 Birkenhead Library (as part of the North Shore Libraries system) began a public rollout of the eLGAR Smarter System on 16 June 2005.On 1 May 2000, a time capsule was buried out in front of the library, by the Birkenhead war memorial.It contained various items such as maps, driver's licences, shopping receipts, and old library cards from the 1960s and 1970s.