Celebrating our native library’s providers, employees and volunteers

DYNAMIC SPACE:  Library Outreach Services Team Leader Wendy Harper and Library Services Manager Christine Bolton spotlight the necessary position of the library, throughout Library and Information Week.

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Published: 30 Jul 2025 4:49pm

The Wagga Wagga neighborhood is being inspired to have fun the very important position libraries and knowledge professionals play in connecting communities to data, sources and a shared love of studying, as a part of Library and Information Week 2025.

This yr’s theme is ‘To Read or Not To Read: Literacy Matters’, which highlights the significance of studying – whatever the altering panorama of library providers – and the modern methods they assist studying, creativity, and knowledge entry.

Whether you’re studying a bodily guide or an eBook in your pill, accessing databases out of your laptop computer or studying a newspaper in your laptop, literacy issues greater than ever no matter which format you’re utilizing.

Library Services Manager Christine Bolton says libraries and books are synonymous, however libraries are additionally concerning the communities that come collectively by means of a shared curiosity.

“We have 57 active Book Clubs who use the service every month, families attending early literacy programs, knitting and crafting groups that share their skills as well as community members attending our multicultural services and programs as participants and volunteers,” Ms Bolton stated.

“The library is a dynamic house that fosters lifelong studying – it’s the brand new village inexperienced the place everyone seems to be welcome.

“The HSC trials are about to commence and from now until the end of November, the library will be used as a community learning hub where students will be able to study individually and in groups in a safe, friendly, and accessible space. Chocolates are an added bonus!”

As a part of Library and Information Week 2025, the library might be internet hosting perennial favourites comparable to Storytime, Baby Bounce and Language Café.

There are additionally one-off occasions comparable to a Livestream with Dervla McTiernan this night (Wednesday 30 July) from 7pm to 8pm, and Chapter-a-Day Storytelling, with first chapter readings from a number of junior titles by the Storytime crew each afternoon from 4pm.

You can even enter our Library and Information Week competitors to guess the highest 5 most borrowed titles; due to Friends of the Wagga Wagga City Library, there’ll even be a prize or two.

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“This week also serves as an opportunity to recognise the dedication of library staff whose work ensures ongoing access to information and literature for all,” Ms Bolton stated.

“We also celebrate and acknowledge the many wonderful volunteers who make programs like Language Café and the Home Library Service possible.”

Join us in celebrating Library and Information Week and uncover how libraries proceed to remodel lives and construct stronger communities.