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Te Pātaka Open Day Returns on Friday 16 December : stock up on your holiday reading

Joanne

Our Te Pātaka Collection and Distribution Centre houses Wellington Central Library’s collection, and for one day only you can visit, browse and borrow!

Photo of our Te Pataka warehouse team, waving hello

Looking for some special holiday reading? Want to delve into a topic more deeply? Or maybe you’re interested in finding the perfect gem?

We’ll be opening our Te Pātaka Collection Centre to the public for a pre-holiday exploration. You’ll be able to browse and borrow books from all parts of our off-site storage lending collection, including:

  • Fiction, including classic literature, mysteries, sci-fi
  • Non-fiction – small and large books on all your favourite topics
  • Biographies
  • Large print
  • World languages
  • Graphic novels
  • Teen fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels
  • Children’s fiction, non-fiction and comics
  • Picture books
  • Other collections such as scores, songbooks, car manuals, DVDs and CDs.

Books will be issued for 6 weeks. We can’t wait to see you!

Spots are limited and visits are restricted to one hour, so bookings will be essential — book your slot below!

Details:

What? Te Pātaka Open Day

Date: Friday 16th December 2022

Time: Five one hour slots available — 10-11am, 11am-12pm, 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5pm

Location: Johnsonville (details on registration)

Book your spot now!

Virtual Escape from Te Pātaka Library

Xinxin

This game is situated in Te Pātaka Library, which is the off-site storage facility for our huge collection of books, DVDs, CDs and vinyl. To introduce you to this potentially unfamiliar library space, we’ve created  a virtual reality escape game! Can you escape from Te Pātaka library?

Instructions on how to play:

    • Click and drag your mouse to explore the 360 degree photos of Te Pātaka library’s collection.
    • Click on the items around the library to get the clues, and click on the ‘X’ on the top right corner to close the clues. Hover over the items will also give you some clues.
    • When you find an item, select it to reveal its library related question. The answer to this question (shall be entered at the second item) unlocks that item, and so on.
    • If you typed the wrong answer at first, close the box first and re-type the answer.
    • Enter your answers in lower case and leave no spaces between the words.
    • You may want to refresh the page if needed.
    • For example, if you open an item and it asks you the question:
      Which library database is not a magazine database?
      PressReader, Magazines on Libby,  Oxford Art Online, or NZ Geographic
      The answer is Oxford Art Online (type the answer ‘oxfordartonline‘ at another item in that room) would unlock that item.
    • Enjoy!