The new year has begun with a new library in Douglas.
The Henry Bloom Noble library has moved to the old Top Shop building on Duke Street. Before that the buildng was the main Co-op in th town.
The library has a study area with learning resources, a children’s area where storytelling will take place and access to e-books and audio books.
Regeneration committee chairman Councillor John Skinner said: ‘There is a school of thought that would suggest libraries have limited or no place in the digital age. This is not a view held by the council, which sees the library as an asset very much at the heart of the community.’