LIBRARY UPDATES

Chances are you’ll notice a different look in the Library next time you visit – we’re going to be making a few changes with the physical layout, to better align with how people are using the Library space.  Here’s what is changing:

• the fiction shelves will be swung to be better lined up with the black pillars, making it easier for our mobility-impaired customers to navigate through the rows.
• Our public computers and copier/scanner will be grouped together in part of the previous staff area, for more privacy.
• We have extended our teen space and have moved in a computer for our rangatahi.  We’ll be adding a few beanbags in the near future as well.
• Our white study tables are moving to a quieter section of the Library; magazines, newspapers, the large print selection, audiobooks, local history and the Māori collection will also be housed in this space.  We’ll be adding some armchairs for comfy browsing.
• Our children’s area is bigger! Our tamariki now have a larger space to move around in, and staff can host our regular school class visits comfortably.

Don’t panic if you feel a bit lost – staff are only too happy to help you find what you need.  Come and check it out!

A couple of staff recommendations this month – Stillhouse Lake series Rachel Caine – brilliant, really gripping.  Get all of them out and read them beginning to end.  Murderbot Diaries – imagine The Terminator meets Marvin the Paranoid Android (from Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy), incredibly funny and relatable.  Talk to the team at Carterton if you want to know more…. 

Not sure what to read?  If you haven’t already, try out this app https://www.whichbook.net/ which provides you with reading suggestions based on your mood and what kind of characters and plotline you’re interested in.   

NEW STAFF

You may have noticed some new faces on the desk at Martinborough.  The NZ Libraries Partnership Programme has enabled us to recruit several new staff on a fixed term basis.  Working across all four of the WLS branches are Scott, Quintin, Sylvia, Caren, Christina, Anna and Dan, who you’ll also regularly see at Martinborough.  

And finally, Saturday opening hours for all four branches are now 10-2pm. 

Come in and say hi!