The new Toowoomba library.
The new Toowoomba library. Contributed

IT was a little noisy considering the venue, but that was to be expected when hundreds of people filed through Toowoomba's new city library which opened to the public today.

"Magnificent" was the general consensus among those taking in the new facility.

The Storytime Tree proved a hit with young readers as did the local history room where older readers gathered to read The Chronicle from days gone by.

"It's lovely, it's much bigger and has more room than the old library," Cathy Pascoe explained as she relaxed in the Bruce Dawe Reading Lounge.

"Our kids have been using the library since they were old enough and they will be coming here a lot."

Albert Long was impressed not just with the new building, but the green space outside.

"It looks great with the open grass area and the trees," he said.

Friends of Toowoomba City Library volunteer Margaret Taylor was impressed with the library's new home.

"I think it's great, it's exciting," she said.

The Friends of the Library are selling off books and furniture from the old library and will conduct a mega sale in the old building on March 10, 11 and 12.

"The books and furniture are still in good condition, and we even have a chess table and set."



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