You can borrow CO2 displays, 7 different devices from Surrey libraries

You can borrow CO2 displays, 7 different devices from Surrey libraries

Published 8:00 am Saturday, May 23, 2026

Surrey public libraries have a rising variety of tech devices to take a look at together with new CO₂ (carbon dioxide) displays.

The Surrey Libraries web site exhibits a Tech To Go assortment of eight completely different objects, all free to borrow.

Gadgets embody Bee-Bot Robots, Dash robotic kits, vitality meters, video-capture digital converters (for VCR-to-computer plug-in), audio tape converters and podcast-ready zoom recorders. In-branch solely, Chromebook computer systems will be borrowed for 3 hours at Clayton, Fleetwood, Guildford and Newton libraries.

The new CO₂ displays examine indoor air high quality and beep when it’s time to open a window or step outdoors. “Designed as an educational tool, the monitor helps users better understand how indoor air quality changes throughout the day,” the web site says.

The displays, which will be borrowed for 21 days, can be found for pickup at Surrey Libraries branches. “All copies in use,” the web site indicated May 22. “18 copies, 14 on hold.”

Visit surreylibraries.ca/books-media/tech-go to see and reserve objects within the Tech to Go assortment.

Meantime, Surrey teenagers can be a part of a Teen Library Council (TLC) to change into a youth ambassador for Surrey Libraries. Applications are actually open, and every department will shut functions as this system fills up (closing July 2, 2026).

There are six TLCs within the system, at City Centre, Clayton-Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton-Strawberry Hill and Semiahmoo-Ocean Park.

TLC members give again to their neighborhood by planning occasions and advising the library of library providers which are significant to the teenager neighborhood,” says the Surrey Libraries web site says, the place necessities and extra particulars are posted (surreylibraries.ca/services/teens/teen-library-council).

TLC members will obtain volunteer hours for attending conferences and main applications. Meetings are held September to June on numerous days of the week.

In different information, Surrey Libraries has introduced a brand new partnership with Surrey Memorial Hospital to help households with infants within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

The Gentle Start Library mission supplies every of the NICU items at SMH with a set of board books, giving households entry to partaking literacy actions for all ages throughout their keep on the hospital.

The initiative goals to share “the joy of early literacy and foster a sense of belonging for families as they look ahead to life after the NICU.”