consortium in order to align their processes. This organisation was called eLGAR ("Libraries for a Greater Auckland Region"). This consortium settled on Millenium as their Library Management System, and the libraries within this system all moved to this software. The result was that

6351-509: Was a network of 17 public libraries and a mobile library operated by Auckland City Council . In September 1880, Auckland City Council took responsibility for the library of the Auckland Mechanics' Institute which had come under financial difficulties. The Mechanics’ Institute was formed in 1842 and the items remaining in its library, along with items from the Library of the old Auckland Provincial Council (1853–1876), were included in

6438-477: Was also to be a café on the second floor and a drive-thru at basement level for dropping off returns. This version was planned to be two metres higher than the previous building, with 1200 m of floorspace set aside for the library. Put out to public scrutiny there was some negative feedback. Peter White, a local resident, was critical of the design, calling the building "strange...full of different angles." Community board member Tony Holman wanted more thought put into

6525-596: Was being worked on for presentation to the community boards and for public consultation. On 23 February 2005, public submissions closed and a fitout of the temporary site in the Leisure Centre was begun. Total cost for the new library was now expected to be $ 6.5 million, then $ 7.3 million. The project was then delayed, requiring a change to the district plan (see below). In late 2005, the Council Community Services General Manager, Loretta Burnett, stated: "There will be additional costs associated with

6612-666: Was closed in 1957, The Old Colonists’ Museum was also in this building. This building is now the Auckland Art Gallery . The building on Lorne Street that currently houses the Central City library was opened in 1971. Before amalgamation, three public libraries – Pukekohe, Waiuku and Tuakau – made up a network known as "Bookinopolis". A municipal library had first been established at Pukekohe in 1913 and at Waiuku in 1946, in each case taking over an existing subscription library . Tuakau Public Library

6699-630: Was established in the basement of the Council Chambers, opening on 14 November. It was a modest beginning, bolstered by support from the National Library. There was an initial budget of £500 (about $ 35,984 in 1st Quarter of 2017). The library began with a collection of around 1500 items, "swelled by about another twenty books a month." After the Auckland Harbour Bridge was opened in 1959 the Birkenhead area became much more accessible. By

6786-425: Was first developed at a time when computing power was low, and space precious, MARC uses a simple three-digit numeric code (from 001-999) to identify each field in the record. MARC defines field 100 as the primary author of a work, field 245 as the title and field 260 as the publisher, for example. Fields above 008 are further divided into subfields using a single letter or number designation. The 260, for example,

6873-418: Was followed by children's libraries at both Ōtara and Mangere East in 1969, branch libraries at Pakuranga in 1973 and Manukau City Centre in 1976, and a combined school and public library at Ngā Tapuwae College in 1978. Then came Māngere Bridge in 1979, Māngere Town Centre (which replaced Ngā Tapuwae) in 1980 and Highland Park in 1987. Local-body amalgamation in 1989 saw two more libraries added to

6960-459: Was later one of those who lodged an appeal with the Environment Court. In the local paper, the North Shore Times , there was a steady clamour from both opponents of the project and those in favour. In addition to issues with the new library itself, the council's performance was questioned, concern was raised about the drop-off in existing library services, and the library project was linked to

7047-407: Was not completed until December 2009. The initial focus of the library project was on upgrading the existing building. When the second floor was built on top of the library in the early 1970s, it initially housed the Council Area Office, though it was conceived even then that it would eventually be used as library space. However, investigations in 1999 by engineers revealed that the second-level floor

7134-553: Was officially opened by the Governor General Arthur Porritt . For the next 37 years, until 2005, this was the location of the Birkenhead Public Library, and in 1979 the reserve was renamed Nell Fisher Reserve after the first librarian, Eleanor "Nell" Fisher. The 1980s saw an increase in the depth and variety of services offered. A Bedford van was used to start a mobile library service in 1982, and

7221-666: Was opened in 1977. After local-body amalgamation in 1989, these three libraries formed the Franklin District library system. In 2000, this was taken over by the Franklin District Library Trust (from 2009 the Franklin Arts, Culture & Library Trust). The Trust renamed its library system "Bookinopolis". In 2010, the Pukekohe and Waiuku libraries became branches of Auckland Libraries, but, due to boundary changes, Tuakau

7308-493: Was renamed Te Matariki Clendon when it was relocated in 2006. Throughout its life, Manukau Libraries operated as a dispersed rather than a centralised library system. However, in 2001 it also opened a reference and reading room near Manukau City Centre that later expanded into the Manukau Research Library. By 2010 Manukau Libraries operated 13 branch libraries, a research library, five volunteer-run 'rural libraries', and

7395-468: Was set up to monitor the project more closely. Construction began in June 2007, and the new $ 9 million building opened on 17 December 2009. Auckland Libraries Auckland Council Libraries , usually simplified to Auckland Libraries , is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand . It was created when the seven separate councils in the Auckland region merged in 2010. It

7482-514: Was taken over by Waikato District Council . When Manukau City Council was formed by the amalgamation of Manukau County and Manurewa Borough in 1965, it took over responsibility for a small subscription library at Māngere East and volunteer-run community libraries in Alfriston , Beachlands , Clevedon , Kawakawa Bay, Maraetai , Orere Point , and Weymouth. The newly formed city opened its first full-service public library at Manurewa in 1967. This

7569-429: Was too weak to support the weight of books without significant strengthening, which would be expensive to undertake. As well, the existing building was showing increasing signs of deterioration, most significantly a leaking ceiling. While it could be repaired, long-term maintenance would negate the short-term cost advantage of doing so. Thus, the option of a completely new building was brought under consideration. In 2000,

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