Kamloops Library looking to modernize downtown location
KAMLOOPS — Libraries are institutions in society which have existed for millennia. Here in Kamloops, the downtown library on the corner of 5th and Victoria St. has been around since 1998, and the TNRD feel it’s time to update the space. On Sunday, the downtown library hosted an open house, to showcase their plans to modernize.
Libraries were once a space for quiet study, and peaceful reflection; these public spaces have changed over the centuries. As the digital age has ushered in new ways of accessing and storing information, that change has accelerated over the past two decades.
“We definitely have more of a digital presence now,” Margo Schiller, Head Librarian at the downtown Kamloops branch told CFJC Today, adding “that has definitely impacted libraries… but, there’s still a lot of people coming in for the traditional print books.”