Home › SERVICES

Collections

Geelong Libraries have the following collections:

 
Also Geelong Regional Libraries has an extensive collection of items, links and subscriptions in its Online Collections.

Adult Fiction


The collection includes general fiction, romances and westerns in hardback and paperback format
Items in the following fiction categories are labeled accordingly:
Adventure, Australian, Crime, Family Stories, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humorous, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, War, Westerns.

Held at all libraries and mobile libraries.
 

Audio Books


Audio Books (Adult, Young Adult and Junior) are held in CD and Playaway format and include fiction and some non fiction titles.
Items in the following fiction categories are labeled accordingly:
 

Adult: Adventure, Australian, Crime, Family, Stories, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humorous, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, War, Westerns.

Junior: Adventure, Animals, Fantasy, Films, Historical, Horror, Humorous, Mystery, Relationships, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport.
 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries.
 

DVDs


The collection includes films in the following categories: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Classics, Family and Children’s films, International Classics and TV Series.

Held at all libraries and mobile libraries.
Back to top

 

Geelong Area


The collection includes: - local area resources relating to the City of Greater Geelong, Golden Plains and Surf Coast Shires and the Borough of Queenscliffe - resources which it is inappropriate to retain on open access shelves because of condition; age; rarity; inability to replace; content; format or space considerations

 

Held at Geelong Library.
 

Junior Fiction

The collection targets children aged 5-12 years and encompasses current and classic fiction for the developing, reluctant and advanced reader with special emphasis on Australian titles. Simple fiction for children aged 5-8 years is labelled E (Eager Readers)
Items in the following fiction categories are labelled accordingly:
Adventure, Animals, Fantasy, Films, Historical, Horror, Humorous, Mystery, Relationships, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport

 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
 

Large Print

The collection includes fiction and non fiction for adults. Items in the following fiction categories are labelled accordingly:
Adventure, Australian, Crime, Family Stories, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humorous, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, War, Westerns

 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
 

Magazines

The collection includes adult, young adult and junior titles. It has an Australian focus with overseas representation

Held by all libraries and mobile libraries
Other: Current issue not for loan at Geelong Library
 

Music

The Music Collection is held only in the CD Format. It includes the following genres:
Folk, Jazz, Comedy, Choral/Vocal, Orchestral, Instrumental, Opera, Soundtracks, Musicals, Popular Music, Rock, World Music, Blues, New Age, Children’s, Country.

 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries.
Back to top
 

Newspapers

The collection includes Australian daily and weekly newspapers for use within the library only. Newspapers are also available online using Ebscohost in the For Members Section.


Held at the following libraries (listed in order of largest to smallest holdings):
 
  • Geelong Library
  • Belmont Library
  • Geelong West Library
  • Corio Library
  • Drysdale Library
  • Newcomb Library
  • Ocean Grove Library
  • Queenscliff Library
  • Torquay Library
  • Highton Library
  • Chilwell Library
  • Barwon Heads Library
 
 

Non-Fiction

Adult and Junior resources cover a range of materials and subject areas at a general level of interest. They are shelved in one sequence by the Dewey Decimal Classification (call) number, which appears on a label at the bottom of the spine or on the bottom left hand corner of the front cover.
Junior materials have yellow call number labels.
Resources include books, Reference materials for use within the branch, CD ROMs, documentary style DVDs which support informational needs and Language Learning Kits

Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
 

Picture Books & Board Books

The collection targets babies and pre school age children, primary school aged children and parents
Picture books may be simple or sophisticated in content
The collection includes very elementary non-fiction titles

 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
 

Young Adult

The collection targets young adults aged 12-15 years
Its coverage is predominantly current titles from new, standard and popular authors, with an emphasis on works particularly relevant to Australian teenagers
Fiction appropriate for young adults over 15 years may be shelved in the Adult Fiction collection

 
Held at all libraries and mobile libraries
Back to top