Its nice to know that your community has such places like a library that you can visit and browse…read moreand have access to services within your neighbourhood. If I want a little time out I visit this library and simply just sit and browse the books or magazines or check out whats happening around town at the various stands. The Chelsea library has documentary DVD's to borrow, internet service, printing, photocopying & a fax service. Sometimes I just read or people watch and maybe have a quiet chat with some of the senior citizens that visit too. I love my local library.

Lovely staff, great resources, very convenient, wonderful story time groups and activities…read more Have been a member of Monash Libraries for more than 20 years. Clayton I feel provides the perfect balance between relaxation and research, fun and work. Great for the young family especially with maternal health centre and Dental and community health services are at the back and the other end is the Sport and Recreation Centre. Right in the heart of Clayton. Perfect!

I've never seen a library so kick ass. Of course, they have bountiful books. But in addition, they…read morehave a coffee bar inside complete with food, private booths to watch movies, game stations for kids to play, and the usual computers and free internet access. They also have the council located inside if you have questions about the area. However the only drawback is the Wi-Fi is very slow if you're using council Wi-Fi, and entry to the classes are extremely strict. I wanted to take a resume class, but they would not let me in on account of my age. :/ Otherwise, I am very please with what the city of Melbourne has done to turn this library into a community gathering spot, where various films and sports games are screened. The outside TV fosters community and togetherness. Every city should have a library like this one.

I used to volunteer at this toy library. It was a pleasure working for Catherine the coordinator,…read moreshe is kind, supportive and considerate. I am very happy to have her as a referee as she saw and complimented how dedicated I was to helping out. There is a great selection of toys for children aged between 6 months to 10 years. This toy library deserves all the support and funding to stay as the not-for-profit organisation to continue making a positive impact on the Mordialloc community. It was actually quite sad when I had to leave for personal reasons. Catherine was so appreciative of me that she gave me a going present to say thank you! I was so touched by this, this has never happened to me before so it was a great surprise. To anyone interested in volunteering to help the community, this is a great place to be in! Once again, thank you Catherine for the opportunity to work with you!

This place is beautifully airey and quiet. Always great when a library smells good. Very relaxing…read morespace but could do with a few more work stations. Nice place to study or sit out of the wind, there are plenty of magazines and resources.

One of the most novel features of Yelp is that it keeps bookmarks and can be viewed as an…read moreelectronic diary in helping one to remember places where a footstep or two was taken, regardless of how obscure or noteworthy. Hello, heart of a residential neighborhood... Enter a FAB NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY with parking lot for about a dozen or so?.....duly impressed by how clean, helpful, and charming this shady place of learning is! The inside is rather modern, with a dedicated youth section. It was here that I helped tutor my relative and tried everything in the book to instill in him a love ( okok..at least a like) of learning. Great services offered...classes of all sorts. There are nice separate rooms for studying. If i recall correctly, even an outside area in the back. Library card gets you wifi access. Enter password given. Nice little cooler of water outside with mini cone cups for those who need some agua (like yours truly...hot in Nov, man!) http://www.facebook.com/baysidelibraryservice

Once every two or three weeks I usually swing by the library to pick up a new pile of Graphic…read moreNovels. The library is linked up to the BookMyne app which lets you put a massive amount of books on hold from what looks to be an extensive library network. These days I usually have 8 or more items waiting for me on the shelf whenever I go in thanks to the app! With the self check out they have here you can walk in, grab your stuff waiting for you off the shelf, check your books out yourself and be back in the car within a few minutes. There is a decent sized DVD collection here, with everything from kid's stuff to TV series and documentaries. The CD collection is quite large too with a good variety of everything and it seems to be updated quite frequently too. I've picked up a lot of travel books from here when preparing for vacations and they seem to have a lot of new stuff in that area too. My favourite section is the comics/graphic novels area. Tucked away near the kids and young adults, I'm usually the only one past puberty looking at them, which means I can usually get a nice haul to read! Half of the stuff on shelf is your standard DC & Marvel with the rest being manga and smaller label books. It's also updated very often, with lots of 2012 releases being found here. There always seems to be some sort of community class happening in the back of the library, there are plenty of computers around that you can use and there is even a wall of Playstations and XBoxes that are always in use. With friendly staff who are always able to help out, I'm going to miss heading here when we move away from the area and hope I can find another library like it!

My baby & I love Tinie's Time on Tuesday at the library. Great fun & development for babies. The…read morelady who runs it is great. Highly recommend!!