Meadowridge Library

Meadowridge Library
Meadowridge Library in Cape Town, South Africa
34°02′21″S 18°27′15″E / 34.039153°S 18.454085°E / -34.039153; 18.454085[2]
Location	30 Howard Drive, Meadowridge, Cape Town[1], South Africa
Type	Public library
Branch of	City of Cape Town Library and Information Services
Collection
Items collected	78,016 (March 2015)
Access and use
Access requirements	Library membership (free) Library card carries a R20 replacement fee if lost
Circulation	233,161 (2014)[3]
Members	8,112 (February 2015)
Other information
Employees	11 employees 10 volunteers (November 2015)
Website	CCT Libraries and Services (select Meadowridge)

Meadowridge Library

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Location of Meadowridge Library within Cape Town.

Meadowridge Library is a public library in the suburb of Meadowridge, in Cape Town, South Africa. It has 8,112 members, and was ranked 14th in the City of Cape Town's top 20 circulating libraries in 2014, out of the city's 101 libraries.^[3]

The library, established in January 1960, is open 45 hours a week, and currently provides work to 11 employees and 10 volunteers. It offers books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, and magazines for loan. The library holds 78,106 items. Meadowridge Library's holdings can be searched online via the City of Cape Town's Open Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)^[4]

Meadowridge library is in close proximity to a number of schools, including Bergvliet Primary School, Bergvliet High School, Westcott Primary School, Sweet Valley Primary School, and the American International School of Cape Town. The library serves a large community, with many neighboring suburbs not having libraries of their own.