An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 18 August 2013 entitled, "DORA to compliment Chch Library Van".
Carpet pulled up to be replaces in the James Hight Library.
A photograph of fallen ceiling tiles in the James Hight Library.
Workers reparing the damage to the ceilings in the central library.
Workers examine documentation about the repairs to the James Hight Library.
A worker laying tiles on the walk way under the library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
The UC QuakeBox container next to the New Brighton Library.
Damaged buildings opposite Farmers and the central library on Gloucester Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood library building, Stanmore Road".
Computer screens toppled and belongings abandoned in the James Hight Library.
Students return to work in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library.
Students return to work in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library.
Students return to work in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library.
The Central Library staff room back in use after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
Minister Stephen Joyce surveys the damage in the James Hight Library.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood library building, Stanmore Road".
Staff back at work in the Central Library after the earthquake.
Liquefaction silt and weeds on the footpath outside the central library.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
A pipe from the outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Liquefaction and building rubble on the damaged footpath outside the former Public Library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The spires on the former Public Library on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old city library under demolition, viewed from Hereford Street".
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
The TimeBank book swap in front of the library. As the library has been closed since the earthquake, members of the community put together a book swap service which was later continued in the information centre.