Parklands Library opens its doors
Christchurch’s newest community library opens this Saturday, 6 August, at 46 Queenspark Drive in Parklands. It’s the culmination of a long-term plan by Christchurch City Libraries to establish a permanent library for the north-east of the city.
Located next to Parklands Shopping Centre, the library will offer a new focal point for the community. It will be a place to meet friends and chat over a coffee, take time out to read and relax, seek information, browse, learn technology skills, hold meetings and for families to spend time learning and having fun. Until now, local residents have been served by the mobile library, or travelled to New Brighton, Shirley or Redwood libraries – all some distance away.
Parklands Library is the result of a remarkable makeover, transforming the tired 1970s shell of the former North Brighton Baptist Church into a stunning, state-of-the-art, community library.
To make the most of its 500 square metres, the new library has a groundbreaking layout allowing the relatively small space to be used for a range of different activities, for different customers, at different times of the day. See “Changing Spaces” to find out more.
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