The Merritt Public library has an automatic scanner check booth for taking out items from the library. The service is down at this time and a source says it will be back in service shortly. The library has just transferred its data base to a new system and a source says that when the automatic system comes back into service then there will be instructions on how to initialize your library card and account to the new system in respect to the automated option.

The Merritt Public library is part of the Thompson Nicola Regional District system , with services in Kamloops, Logan lake, Ashcroft, Barrier, Cache Creek, Clinton, Clearwater, Sun Peaks, Lytton, Chase, and a traveling book mobile.The library is at 1691 Garcia street in Merritt BC.

Today in history: April 24th 2005

Snuppy becomes the worlds first cloned dog.