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Hours:

• Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Services include:

• Library Floorplan
• Baby changing table in the disabled toilet
• Get Well Bags
• Art at Parklands Library
• Waitikiri Learning Centre
• Ditto Café
• Services available at all Christchurch City Libraries
• Christchurch City Libraries events calendar

Te Kete Wānanga o Waitikiri

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Ditto Café

Parklands Library has its very own café, 'Ditto', serving great coffee and tasty snacks throughout the day. As well as a dedicated seating area, library customers can enjoy their drinks and food anywhere in the library, so why not grab a coffee and your favourite magazine, and find a comfy sofa in a quiet corner.

Ditto Café: phone 03 383 4774

• Monday to Friday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Saturday: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Sunday: closed

Waitikiri Learning Centre

The latest technology means that you're just as likely to get your information electronically as you are from print when you visit Parklands Library. Its Waitikiri Learning Centre offers 10 state-of-the-art workstations, video conferencing facilities and a data projector for workshops, study programmes and use by local schools and community groups. The Library also has internet points with free access to key information sites, and a pay-as-you-go facility for surfing the world wide web.

• Learning Centre

Changing Spaces: Revive, Play, Breakout, Relax and Connect

To make the most of its 500 square-metres, Parklands Library has ground-breaking layout that allows the relatively small space to be used for a range of different activities, for different customers, at different times of the day. A visit to Parklands Library will be unlike any other, with unique 'time zones' appealing to different customers at different times of the day.

'Revive' (Tue, Thu 1-3pm, Wed, Fri 10am-12pm) will be adult time in the library, with everything set up to help adults relax and enjoy the atmosphere, browsing the latest books, magazines, online resources, DVDs and CDs, or chatting with friends over coffee.

'Play' (Tue, Thu 10am-12pm, Mon, Wed, Fri 1-3pm) is pre-schoolers time, when children and their parents/caregivers can have a great time in a child-friendly environment. There'll be small furniture, music and plenty of space to have some fun. 'Play' will also offers special programmes for younger children, which will be advertised.

After school, 'Breakout'(Mon to Fri 3-5pm) offers study support with entertainment, games and computers. It'll be a lively, interactive time with staff on hand to help with homework and recreational needs.

Saturday is 'Relax' (10am-4pm), when the library opens its doors for everyone to come and enjoy all that the library has to offer, from information to entertainment, reading to Playstation games, a coffee or snack at the café, and relaxing on a big sofa in the winter, or in the sculpture courtyard in the summer.

Finally, with the library's role as a centre for the community in mind, 'Connect' (Mon 10am-12pm) is a time when community groups can book or use the library as they please. Staff will organise the space to suit their needs, for meetings, talks, book groups or any business group who'd like to use the space.

Of course, regardless of what timezone you're in, all customers are welcome to use the library at any time. The approach is a first for libraries, and a Christchurch idea that will be closely watched by other libraries both in New Zealand and overseas. Be one of the first to experience it - at Parklands Library.

Parklands Library was opened in August 2005, the various planning documents, public consultation and photo galleries have been moved to our Bibliofile archive.