Venture Southland

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Southland District Council Mobile Library
Presented by Margaret Bullmore
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Southland New Zealand
Southland District Council
31,000 sq kms
30,000 Residents
13 Area Offices
13 Libraries
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Funding
Funded by
Southland District Council
3 Part-time Drivers
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Area
The Mobile Library travels up to 300 kilometres
a day to some of the most beautiful parts of
the country!  
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Customer Service
Mobile Library 4000 Titles
Magazines
Literacy Support
Board Books
Videos
Homework Support
Audio Books
Large Print Books
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Mobile Itinerary
Monthly
Daily
42 Rural Service Points
4 Stops of 1- 4 hours
Ensuring Southlanders in the remotest part of
the region have access to our world of books
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A Public Service
Daily Requests
Average Daily Issues
350 400 Books
10-12 Base
20 Internal
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Technical Systems
Southland District Council Library
Liberty System (recently upgraded to Liberty 3)
Mobile Library
Branch Libraries
Nightly Modem updates
On-line
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Working Together
The Southland District Library is proud to have
achieved the highest customer satisfaction
rates in ongoing surveyswith in excess of 96
of people happy with the services.
for a better Southland