Opening hours
- Library hours
- Christchurch City Council service desk hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Transport
- The Orbiter and number 44, 60, 100 and 135 bus routes stop nearby. See the Metroinfo timetables for more information. (Metrocard top-up service is available at the CCC service desk Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and from library staff at other times during library opening hours).
- Free parking is available in the The Palms Mall carpark
Services and facilities
- Book a librarian one on one sessions
- Services available at all Christchurch City Libraries
- Events and classes at Shirley Library
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- Baby changing table in the mobility access unisex toilet
Computers and Technology
- 10 public computers with free internet access (8 with 60 minute time limits for sessions for library customers and 30 minutes time limit for visitor logins; 2 with 15 minute time limits)
- Free wireless internet access
- 1 children’s computer
- Printing and photocopying
- Scan to email or USB
Collections
- Fiction and nonfiction
- Magazines
- CDs and DVDs
- Children’s and young adults’ material
- Stories to go
- Jigsaws
- Large print and Talking books
- Newspapers
- Ngā Pounamu Māori
- Motor Manuals
- World Languages Collection
Photographs
