Library Services is responsible for improving public library access to all communities. This is done by developing and sustaining a culture of reading and the provision of access to information of all throughout and province of Kwazulu-Natal.
The unit provides library services support to affiliated public libraries that includes local modular libraries and permanent structures made of bricks and mortar. This affiliation forms the basis of a cooperative partnership between provincial and local government, each contributing to providing library services to communities to ensure that the information and recreational needs of all people is fulfilled.
The service consists of central Head Office in Pietermaritzburg and Regional Library Depots Based in Pietermaritzburg (Southern), Dundee (Western), Pinetown (Eastern) and Mbazwane (Northern).