- They have library baskets to hold all your bags!
- Their busiest return day is after the Easter holidays.
- Carpet and shelves were specially made for the library.
- The carpet being an a representation of Taniwha.
- The wheeled shelves near the entrance are moved when events are held.
- The offices between the escalators on the ground floor are for hire. $10 an hour.
- Red shelves offer best sellers. Colour coded.
- Library Elf is an international service and would actually be really useful if more people used it.
- Fiction is alphabetical (apart from mystery, scifi etc being separated?), Non fiction is dewy decimal (apart from biographies).
- DVDs are half price with community services card. ($4 reg $2 pink dot $8 box set)
- Free internet access is restricted to NZ websites.
- Paid internet is $1.50 for 15 minutes.
- Printing and Scanning is available (although more expensive than unis)
- We're getting the statistics for their blog and website in the coming week or so.
- They're not allowed to make profit from their charges, can't increase them.
- Internet is on first and second floor mainly.
- Free music room is available at a first come, first served basis unless you book. 30 mins.
- Zine collection is on the second floor, can add your own zines to it!
- Press displays advertise less popular books.
- Book sales twice a year with the older books.
- They buy in books from publics suggestions if it suits the library needs.
Saturday, 15 August 2015
Wellington City Library Tour
We were kindly given a 1 1/2 hour tour around the library and they also included some exclusive behind the scenes sneak peaks.
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