Noosa Libraries have hit a new high, increasing membership to 30,907 – a five per cent increase on last year.
Staff also assisted 245,419 customers who physically visited a library branch in 2025, an 8.4 per cent increase – or 20,680 additional people than in 2024.
In total, a massive 1.35 million customers either physically visited a library branch or accessed library services online, demonstrating that libraries remain a significant part of people’s lives.
A Noosa Libraries spokesperson told Noosa Today there were also almost 600,000 physical and digital loans.
The top five Adult Fiction books loaned this year were: The Secret by Lee Child, The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Storm Child by Michael Robotham, The Valley by Chris Hammer and In too Deep by Lee Child.
Noosa Libraries has multiple services including branches located in Noosaville and Cooroy, as well as a Mobile Library that visits locations across the Shire.
Membership of Noosa Libraries is free and open to anyone, including visitors, with personal identification and proof of current permanent residential address.
It provides access to an extensive collection of print and electronic resources and you are able to pick-up and drop-off at all three libraries interchangeably.
Members can borrow up to 30 items for three weeks, reserve items, renew and reserve items online (or at any branch) and access e-Books, audio books, e-Magazines, music and
movies online.
The libraries will be closed over Christmas on the following times:
From 2:30pm on 24 December – Christmas Eve
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Boxing Day
from 2:30pm on 31 December 2025 – New Year’s Eve
1 January 2026 – New Year’s Day
The Mobile Library will be closed from 21 December 2025, resuming 8 January 2026.
For more information, go to: www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au
