#libraries

26 OctoberMonday

1. 19:14

   Business

   Wrenhaven Credit Union opens counters inside branch libraries

   Members in four neighbourhoods without a bank branch can now pay in savings, ask about loans and get help with budgeting on the same visit as borrowing a book.

   

22 OctoberThursday

1. 03:35

   Culture

   Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room

   After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.

   

20 OctoberTuesday

1. 08:07

   Technology

   Libraries lend laptops and run digital skills classes for older residents

   Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams.

   

16 OctoberFriday

1. 23:11

   Culture

   The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence

   From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.

   

15 OctoberThursday

1. 18:27

   Culture Margaret Ellison

   The library is the last free living room in town

   One of the few places where we can sit for hours without buying anything, the public library now holds far more than books.