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The Rotterdam Central Library offers an extensive collection of books, national and international newspapers, magazines, periodicals, CD-ROMs, audio cassettes, DVDs, sheet music, slides and video programmes to meet all your needs for information and entertainment. Over one million books are available, some of which are very old and valuable.

In addition, the institution has established partnerships with other organizations, including a library theatre, a restaurant and the Central Recording Collection, which is justly proud of its collection of over 250,000 CDs and 300,000 LPs.

You can consult the library catalogue at will by using the computers located on all floors. Up-to-date information is available on-line, on CD-ROM. The website of the central library also gives access to other national and international libraries. Use of the library as an information and documentation centre is free of charge as is the consulting of books, magazines, the internet and other material. If you wish to actually borrow one of the items, you must first register as a library member.

For more information
Please ask for the brochure: “A trip to the Rotterdam Library: always worthwhile” or just drop by:

Centrale Bibliotheek
Hoogstraat 110
Rotterdam
T (010) 281 61 00
F (010) 281 61 81
E communicatie@bibliotheek.rotterdam.nl
I www.bibliotheek.rotterdam.nl

Open:
Monday (13:00 - 20:00)
Tuesday through Friday (10:00 - 20:00)
Saturday (10:00 - 17:00)
Sunday (13:00 - 17:00)

Music
Compact disks and records can be borrowed from the “Centrale Discotheek”, also located in the Rotterdam Central Library:

Centrale Bibliotheek
Hoogstraat 110
Rotterdam
T (010) 412 05 36
E disco@cdr.nl
I www.muziekweb.nl (Dutch only)

Open:
Tuesday and Wednesday (10:00 - 18:00)
Thursday and Friday (10:00 - 21:00)
Saturday (10:00 - 17:00)