Dunedin Public Libraries News & Reviews Blog

This week is Library Week, so we are celebrating just how amazing we are.

Here are some facts (some well known / others not so) that give you a small insight into just how much happens behind the scenes every day. There are a lot of people hard at work to make the library an amazing place to visit every day.

• An average of 700 new people join our Library network every month.
• Looking for some financial help to achieve your dreams? Visit our website, and you will find Fundview and Breakout databases. These provide grant and funding information for community groups and scholarships for school, polytechnic or travel; through to funding for sports and arts schemes; personal development funds; and academic and non-academic funding for individuals.
• The gold used for decorating the books that come through the Bindery doesn’t have any gold in it! The colour is in fact a pigment.

Discover more amazing facts on our library website!

• www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz – library week 2009 amazing facts

This week is Library Week, so we are celebrating just how amazing we are.

Here are some facts (some well known / others not so) that give you a small insight into just how much happens behind the scenes every day. There are a lot of people hard at work to make the library an amazing place to visit every day.

• Our entire Library network issued 1,593,158 items between June 2008 and June 2009.
• Dunedin Public Libraries holds all current NZ standards, all AS/NZS (Australian/NZ Standards), and all AS that are included in the NZS Catalogue. Other standards can be ordered via our interloan system. However, not all our standards are on the catalogue system, so if you are searching for a standard, check with Information Services before giving up!
• Each time the Reed Gallery has an exhibition, the Bindery makes supports for the articles on display. Every support is individually designed and handmade to suit the specific requirements of any particular item, and will never be used again once the exhibition is finished

Discover more amazing facts on our library website!

• www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz – library week 2009 amazing facts

This week is Library Week, so we are celebrating just how amazing we are.

Here are some facts (some well known / others not so) that give you a small insight into just how much happens behind the scenes every day. There are a lot of people hard at work to make the library an amazing place to visit every day.

• Home Services have only 2.4 full time employees on their team and account for 3.5 percent of the Dunedin Public Library network issues.
• The Teen Space in the City Library has 4 digital touch-screen listening stations with cordless headphones.
• Mosgiel was left off all promotions for Chocolate Storytime this year, and it was on purpose. They have been so over-run in the past that only a few posters were made for Mosgiel Library to put up. They still got a great crowd, and it was much more manageable.

Discover more amazing facts on our library website!

• www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz – library week 2009 amazing facts