Dunedin Public Library

When more than 600 people converge on Dunedin for the Library and Information Association of New Zealand's centennial conference this weekend, many will reflect on how far the organisation has come since 1910.

Have vandals been attacking some of England's oldest books?

Dunedin could become the first city in New Zealand - and just the fifth in the world - to be named a Unesco city of literature.

A power outage has affected library services throughout Otago during the past two days.

While some may have written off the Dunedin Public Library as a bit beige and musty, the city's top fashion designers know it is a haven of inspiration and intrigue.