2022 library services review

Council is seeking community feedback on a Barossa Libraries Review which proposes wide-ranging improvements to contemporise and strengthen library services.

The review proposes changes that respond to emerging community needs and the library’s role in social inclusion and community wellbeing.

Key changes include:

• Mount Pleasant Library developed as a Southern hub for customer services
• Closure of Angaston Library and potential transition to a social inclusion space
• Relocation of the local history collection from Nuriootpa to Tanunda as a ‘local history hub’ aligned with the Barossa Visitor Centre
• Review of operating hours across branches including weekend/late-night opening hours
• Introduction of a mobile library with a dedicated Library vehicle
• Community/sensory garden at Nuriootpa utilising the outdoor green space
• Modernisation of Nuriootpa and Lyndoch branches
• Annual formal evaluation of library programs and services
• Cross-sector working group to meet needs of children and those who are vulnerable

Your input will be used along with that of other community members and stakeholders to finalise the review and recommendations.