Getting to the library

Bus - the library is a short walk from Spit Junction. Popular buses include the B1, 100 and 199. 

Car - there are a limited number of accessible parking spaces in the carpark next to the library. Enter the Mosman Square Carpark via The Crescent. This carpark offers free two-hour free parking. 

Getting into the library

There is one entrance to the library that is wheelchair accessible and has an automatic door. 

Enter via Library Walk, 605 Military Walk, Mosman. 

Getting around the library

Barry O’Keefe Library is a two level library with a wheelchair accessible lift between the two levels. 

There are two service desk points as you walk into the library. Staff can answer any questions you have and help you find your way around.

Other services

The library has an accessible toilet equipped with a change table at the entrance, to your right. 

You can borrow audiobooks, large print and dyslexia-friendly books at the library. 

The library has two public use computers and one OPAC with screen magnification. 

The library offers a free and tailored home delivery service to residents who are physically unable to visit the library. 

For further questions regarding accessibility please contact library@mosman.nsw.gov.au.

Barry O'Keefe Library will be closed for all public holidays in April. 

Regular hours resume Tuesday 7 April.

Regular hours resume Tuesday 28 April. 

Items that would have been due throughout our closures will be automatically extended and due back when we open again. Our returns chute will remain open if you have items you wish to bring back. 

The Premier's Reading Challenge is a great resource for finding age-appropriate titles for your children. Look out for the stickers pictured above on books throughout the collection or click on relevant links below to see what the library has: 

• Titles for years K-2

• Titles for years 3-4

• Titles for years 5-6

• Titles for years 7-9

• Titles for years 9+

The Premier's Reading Challenge is for all readers from Kindergarten to Year 10 in government, independent, Catholic or home schools and aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. Talk to your child's school to learn how to sign up to the challenge. 

Artwork by Shaun Tan. 

Council has endorsed the draft Mosman Library Strategy 2026–2030, voting at its meeting on 3 February 2026 to place the document on public exhibition. 

The Strategy outlines Council’s vision and priorities for the next four years of library services, with a strong focus on community expectations. Community input has been central to the creation of the document, and the exhibition period is designed to ensure the final Strategy reflects local needs and interests. 

Residents are encouraged to review the draft Strategy and provide feedback via a short online survey. Hard copies of the document are also available for viewing at Barry O'Keefe Library and at the Mosman Council Civic Centre, in addition to being publicly accessible on Council’s Have Your Say website. 

The public exhibition period will run until Friday 13 March 2026, after which all submissions will be reviewed before the document is finalised. 

We encourage community members to have their say and contribute to shaping the future of Mosman’s library services. 

Mosman Library Service is pleased to announce a new library card design! Sign up to the library today to receive your new library card. 

To become a member of the library, click here. 

Mosman Library Service is pleased to announce an evening Justice of the Peace service, commencing Tuesday 3 February 2026.

This service is in addition to our existing Justice of the Peace offering. You will find a JP at the library at the following times: 

• Every Tuesday evening from 5.30–7.30pm
• Every Wednesday afternoon from 12–2pm

To find out more about what a volunteer JP can do for you, click here. 

Mosman Library Service can borrow items for you in 43 languages from the State Library of NSW for free!

If you would like a box of items in your language, fill in the online form below or ask staff for assistance.

The service is currently on hold due to the holiday period and will resume Monday 5 January 2026. 

Order books in your language

December marks the start of summer and the start of the Summer Reading Challenge at Barry O'Keefe Library. This is an initiative across the Shorelink Library Network – including Lane Cove, Mosman and North Sydney libraries. 

The Summer Reading Challenge aims to show that reading can be enjoyable and encourages children and young people to keep exploring and learning throughout the summer months. While we've made it fun with a simple reading challenge, rewards and an end of summer party, the real winners of the program are developing reading as a life long habit and boosting literacy skills this summer.

The challenge kicks off 1 December and runs until 30 January.

Participating is simple: 

• Register – in person at any Shorelink Library to receive your 5 reading tracker bookmarks or through the Beanstack app to track your reading digitally
• Read – at daycare, the library, or at home. No matter what, where, or with who - every book counts!
• Log – keep track of your reading progress by logging every 15 minutes read 

For every 1 hour logged, collect a free prize from your registered library and receive 1 entry into the major prize draw. By completing all 5 reading tracker bookmarks you will earn a GOLDEN TICKET to the Summer Reading Party. 

It's free to join the library and the challenge. Drop into the library today to pick up your Summer Reading Challenge activity booklet, and remember, any kind of reading counts towards the challenge – library books, fiction, magazines, non-fiction, family reading time, re-reading old favourites and more!

Libby is a free library app that allows you to borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and more from your local library.

Have you ever searched for an eBook/eAudiobook on Libby but found it wasn't available? Now is your chance to request that we purchase it!

The top 10 titles to be requested through Libby will be purchased by us and added to our online collection. If your title is selected, you will be notified via Libby right away. 

To request a title: 

1. Login to Libby (select Shorelink Library Network as your library) 
2. Search for your desired title 
3. Select 'deep search'
4. Click 'Notify Me'
5. Click on the notification bell 

You will need your library card details, including a barcode number and a pin/password, to access this free resource.

Tagging a title with Notify Me doesn't guarantee that a library will acquire it, but Libby shares your interest (anonymously) with your libraries. If they add the title to the collection, we'll let you know right away. 

Barry O'Keefe Library will remain open over the holiday period, aside from public holidays and some early closures. 

Regular hours resume Friday 2 January 2026. 

No items will be due back at the library between Thursday 18 December 2025 to Sunday 11 January 2026. Items that would have been due throughout this period will be automatically extended and due back Monday 12 January 2026. Our returns chute will remain open if you have items you wish to bring back. 

Have a safe and happy holiday period, from the team at Mosman Library Service!