At the re-launch of the Kerry Lirary website in the Kerry County Library were, from left: Noreen O’Keefe (Kerry Library), Tommy O’Connor (Kerry Library), John McCann Kerry Co Council, It Department), Mayor of Kerry Cllr John Brassil, Niamh Doyle (Kerry Library) and Brian Looney (Head of IT Kerry Co Council). Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
KERRY Library re-launched their website this week after undergoing a redesign by the IT department of Kerry County Council.
Mayor of Kerry, Cllr John Brassil, was on hand on Thursday afternoon to officially unveil this updated service to the public.
“It’s an improvement on the services already offered by the Kerry library which is outlet for people all over Kerry,” said Cllr John Brassil.
“The Kerry library is going from strength to strength. Where other councils have cut their budgets in the hard times because they felt it was a non-critical service, in Kerry we’ve always seen it as being a vital service that we provide. I’m very glad that we’ve funded as it always should be funded,” said Cllr Brassil.
“Knowledge broadens the mind, so a good library service is very important to the population,” he said.
New features include: Up to date Facebook and Twitter feeds for library information and events, a monthly top title feature, Interactive map of Mobile Library routes and online membership application.
The Kerry Library website received 75,156 hits in 2014. There were also 66,245 usages of online sources, such as current national and international, newspapers and languages online.
The library’s Facebook page has 495 likes while on Twitter it has 1,497 followers and growing.
