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Oakland Free Public Library

Auckland Library (Auckland It was established in 1842 and taken over by the Auckland City Council in the late 1870s and opened as a free public library in 1880.

New Zealand's public libraries are free and open to all. As a long-standing free public resource, libraries across New Zealand are not closing their world to paper books and magazines, but are constantly updating and using the latest technology to help New Zealanders simplify the borrowing process, enhance the borrowing experience and expand the knowledge base.

Take Auckland Library as an example, use your computer or tablet browser to visit Auckland Library's website, find the History&Research section in the navigation bar, and select Homemade help. After the link jumps, there is a link to Lynda.com under popular resources. After clicking into it, you only need to enter the library card number on the back of the library card and the password of your library card to have unlimited access to various resources. As for what kind of resources, you can log in to browse, explore and learn it yourself.

National Library of New Zealand Official Website

The National Library of New Zealand ( The National Library of New Zealand is the national cultural library of New Zealand, formed by the merger of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Parliamentary Library (supplemented in 1985) and the National Library Service, established in 1920. The library has 28,250 square meters of space and a prestigious music and audio-visual center.

The National Library of New Zealand was established over 30 years ago under the National Libraries Act. Established in 1965, the National Library of New Zealand has been one of the leading libraries in the Asia-Pacific region for over 30 years. It is a government department in its own right and has been an independent government department since 1988, with a director appointed by law, which facilitates the implementation of national policy in the information field. The Library is accountable to the government and directs policy proposals for library and information adoption to the Minister who administers the National Library. Under the New Zealand National Library Act, three copies of each book published in New Zealand must be submitted. The collection of special documents and the National Library's Genealogical Society Archives is one of the features of the collection that helps the current 80% of the country's English-speaking population to scrutinize their own genealogy and to identify traces of European immigration, that is, the history of the British settlers who have been on the island for nearly 200 years. The National Library is a member of IFLA, the New Zealand Library Information Association and the International Federation of Documentation.

The National Library of New Zealand collects, preserves and provides access to intellectual records, especially those relating to New Zealand studies, such as books, photographs, letterheads, paintings, maps, scores and recordings that document local history; provides effective assistance to other libraries in New Zealand and promotes the development of New Zealand libraries; and enriches New Zealand libraries. The library business development; enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand; and cultural exchange with other countries.

The National Library of New Zealand's extensive collection includes materials from several libraries and private collections that were later incorporated into the collection. Among them are the 55,000 volumes of private books collected by the great entrepreneur Alexander Turnbull during his lifetime, all rare and antique books, manuscripts, newspapers and magazines, watercolours, prints and photographs, which reflect the life of not only New Zealand but also Australia and the neighbouring islands of Polynesia and Oceania; and the John Milton Collection. Also in the Library's collection are books from the Library of Parliament from 1965-1985, and the Library of Parliament has been accepting sample submissions of New Zealand publications since 1903.

The National Library of New Zealand Collection:

5,200,000 volumes; 12,000 current titles; 22,500 maps; 218,500 photographs; 16,700 recordings; 12,000 cartoons, disks, and audiovisual materials; 314,700 negatives; 1.7 million microfilms; 40,000 works of art; 8,400 posters; and 2,600 meters of manuscripts.

Oakland Library

The Auckland Chinese Library is a New Zealand Government registered charity. It aims to provide the largest and most extensive collection of Chinese books in New Zealand for free loan. In the future, it will be the largest Chinese language library in Oceania.

The Chinese Library is an independent organization, not a part of the Auckland Library. We hope that in the future, we can be connected with the Oakland Library system, so that readers can search all the Chinese books in both libraries in one website, thus reducing the time for readers to search for books. At the same time, we hope to accept the Chinese books donated by the Auckland Library and provide professional Chinese book selection and purchase management services to the Auckland Library.

The Oakland Chinese Library is located in the Panmure business district of Oakland, which is at the crossroads of the Middle East. There are many Chinese restaurants and stores in the area, and it is an area with a high concentration of Chinese activities.

The Oakland Chinese Library will open branches or book drop-off points in North Shore, East, West, South and City for the convenience of readers. In addition to the Chinese library in Auckland, we also plan to open branch libraries in Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and other major cities. The books in the branch libraries will be updated regularly from the main library to ensure that readers have new books to read.

Auckland Chinese Library has a collection of more than 30,000 books, 95% of which are in Chinese. The collection is dominated by traditional culture, Chinese studies, classics, spirituality, inspiration, Chinese medicine, health and positive energy books, as well as novels, travel, biographies, food, parenting, art and other kinds of books. In addition to the books, there are a small number of books for young people. In addition to books, there are a small number of various types of music CDs, movies DVDs, video tapes, newspapers and magazines and other kinds of impressions of audio-visual materials.

At present, the Auckland Library has 3.5 million books available for borrowing, with an average of 2.5 books per person. The Chinese population in Auckland is 120,000, and each Chinese has only 0.6 Chinese books to borrow on average. To reach the average of 2.5 books per Chinese, there are more than 200,000 Chinese books in Auckland libraries to fill the gap.

This does not include the demand of KIWI who love Chinese culture. Not only the quantity, but also the content of the books, the Chinese Library pays more attention to the traditional Chinese cultural content books and classic works, we hope that every reader has a favorite book to read.

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