Literature lovers and nostalgic readers have a new place to curl up in Conception Bay South.
A new state-of-the-art library opened this week, with over triple the space as the town’s previous library.
Ed Lawlor, secretary of the Conception Bay South Library Board, said today’s libraries are much different from the institutions that used to be just book-lending services.
“Libraries today are offering programs on literacy, story times, reading programs, book clubs, and they’re opening up to the community,” he said.
Nonprofit groups can use the space for presentations or demonstrations, and the library can be a hub for tourism information. It will also offer COVID-19 kits.
Lawlor said the library’s opening marks a big switch from the
