{"id":689155,"date":"2026-05-23T19:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689155\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:39:10","slug":"you-can-borrow-co2-monitors-7-other-gadgets-from-surrey-libraries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689155\/","title":{"rendered":"You can borrow CO2 monitors, 7 other gadgets from Surrey libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can borrow CO2 monitors, 7 other gadgets from Surrey libraries<\/p>\n

Published 8:00 am Saturday, May 23, 2026<\/p>\n

Surrey public libraries have a growing number of tech gadgets to check out including new CO\u2082 (carbon dioxide) monitors.<\/p>\n

The Surrey Libraries website shows a Tech To Go collection of eight different items, all free to borrow.<\/p>\n

Gadgets include Bee-Bot Robots, Dash robot kits, energy meters, video-capture digital converters (for VCR-to-computer plug-in), audio tape converters and podcast-ready zoom recorders. In-branch only, Chromebook computers can be borrowed for three hours at Clayton, Fleetwood, Guildford and Newton libraries.<\/p>\n

The new CO\u2082 monitors check indoor air quality and beep when it\u2019s time to open a window or step outside. \u201cDesigned as an educational tool, the monitor helps users better understand how indoor air quality changes throughout the day,\u201d the website says.<\/p>\n

The monitors, which can be borrowed for 21 days, are available for pickup at Surrey Libraries branches. \u201cAll copies in use,\u201d the website indicated May 22. \u201c18 copies, 14 on hold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit surreylibraries.ca\/books-media\/tech-go<\/a> to see and reserve items in the Tech to Go collection.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Surrey teens can join a Teen Library Council (TLC) to become a youth ambassador for Surrey Libraries. Applications are now open, and each branch will close applications as the program fills up (closing July 2, 2026).<\/p>\n

There are six TLCs in the system, at City Centre, Clayton-Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton-Strawberry Hill and Semiahmoo-Ocean Park.<\/p>\n

TLC members give back to their community by planning events and advising the library of library services that are meaningful to the teen community,\u201d says the Surrey Libraries website says, where requirements and more details are posted (surreylibraries.ca\/services\/teens\/teen-library-council<\/a>).<\/p>\n

TLC members will receive volunteer hours for attending meetings and leading programs. Meetings are held September to June on various days of the week.<\/p>\n

In other news, Surrey Libraries has announced a new partnership with Surrey Memorial Hospital to support families with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).<\/p>\n

The Gentle Start Library project provides each of the NICU units at SMH with a collection of board books, giving families access to engaging literacy activities for all ages during their stay at the hospital.<\/p>\n

The initiative aims to share \u201cthe joy of early literacy and foster a sense of belonging for families as they look ahead to life after the NICU.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can borrow CO2 monitors, 7 other gadgets from Surrey libraries Published 8:00 am Saturday, May 23, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-689155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}