Regional libraries in the Yarra, in Victoria, have been ringing every member over the age of 70 – all 8,000 of them! According to the staff, the library is a hub for the community and with the closure due to lockdown, it separated many people, especially the elderly. They rang to say hi, ask if…
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Dream House
In the comments of a recent post, Flower Power, I mentioned in my dream house I would have loads of indoor plants. Blog reader Giggling Fattie wanted to know more about it so here goes… Of course my dream house would be on my dream block of land. The block would be north facing with…
Bookshelf restack fail
We’ve all taken the chance during lockdown to get to some of those big jobs done that we never really get to. This was no different for a well-meaning cleaner who took the chance to do a deep clean of the closed library where she worked. Librarians at the library in Suffolk (UK) returned to…
People power keeps library open
I was reminded recently of a UK library that in 2011 was threatened with closure – until the residents took action. Curious, I checked and am very pleased to discover six years on and the library is still open! Back then, the residents of the small town in Britain borrowed every single book from their…