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Name change from North East Community Hub to Greythorn Community Hub

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	A 'library lounge' in the new [[~~North East~~ Community Hub]] in [[Balwyn North]] is also scheduled to open in mid-2018.		A 'library lounge' in the new [[Greythorn Community Hub]] in [[Balwyn North]] is also scheduled to open in mid-2018.

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Public '''libraries in [[Boroondara]]''' are run and maintained by the [[City of Boroondara]] Library Service. There are five libraries across the municipality: [[Ashburton Library|Ashburton]], [[Balwyn Library|Balwyn]], [[Camberwell Library|Camberwell]], [[Hawthorn Library|Hawthorn]] and [[Kew Library|Kew]]. This network houses over 500,000 volumes, more than any other library in [[wikipedia:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] (apart from the [[wikipedia:State Library of Victoria|State Library]]).<ref>City of Boroondara. ''Library Services Plan''. December 2015. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/media/file/boroondara-library-services-plan.docx, accessed: 8 April 2018</ref>

==History==
The first municipal libraries in Boroondara was opened in 1860 by the [[Boroondara Road District|Boroondara District Road Board]]. The [[Hawthorn Free Public Library]] was a makeshift centre using shelves and books borrowed from the State Library of Victoria. The [[Kew Literary and Scientific Society]] also opened their own library soon afterwards on 6 August 1860.<ref name="BoroondaraLibrariesHistory">City of Boroondara. ''The history of our libraries''. 2018. https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/libraries/about-boroondara-library-service/history-our-libraries, accessed: 2018-04-08</ref><ref name="CoplandLibraryHistory">Copland, Luba. ''History of Free Library Service of the City of Camberwell''. Melbourne: November 1989.</ref>

The library in Hawthorn was not a success and was taken over in November 1861 by the [[Hawthorn Literary Association]]. It moved to the first [[Hawthorn Town Hall]] in 1862.<ref name="BoroondaraLibrariesHistory" />

Numerous other privately-run libraries also began to open throughout the 1870s, including one at [[Camberwell Reserve]].<ref name="CoplandLibraryHistory" />

In 1898, the first municipal library in [[Canterbury]] was opened on [[Canterbury Road]] near the intersection with [[Balwyn Road]]. The [[Canterbury and Balwyn Reading Room and Library]] was opened on the 13 August 1898 by [[John Butler Maling|John Maling]], [[Councillors of Boroondara Shire|one of the councillors representing the area]]. After the opening of [[Canterbury Gardens]] in 1903 opposite its original site, the Library moved into a new building within the new park. It was officially reopened on 2 March 1907.<ref name="CanterburyBranchHistory">Camberwell-Waverley Regional Library. ''Canterbury Branch Library: Historical Outline''. January 1978.</ref>

Up until the early 1950s, municipal libraries had operated more-or-less at the whim of successive councils. There was no permanent department or organisation with ongoing funding to support their operation. With the huge population increases during the post-war suburban sprawl, a proposal to establish a permanent and free public library service was narrowly approved by a narrow majority of [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell City Council]] on 23 July 1953. This proved to be a good decision; within fifteen months of opening, the new [[Canterbury Library]] became the busiest public library in Victoria.<ref name="CoplandLibraryHistory" />

In 1966, the neighbouring cities of Camberwell and [[wikipedia:City of Waverley|Waverley]] agreed to form a regional library service. This arrangement operated until 1986 when Camberwell Council refused to renew the contract. Despite protests and petitions against the move, the split went ahead. As a result, hours and services were cut from libraries across the municipality to pay for the $1.9 million cost of the move.<ref name="CoplandLibraryHistory" />

==Branch libraries==
Five public libraries operated by the Boroondara Library Service currently operate across the municipality:

*[[Ashburton Library]]
*[[Balwyn Library]]
*[[Camberwell Library]]
*[[Hawthorn Library]]
*[[Kew Library]]

A 'library lounge' in the new [[North East Community Hub]] in [[Balwyn North]] is also scheduled to open in mid-2018.

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