Dunedin Public Libraries News & Reviews Blog

Launched at the beginning of this month Dunedin Public Libraries now boasts it’s very own YouTube channel.

“We wanted to give our customers and other interested visitors another way of keeping up with library events” says Electronic Services Coordinator Paul Hayton.

As May is New Zealand Music month video clips from various performances taking place around the library network will be posted along with other promotional happenings etc.

Visit our channel for more info and our latest video clips.

The latest issue of Dunedin Public Libraries publication The Word has been released.

We hope you enjoy the new-look graphic redesign of this publication.

As always it’s packed full of reviews, new book lists, library news and more.

Grab a copy today from your nearest public library or visit our website to download a .pdf version to read online.

Join us in celebrating!

2008 is Dunedin Public Libraries’ Centenary, and we’re planning an exciting programme of events that will demonstrate how far we’ve come in our 100 years, and how much we’re looking forward to our next century of innovation, challenge, and possibility.

Our Scottish forefathers brought with them their love of education and their values of intellectual inquiry and the free interchange of ideas.

For a century Dunedin Public Libraries has collected, preserved, and made available, through words and images, the best of New Zealand and the best of the world.

We’ve acted as Dunedin’s gateway to the world of knowledge, promoted literacy and supported the city’s educational, artistic and economic progress.

So we have much to celebrate, and we hope that you will celebrate with us!

As the year unfolds, watch for special displays and exhibitions, and an exciting programme of events planned for the later months.

Highlights will include a staff reunion in October, coinciding with the launch of our centennial history which has been specially written by Mary Ronnie – the person who knows us best – and a day of special celebration on 2 December, 100 years to the day after the opening to the public of the original Carnegie building.

Keep watching our website for further news.

St. Patricks Day is on the 17th of March.

We’ve created a web page for the kids to point them at some excellent books and a few cool websites to try.

We hope you enjoy using this resource.

The latest issue of Dunedin Public Libraries publication The Word has been released.

As always it’s packed full of reviews, new book lists, library news and more.

Grab a copy today from your nearest public library or visit our website to download a .pdf version to read online.

Does you child struggle to read or comprehend what they are reading?

New to our website - we have produced a list of some excellent titles to help parents / care givers in this area.

Talk to our helpful children’s team for more information and be sure to review our website for suggested readings dealing with other milestones & hurdles.

Helping children achieve milestones or overcome hurdles can be a challenging time. We hope our recommended books and resources can help.

New baby on the way? Future “big” brother or sister asking questions?

We have added a new page to our website with a list of titles we hope will help to prepare your child for this exciting and often challenging event.

Regular readers of our blog may recall our announcement a month ago about Dunedin Public Libraries establishing a Flickr.com account to share images of our libraries, events etc.

Now we’ve established an online presence for our Bookbus team using the very interactive Google Maps service The maps are another way of helping you figure out and locate the best Bookbus stop is for your needs.

Visit our website for more information about this new service.

Love is in the air this week as Valentines Day occurs again this Thursday February 14.

Find out more about the origins of the event and discover our huge catalogue of romantic literature.

The staff at Dunedin Public Libraries wish you a very happy Valentines Day

Looking for the location of our libraries? We have created a community map that allows you to locate our five libraries using the Google Maps service.

A nice feature of this service is that you can zoom in and out of each library location and look at map, satellite and terrain views of the area.

Try it today and let us know what you think.