The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Library is regarded as the preeminent facility for sporting reference and research. Since the first donations that established the library in 1873, the club has actively collected cricket publications.
In recent times this has broadened to include publications on other sports played by the club and at the MCG, together with material on the achievements of MCC members.
The collection focus is on sporting material and can also include general historical and reference material primarily focusing on history and biography from the 17th century to present day, with a lesser emphasis on materials relating to sporting technique.