Libraries mean different things to different people – we want to know what it means to you! What do you need from your library now and in the future? Please share your thoughts and help us shape the future of Merri-bek Libraries through our new Library Strategy.

What's changing?

We are refreshing 2 key documents that will guide the future of Merri-bek Libraries:

• Our Library Strategy
• Our Collections Policy

These documents inform the way we provide our services and resources for staff, library visitors and the broader community into the future.

Join the Conversation

This stage of engagement has now closed but you can see what was said in the activities below.

What could make the library a more welcoming space?

What services and programs would you like to see at the library?

Share your answers on the discussion board below.

We want to hear a variety of experiences from everyone, whether you visit the library regularly or not at all - and anything in between!

You can borrow more than just books at the library. The list of different media and things that are available at the library is continuously growing and changing. These are what we call collections.

A Collections Policy guides what we will and won't include for reference or loan at the library.

Our current Selection and Collection Development Policy was last updated in 2015. In 2015 e-books, e-audiobooks and streaming platforms were new and experimental formats.

Now we have lots of different digital media, types of books and even useful objects like induction cooktops and thermal cameras!

We are interested to know how else we can continue to develop the library collections.