Turning the page to tomorrow's library as funding comes under threat

By Ian Rose
Updated March 30 2014 - 9:08am, first published 3:00am
Changing times: Once described as 'cemeteries for old and forgotten books', libraries are fast evolving. Photo: Nic Walker
Changing times: Once described as 'cemeteries for old and forgotten books', libraries are fast evolving. Photo: Nic Walker

It is Tuesday morning, it is 11 o' clock, and here at Belgrave Library that means it is story time. For the past 10 minutes or so, a gaggle of parents has been browsing and mingling in the children's section while the preschoolers in their charge rifle through books, climb furniture and dive into a makeshift mound of floor cushions, their anticipation building.

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