Living Rooms

The Central Library is organised into six Zones:

Sound and Vision Zone, Ground Floor
Youth Zone, "The Basement," Ground Floor
Children's Zone, 1st Floor
Fiction and Literature Zone, 1st floor
Non Fiction Zone, 1st Floor
New Zealand and Pacific Islands Zone, 2nd Floor

Each Zone is arranged into Living Rooms which group together related material.

Within a Living Room, titles are arranged either by Author (Fiction Zone), or by numerical call number (Non Fiction Zone). Some Zones may have a mixture of both.

When using the catalogue to find an item on the shelves, make sure that you note down this information from the screen:

Location (Is the item at Central Library, or one of the branches)?
Zone (Fiction, Non Fiction, Children's)?
Living Room (e.g. Arts and Crafts)
Author or Call number (e.g. 759.4 MON)

Finally, check the item status - is it IN on the shelves at your library?

Many Living Rooms contain magazines as well as books. Ask at an information desk for help with finding any items.