A Dedicated Library User Remembers

Simon Atkinson, frequent visitor to many of our branches, shares his memories of staff and services. I have been living in Christchurch since the beginning of 1992. I remember Sue Colyer working on the bottom floor, dealing with the music desk in 1992 or 1993.  That was way back when Vicky Buck was Mayor of Christchurch.  [...]

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Library Travels With My Father

Julianne Pask, Children’s and Young Adult Learning Advisor, Christchurch City Libraries shares her memories of visiting the library. The first time I remember going to “the big library in town” I had trouble deciding between “The Illustrated History of Fashion through the Ages” and “Das Kapital,” (in translation of course). I wasn’t sure if I [...]

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