Library

The Shire of Northampton has two (2) branches of libraries, one located in the Northampton Shire Office and the other located in the Kalbarri Office in the Allen Centre. The opening hours of the libraries are as follows:

Kalbarri Library closes for lunch from 12:30pm - 1.00pm.

Membership is free to permanent residents of the Shire, and current members of other Libraries. Proof of permanent residential address in WA and temporary address within the Shire of Northampton with a contact phone number is required for all memberships.

The Northampton Library has approximately 2,265 items in the Library for loan and the Kalbarri Library has approximately 2,700 items for loan. These items include books, videos, CD-ROMs, audios - available on CD and MP3, paper backs, and a small local history selection.

The library is part of the State Library of Western Australia, which means we have access to state wide library facilities. If you require information that isn't available in Northampton, we are able to search the State Library's catalogue and request the information for you.

Library Catalogue

Click on the link below to view the Northampton Library Catalogue

https://ger.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/ShireofNorthamptonLibrary/ 

State  Library

The State Library web site is www.liswa.wa.gov.au, which you may access and search the LISWA catalogue.

eResources - Northampton and Kalbarri

You can now also use your Northampton and Kalbarri Library cards to access and reserve a range of e-audio books and e-books through online sites such as BorrowBox, Libby, Scribd, Overdrive etc. and Movies and shows through Kanopy,  download service provided by the Western Australia Public Libraries Digital Media Collection. This service is also supported by Apple and Android apps for direct access. To browse the collection click on one of the following links:

Northampton- http://library.bolindadigital.com/northampton 

Kalbarri- http://library.bolindadigital.com/kalbarri

https://wapldmc.overdrive.com/

https://www.kanopy.com/

eResource - Hoopla

https://www.hoopladigital.com.au/

Hoopla is a free e-resource available to borrow e-books, audiobooks, movies, TV Shows, music, comics, magazines etc online. Hoopla can be accessed on your phone, computer, TV and in your car. There are no wait times as there is unlimited availability of items. To access Hoopla follow the above link and sign up  using your Northampton Library card.

Online Book Club

Public Libraries of Western Australia Online Book Club

A place for Western Australia Public Libraries patrons to read and discuss recent and popular books,

from the comfort of their own home and with no hold periods.

Join the Western Australian Public Libraries Online Book Club (pbc.guru)

Three new titles will be chosen quarterly - you can read selected titles or all three, it's up to you

Please note : An Adobe Digital Editions account is required to download and read ebooks, through the Freading App.