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Where can young people go to use the web, play chess or borrow the latest CD? Kingston Library!

With its contemporary feel, the new look Kingston Library has opened welcoming doors to local youth. On offer are computers, an engaging collection of titles (even talking books), new media and internet access.

So from now on, don’t be surprised to hear that the place where Kingston’s young people head to see what’s new is their local library.

Did you know that the State Library currently holds 93 regular copies of the bestseller The Da Vinci Code, as well as one in Dutch, ten in large print, seven audio-book copies on CD and three on cassette? The books have been borrowed 1,673 times, or to put it another way, if the library only had one copy of The Da Vinci Code it would have been on loan for more than 96 years!

Reinvigorating the State Library’s collections has been made possible by the $1.5 million additional funding provided to the library over the last two years. More than 10,000 items were added this year alone.