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5 storiesMembers in four neighbourhoods without a bank branch can now pay in savings, ask about loans and get help with budgeting on the same visit as borrowing a book.
After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.
Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams.
From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.
One of the few places where we can sit for hours without buying anything, the public library now holds far more than books.
