By Salt 106.5 TeamSaturday 20 Apr 2024The Morning Wake-up with JordanaNewsReading Time: 2 minutes

Book lovers of the coast – rejoice!

Key points

• The Book Locker is free, and members will find it inside the Community Centre, Monday to Friday, 9am-3pm.
• As Jordana says, “you’d better ‘book it’ to the library!”
• Hear the full conversation in the listener above.

Baringa Library has launched their Book Locker – a vending machine for books that contains food for the mind, not the body.

Salt 106.5’s Jordana is particularly excited.

“I am a huge book fan so I’m very excited to see what this looks like and to see what everyone else thinks on the coast,” she said.

As the first of its kind on the Sunshine Coast, the Book Locker can be accessed inside the Community Centre, Monday to Friday, 9am-3pm.

The Book Locker is free, and members will find it inside the Community Centre, Monday to Friday, 9am-3pm.

This week’s launch was attended by Cr Jenny Broderick.

“We’re all very excited to officially launch the Baringa Book Locker,” she said.

“It’s the first of its kind in our region, giving you greater access and a convenient way to get your books.

“The new facility will enable our Aura community to easily access our library services.

Cr Jenny Broderick and a community member borrowing books from the Book Locker.

How it works

The book locker is free, and available to anyone with a library membership.

Simply scan your library card, type the number in and that’s it! Your book will be delivered, much like a food vending machine.

As Jordana says, “you’d better ‘book it’ to the library!”

Members are able to browse and borrow up to 160 books from a rotating collection which includes adult fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction, junior fiction, non-fiction, toddler board books, picture books and even a jigsaw puzzle!

As Jordana says, “you’d better ‘book it’ to the library!”

Hear the full conversation in the listener above.

All photos supplied.