Reading in the kids section
I just spotted a tweet from a Christchurch local @AdrienneRewi on our new Central Library Peterborough:
Have thrown myself through the doors of the new Peterborough St Library like a half-starved piglet. Can hardly carry my haul.
Yes, there is something about our new library that causes paroxysms o’ delights in library users (me included).
Why? Here are some of its selling points.
- It’s great to have our Maori and Family history collections back.
- Location, location. It’s in town. And very much within walking distance for people in St Albans etc too.
- Great space and stuff for kids. Lots of picture books, DVDs and nice seats to read to your little ones.
- Maagaaaazinnneeeees. Oh how I’ve missed ogling the Vogues and such.
It’s SMART as heck. You can issue all your own stuff, and pick up your own holds – and the self checkout offers a variety of language options. Even Pirate lingo.- Yummy books, DVDs, CDs – this is a collection of more than 70,000 items.
- Sounding good. There is something cool about the acoustics of this building. It can have a lot of people in it, but not seem noisy.
- There are 22 free computers offering free internet access as well as free wifi is available. Along with printing, copying and scanning – extremely handy & well used services.
So get along and sample its wares.- Find out more about Central Library Peterborough
- View photos of Central Library Peterborough
- Read more of our displaced reader series – we go and visit our libraries to catch their flavour.
Have you been? What did you think?
3 February 2012 at 6:45 pm
Am loving the new Peterborough St Library. Now I have to drive across town to work (used to be in CBD) its now my most convenient stop to pickup reserves from, and its so lovely to have shelves to browse from.
Things I am less keen about, lots of noisy tourists chatting away, the acoustics dont work so well when they are 6 feet away from you
And I went to use the toilets once and they were disgusting. Looked like someone with a dose of campylobacter hit all of the ladies. It was later in the day, but still unpleasant.
7 February 2012 at 1:16 pm
Hi lensaddiction, thanks for your feedback. Sorry to hear that the toilets weren’t good, I’ve just had a message from a librarian there that they are “monitoring them to make sure that their state of cleanliness etc is up to standard throughout the day” – hope that will solve the problem.