The new mall library is officially open to all Nanaimo’s readers.
Vancouver Island Regional Library held a grand opening Saturday of its new Wellington Branch inside Country Club Centre.
“The Wellington Library has been an important feature of the community since it first opened its doors on Barons Road in 1979,” said Barry Avis, VIRL board chairman. “So a library in this area has been here for a long time. From the onset, residents have enjoyed this branch and it’s always been one of our key branches.”
The new location has books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs and CDs, new public computers, computer stations with literacy software geared toward children, a reading lounge, quiet study space and an area for children’s programs.
Avis said the library will continue to strive to stay modern.
“We’re constantly being challenged within the library to get with the times … and I feel this in these times, we are really with the times,” he said.
Though the grand opening was held Saturday, the location has been open since late May. To read an article published in the Bulletin at that time, click here.
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