I love this library. A particular shout out to a few features: The tasteful design of the stairs, light features, and furniture. The curves are lovely and integrate the design of the whole building together. They have great workshops of all kinds! The librarians are approachable, knowledgeable, and speak a variety of languages. They have a lot of community language books and resources, including some for kids and babies. There's no time like the present to start your community language literacy experiences at home with the little ones😊 The German and Spanish sections have some fun board books. They also have awesome, engaging baby and kid classes. Rhyme Time here is quite good, though busy. You can also borrow the Rhyme Time book here if you're a keener. When will we have Rhyme Time in community languages?!🤩 For any community language sceptics: With community language support systems, it's quite important to provide resources and supports from end to end (i.e., for young children, or whenever people might be beginning their community language journey, on to proficient adults). Some libraries or resource centres only provide books for adults and perhaps only a narrow range. This proposes community languages as a dying fad as they are not offered to younger readers. This community and indeed Australia has a unique rich abundance of community language diversity, but if we don't provide the support for people to maintain this linguistic wealth right from beginner learner right into proficient language user, generator, and appreciator, that abundance will dry up and blow away on the wind. That would be sad. It's thanks to libraries like Rockdale library that this isn't happening as fast as it could be. If Rockdale library starts providing more workshops and in person supports in community languages, this will also help to stem the tide and fortify and revitalise the language communities of Bayside for generations to come.

Rockdale Library was my 2nd time coming here because the novel books were very interesting to read about the graphic design for the Marvel characters. The library has stairs for people to study or read books. I definitely would recommend going there again.

Overall, the libray is good, but i would recommend bringing noice cancelling headphones if your there to study as the nocie level can get loud. There isnt enough seating for studying, as a person who goes after school the seats most of the time are full and I have to sit on the coffee tables which isn't ideal for studing, so I recommend that they replace some coffee tables with normal desks for 2 people as they already have a lot of group desks. It has great selection of books and you can reserve online from other libraries that will give to rockdale library for you to pick up making it easier and have a wide range of books from other countries.They have a wide selection of things for children, from a book area for them to activities that happen in the day. The libray has friendly staff, exelt near closing time when they play that music to kick eveyone out annoyed. They have english language classes through the day to help adults. Overall great place I think better than hurstville exept for there quiet study area but rockdale cant do anything of that as its the layout.

The place is the same and I'm glad it hasn't changed ever since we had a nice time that I read a novel manga called Fire Force which you know me :) anyway it has nice two level floors at least from what I know so again nice place to read.

I like Kogarah Library better... I'd give it (Rockdale Library) 3.5 stars I don't understand why the building designer or planner thought it was a good idea to design how this space is.There is a lack of restrooms (only 2 single restrooms on the first level, one is ambulant + has a nappy change table and a child toilet inside), I think mens restrooms might be on second? Not sure. I honestly much prefer the original library layout ... even though it was alot smaller, it just made more sense for some reason. There is not as much study/ individual seating and space that supports just individual/ quiet focus work here. There is a lack of desk-chair seating with access to a powerpoint, more lower coffee tables and seats (as someone credibly criticised earlier). For some reason the space in here conduces noise. Always, I really hate how theres an entry/exit door for the Bayside council office workers on the second level so basically there's alot of the time an ongoing traffic and you can continuously hear open and closing door sounds. I guess I give it points that it is a community space and now that it's finally back to opening til 8pm... FINALLY.

We are lucky to have a facility like this in the area. Well stocked, plenty of clean fresh space to study. Can spend a productive day here. My only bugbear is that not all the 16-20yr olds in there are quite as focussed on studying as they might be (but frankly at their age I would have been worse I think!)

Good library and helpful staff. Downside, toilets are filthy. I have been twice and used the toilet twice and it looked like it’s cleaned weekly or fortnightly.

Plenty of reading books for young children. Also recommend their children's programs, particular the school holiday activities.