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  1. Business

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Culture

    The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence

    From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.

  5. 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.