Kia ora. Here’s our summary of the webpages, blog and social media posts that were popular in December.
Website pages
There were 280,052 page views in December. The most popular pages on christchurchcitylibraries.com:
- About PressReader (formerly PressDisplay) (2nd last month)
- My account (3rd last month)
- Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2018 / 2019 (NEW)
- Tūranga (1st last month)
- Justices of the Peace (4th last month)
- Holiday programmes (NEW)
- Tūranga location page (6th last month)
- Fun for kids (NEW)
- Books browse page (10th last month)
- Christmas in Christchurch 2018 (NEW)
Summertime Reading Club is in 19th spot, and the Christchurch Photo Hunt winners at 35th.
December’s popular blog posts
Popular blog posts published in December on the website:
- Christchurch Photo Hunt: The winners Jacqui
- Ōtautahi Advent Calendar 2018 Jacqui
- Summer eReads – escapism Simone
- Christmas books for Christmas time Kate M
- World Languages Collection at Tūranga receives a warm welcome Hayley Concepcion and Crystal Betito, Auahatanga | Creativity, Level 4, Tūranga
Survivor winner Lisa Stanger’s 2014 blog post Christmas reading for kids came in at 4th place.
Photos on Flickr
There were 109,564 views in December on Flickr. It now has a total of 8,817,963 views.
Top on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter. As at 8 January, we have 5028 followers.
#ChristchurchAdventCalendar 24 Christmas images from the #DiscoveryWall. Sunday 9 Dec: @whatnownz Christmas, 24 December 1989. Simon Barnett, @MicheleACourt and Catherine McPherson. Christchurch Star archive. In copyright. CCL-StarP-01642A.
We have a position for a Community Learning Librarian open at South Library. Applications close Sunday, 6 Jan. #libraryjobs ^MT
The Best of 2018 – librarians pick their faves of the year. #lovelibraries #bestbooks ^DR
Facebook favourites
Like us on Facebook. As at 8 January, we have 9027 likes.
#ChristchurchAdventCalendar 24 Christmas images from the #DiscoveryWall. Tuesday 13 December: Mark Nicholl with Christmas tree, 13 December 1980. A child, Mark Nicholl, on his bicycle carrying a Christmas tree in Sydenham. Christchurch Star Archive. In copyright. CCL-StarP-02309A.
All these things and more! ^Moata
#ChristchurchAdventCalendar 24 Christmas images from the #DiscoveryWall. Sunday 9 December: What Now Christmas, 24 December 1989. The presenters of What Now, Simon Barnett, Michele A’Court and Catherine McPherson getting ready for Christmas morning show by decorating a Christmas tree. Christchurch Star archive. In copyright. CCL-StarP-01642A.
“It is my first time to see Korean books in a library!” an elated Donggi Jun said when he saw shelves of books in his native Korean. Find out more about the World Languages Collection at Tūranga – it includes books & magazines in 13 languages.
If you are interested in how we derive our rankings, we measure page views on our website, organic reach for Facebook posts, and impressions for tweets.