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First electronic issue, Upper Hutt Library, 1993

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First electronic issue, Upper Hutt Library, 1993

In 1993 a Dynix library system was installed at the Upper Hutt Library. It used bar codes to issue and return books, which rendered the card system obselete. Librarian Kerry O'Keefe (left) issues a book for fellow librarian Margaret Gardner using the new system for the first time that year. 

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Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections, Upper Hutt Leader Collection

Reference: 1993 07 05 1

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Julia Millen, Libraries – Public libraries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41625/first-electronic-issue-upper-hutt-library-1993 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Julia Millen, published 13 May 2013.