Simon's Town Library

Simon's Town Library
34°11′38″S 18°26′12″E / 34.193810°S 18.436760°E / -34.193810; 18.436760
Location	St George's St, Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa
Type	Public Library
Architect	John Parker
Branch of	City of Cape Town Library and Information Service
Access and use
Population served	6,569

Simon's Town Library is a public library in Simon's Town, Cape Town, South Africa. It is a satellite branch of the Fish Hoek Library. It is one of 102 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services.

History

Agnes Agnew was the first appointed librarian of the then Simon’s Town Municipal Library.

The building housing the library was designed by architect John Parker and built in 1896. It served as the Simon's Town School until a new high school was built in 1953 and the municipality offices moved into the building.

In 2001 the municipal office moved to Plumstead, and the library, which had been housed in a nearby building moved in to the ground floor rooms.

Simon's Town Library is one of the few libraries in Cape Town that have served their communities for over 100 years.

Services

The library offers fiction and non-fiction book collections in English, Afrikaans and a variety of other South African languages as well as CDs, DVDs audio and e-books via the Libby app by Overdrive. The library collection can be searched online through the City of Cape Town's Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). Workstations and computers are available as well as SmartCape Internet access.

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