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.
Dunedin Public Library
South Otago youngsters get taste of rural life
South Otago youngsters get taste of rural life
Milton youngsters had a taste of rural life yesterday.
Area outside library monitored
Area outside library monitored
Young tearaways rather than bibliophiles are the focus of extra police attention in central Dunedin.
Jobs there 'for everyone who wants to be placed'
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.
Smart ID tags free up staff
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.
Library has something for everyone
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.
Tradition of printed books still in demand
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.
Queue to borrow 'The Luminaries'
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.
Library hub for 50,000-word novel challenge
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.
Computer portal to art world
Computer portal to art world
A portal into a virtual art world has opened in Dunedin.
Library issues down; downloads up
Library issues down; downloads up
Visits and issues at most Otago libraries are declining as readers shift from printed to electronic material.
City library users book up debt
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.
Libraries changes likely
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.
Plans for library may be hastened
Plans for library may be hastened
Plans for a South Dunedin library may be accelerated after city councillors pushed for faster progress yesterday.
Library news welcomed
Library news welcomed
Dunedin still needs its long-awaited library to help revitalise the suburb, Dunedin city councillors have been reminded.
Library puts rare treasures on show
Library puts rare treasures on show
The dust was blown off some old book covers at the Dunedin Central Library last night.
Battle won but library always wins the war
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?
Library thanks its supporters
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 trespass numbers up
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.
Public Library talks tell of bush lifestyle
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.