Library Will Close For Two Days For Technology Upgrade

Marlborough District Libraries are to become part of a new consortium of 15 libraries throughout New Zealand to allow for future sharing of resources and expanded access to information available from the library.

Marlborough will be the first within the group to get the new library management system.

The technology upgrade means the library will take the unusual step of closing to the public for two week days this month to allow for the new system to be installed.

District Libraries Manager Glenn Webster says the new system is designed to manage the existing physical resources, like books and reference material, as well as establish a digital system which will allow library users to search not only for conventional books, magazines, DVDs and other library material but also information from subscription databases.

The updated technology will improve efficiency for staff and will give the public better search facilities, providing them with greater access to the libraries resources, he said.

The District Library in Blenheim will not be open to the public on Tuesday 27 September or Wednesday 28 September.

In Picton, the library doors will remain open to the public during the conversion period although the library will not be able to issue books or accept returns over those two days.