Tō Tātou Karere - Wellington City Libraries Newsletter - June 2020

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JUNE 2020 | VOL. IV

Tō Tātou Karere WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES NEWS

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Find out more at Covid19.govt.nz

Kia ora, Under the Covid-19 Alert Level 1 all Wellington City Libraries branches will return to normal opening hours from Monday 15 June, while continuing with additional cleaning and providing QR codes for people to track where they’ve been.

Read our full blog post on Visiting libraries under Alert Level 1.

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Do more with your library card

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new books

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kids activity

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Bedtime Storytime

monthly highlight 7.30pm MON - FRI

Library online numbers a turn-up for the books With libraries reopened in the capital

of the most popular adult eBook and

now, the library boffins have been

Audiobook over the past two months, and

crunching the numbers during the

the Harry Potter series remained the most

Covid-19 Alert Levels, and found online

popular Audiobook for children, including

services broke every record in the book.

the foreign language editions – although Horrid Henry was taking over from Harry

As the lockdown started in

in the eBooks stakes.

March, Wellington City Libraries welcomed over 1,110 new members, a 300% increase

Such high levels of engagement with

compared to 2019.

our library services during lockdown is reassuring for Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons,

The number of people using eResources

Portfolio Leader for Libraries.

remained high throughout, averaging 10,000 eBooks issued and 5,000 reserves

There has been a library in Wellington for

per week. Audiobooks averaged over

over a hundred years and the record use

5,000 issues and 2,000 reserves per week.

by residents during the lockdown shows the huge value and trust Wellingtonians

Compared to early March 2019 the average

place in library services today. We are

number of ebooks issued was around

so lucky to have such committed staff

6,000, with 1,800 reserves. Audiobooks for

running our city’s libraries.

the same time last year sat around 3,000 issues and 1,000 reserves.

“The libraries of 2020 are not just about books – it’s audio, visual, historic, futuristic,

“We are currently planning for Alert Level

online, offline, and for public events. Now

1, and we’re hoping that will see the return

that our branches are reopening, they’re

of many of our much loved programmes

also demonstrating what an important

like Baby Rock & Rhyme to our libraries.”

public space they are for residents as well.”

Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ was one

Read the full post on our website.

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do more with your

library card

Have FREE access to eMedia with your Library Card — eBooks, streaming film, eMagazines, eNewspapers, digital storytimes & more.

Check our Quick Start Guide for simple steps to get started.

Libby OverDrive’s new simplified site and app.

Read and listen to eBooks & eAudiobooks — over 50,000 titles available.

Check here.

Lynda.com Unlimited access to over 3500 online video courses.

Topics include IT, business, design & more.

Check here.

BorrowBox eAudiobooks & eBooks (mainly eAudiobooks) from Australia’s leading provider — over 3500 titles Check here.

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Beamafilm Streaming film — over 500 international movies and documentaries, with a strong Australasian focus.

Login requires an adult membership type.

Check here.

Naxos Jazz Library Streaming music — over 210,500 tracks of jazz from more than 17,930 CDs. Includes over 32,000 jazz artists.

Check here.

Ancestry Temporarily available from home until 30 June.

Research database for genealogists and family history enthusiasts.

Check here.

Mango Languages Learn over 70 new languages on the go.

Check here.

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contact us Arapaki Manners library 12 Manners Street 803 8303

Brooklyn Library Cnr of Harrison & Cleveland Streets, Brooklyn 384 6814

Cummings Park (ngaio) Library 1a Ottawa Road, Ngaio 479 2344

Miramar library 68 Miramar Avenue, Miramar 388 8005

Newtown library 13 Constable Street, Newtown 389 2830

Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) library 101 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie 387 1480

He Matapihi Molesworth Library

Wadestown library

National Library of New Zealand 70 Molesworth Street 801 4122

Corner of Moorhouse Street and Lennel Road, Wadestown 473 5211

Island Bay library 167 The Parade, island bay 383 7216

Johnsonville library 34 Moorefield Road, Johnsonville 477 6151

Karori library 247 Karori Road, Karori 476 8413

Khandallah library 8 Ganges Road, khandallah 479 7535

Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) library 158 Main Road (Cnr Cambridge Street & Main Road), Tawa 232 1690

general enquiries enquiries@wcl.govt.nz 801 3065