New Central Library Tuam to open
> Friday 20 July 2012
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> New Central Library
Tuam to open
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> A new temporary library will
open in Tuam Street on Monday.
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> Christchurch City
Libraries have been looking for larger premises to establish
a temporary library to service the southern area of the four
avenues. Central Library Tuam / Te Kete Wānanga o Tuam
will open at 9am on Monday 23 July 2012. The Central South
City Library closed on 15 July 2012.
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Library Tuam is similar in size to Central Library
Peterborough / Te Kete Wānanga o Peterborough, which opened
in December last year to service the northern area of the
four avenues. The Tuam and Peterborough libraries both have
collections of about 70,000 items and will be in place until
the Central Library in Gloucester Street, which sustained
damage in the earthquakes, is operational again.
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Libraries and Information Unit Manager Carolyn Robertson
says both the staff and collection from the Central South
City Library will relocate to Central Library Tuam, at 121
Tuam Street.
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> “We are really excited that our
customers will have access to a larger, more fully equipped
library. It is very accessible, being located next to the
Central Station bus exchange and close to a Council car park
that currently has two hours free parking. It is also in
close proximity to Re:Start.”
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Tuam will be open Monday to Friday from 9am-6pm and during
weekends from 10am-5pm.
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> Customers will have access
to fiction, non-fiction, 32 computers, wireless access, CDs,
DVDs, newspapers, a children’s area and young adult
material. There will also be a collection of books and
magazines in Asian languages (European, Middle Eastern and
Afrikaans material are at Peterborough Street); an extensive
motor manuals collection (this is one of the most commonly
asked for items since the earthquakes) and a selection of
material retrieved from the Central Library on Gloucester
Street’s Aotearoa New Zealand collection.
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Library users will be able to pick up reserved items and use
the new self-issue kiosks, which have been installed at
several other city libraries. Staff will work alongside
customers to make it as easy as possible for them to use
this new equipment.
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> Mayor Bob Parker says it is
exciting to note all the items and archives from the Central
Library in Gloucester Street have now been retrieved.
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> “It has taken a lot of effort to make sure
these precious items are safe and I am thrilled they are
able to be used and enjoyed again by library users around
Christchurch.”
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> While not everything from Central
Library in Gloucester Street is able to be housed at Tuam
and Peterborough libraries, customers will have access to
collections in storage by placing reserves on-line, by
telephone, or at any of the city’s libraries. Archives
have now been moved to Recall at Dakota Park and can be
viewed by appointment by phoning (03) 941 8999.
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The Central Library, which is one of the 10 major facilities
highlighted in the Annual Plan for 2012/13, will be repaired
to 100 percent of the New Building Standard and is likely to
be closed for another two and a half years.
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more information about libraries, visit
http://christchurchcitylibraries.com or phone (03) 941
7923.
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