Wrenhaven Credit Union opens counters inside branch libraries
Members in four neighbourhoods without a bank branch can now pay in savings, ask about loans and get help with budgeting on the same visit as borrowing a book.
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Business Culture Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room
After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.
Isabel Duarte ·Technology Libraries lend laptops and run digital skills classes for older residents
Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams.
Freya Collins ·Culture The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence
From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.
Elena Sokolova ·Culture The library is the last free living room in town
One of the few places where we can sit for hours without buying anything, the public library now holds far more than books.
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