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NewsDecember 13

University graduation procession through city

Home to a steady stream of graduating students and with six cruise ships due to dock in Port Chalmers this week, Dunedin is packed to the rafters with out-of-town visitors.
NewsNovember 4

South Otago youngsters get taste of rural life

Milton youngsters had a taste of rural life yesterday.
DunedinSeptember 9

Area outside library monitored

Young tearaways rather than bibliophiles are the focus of extra police attention in central Dunedin.
Area outside library monitored
Area outside library monitored
DunedinJune 30

Jobs there 'for everyone who wants to be placed'

The fates of 18 Dunedin Public Libraries staff will be known over the next few weeks following the ''disestablishment'' of their jobs.
DunedinMay 27

Smart ID tags free up staff

Dunedin libraries are preparing to go live with a sophisticated new radio tracking system that will help monitor lending stock.
Smart ID tags free up staff
Smart ID tags free up staff
The MixMay 9

Library has something for everyone

No longer just a collection of books, the public library is using new technologies to deliver content anywhere, any time. Kim Dungey visits the Dunedin city library and talks to those who use its services.
DunedinFebruary 21

Tradition of printed books still in demand

Books are still very much alive and well, judging from the hundreds of people who swarmed into the Dunedin Public Libraries' latest bargain sale yesterday.
Tradition of printed books still in demand
Tradition of printed books still in demand
DunedinNovember 5

Queue to borrow 'The Luminaries'

People wanting to borrow the 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries from Dunedin Public Libraries may be out of luck unless they pay to jump the queue.
DunedinOctober 31

Library hub for 50,000-word novel challenge

Starting at midnight tomorrow, Dunedin man Rowan Stanley will try his hand at writing a 50,000-word novel in just one calendar month - again.
DunedinOctober 13

Computer portal to art world

A portal into a virtual art world has opened in Dunedin.
Computer portal to art world
Computer portal to art world
DunedinAugust 31

Library issues down; downloads up

Visits and issues at most Otago libraries are declining as readers shift from printed to electronic material.
Library issues down; downloads up
Library issues down; downloads up
DunedinJuly 30

City library users book up debt

Dunedin Public Libraries members owe the libraries about $438,000, figures released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act show.
City library users book up debt
City library users book up debt
DunedinMay 24

Libraries changes likely

The Dunedin City Council could shed more jobs as part of a shake-up of the city's library services, it has been confirmed.
Libraries changes likely
Libraries changes likely
DunedinMay 13

Plans for library may be hastened

Plans for a South Dunedin library may be accelerated after city councillors pushed for faster progress yesterday.
DunedinMay 7

Library news welcomed

Dunedin still needs its long-awaited library to help revitalise the suburb, Dunedin city councillors have been reminded.
DunedinApril 26

Library puts rare treasures on show

The dust was blown off some old book covers at the Dunedin Central Library last night.
OpinionFebruary 17

Battle won but library always wins the war

I wish the moaners would stop giving the Dunedin City Council a hard time. Those hard-core whingers are knocking some great achievements - the grand stadium; the John Wilson Ocean Dr soap opera; the cheerful parking wardens and the hugely popular Chinese Garden. How petty the criticisms have been, haven't they?
DunedinDecember 12

Library thanks its supporters

Library volunteer Amanda Morrison, better known as ''Mandy Mayhem'', admires her 2012 Dunedin Public Libraries Citation with head of customer services Mike Collett in the Dunningham Room yesterday.
Library thanks its supporters
Library thanks its supporters
DunedinSeptember 19

Library trespass numbers up

The number of people being prosecuted for trespassing at the Dunedin Public Library appears to have nearly doubled in the past year.
Library trespass numbers up
Library trespass numbers up
DunedinSeptember 12

Public Library talks tell of bush lifestyle

Two years after her husband Robert Long came to Dunedin to share his story with Dunedin listeners, Catherine Stewart is doing the same.
DunedinAugust 10

Watching their waste

Dunedin Public Library staff have tackled their wasteful ways, reducing their rubbish by 67% over the past six years.
DunedinMay 5

Centuries-old bible only one in southern hemisphere

A rare find in Palmerston North has caught the eye of a Dunedin library curator, who says the 400-year-old King James Bible is the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
Centuries-old bible only one in southern hemisphere
Centuries-old bible only one in southern hemisphere
DunedinJanuary 13

Catalogue of debt by city's library users

More than 72,000 Dunedin people have access to more than 755,000 books at the Dunedin Public Libraries, although not everyone wants to share them nicely.
Catalogue of debt by city's library users
Catalogue of debt by city's library users
DunedinNovember 13

Free ebook service soon at Dunedin library

The Dunedin Public Library is betting there will be a few e-readers placed under Christmas trees this year, and it wants to offer their recipients a free ebook service.
Free ebook service soon at Dunedin library
Free ebook service soon at Dunedin library
DunedinSeptember 19

Women's suffrage show

Dunedin City Library is hosting an exhibition to celebrate New Zealand's role in women's suffrage.