Public Holiday Closure: All branches are closed and the Mobile Library is off the road Friday 3 April - Monday 6 April inclusive. The external return chutes are also closed. 

The Children's Space at Ivanhoe Library is temporarily closed due to building works. The children's collection will remain available on the upper-ground floor. 

Watsonia Library is closed for a planned power outage Wednesday 8 April 9-5pm but will open for the evening 5-8.30pm. 

Explore the Collection

Our collection offers over 1,000,000 items and includes a wide range of physical books, magazines, newspapers and DVDs that you can borrow and take home. You'll also find a large collection of digital materials that can be accessed online with your membership.

Book Express

 Book Express items are available for 3 week loans, with no renewals and, no holds, they are immediately visible upon entering the library.

The Deadly Collection

Find Indigenous Australian stories, voices and illustrations in our collection.

Books for Kids

Explore our great range of titles for kids — from picture books, "choose your own adventure" stories and novels, to non-fiction titles and resources to help with school projects and research.

Community Languages

Yarra Plenty Regional Library has resources available for loan in 17 community languages. Items include books, DVDs, and magazines.

Library of Things

A Library of Things is a collection of useful items and objects for all sorts of jobs and hobbies - all free to borrow. Our Library of Things includes sewing machines, tools, Wi-Fi dongles, home energy audit kits, game console controllers, phone chargers, and much more.    

Let us know what you'd like to see in our collection!

Suggest For Purchase is now available at YPRL.

If there is a title missing from our collection, please do let us know, and we may be able to arrange for it to be added in the near future.

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