Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Renovation progess report

     As you probably already know, our library was selected to receive a $400,000 OCRA Grant. That money along with other monies that we have and other grants will enable us to do a 1.2 million dollar renovation.We are currently looking for a place to move into while the renovations are being done. We obviously can't take everything with us, so we are weeding our collections. A lot of books are being put into the book sales that we are having. A large portion will be put into storage.I'm sure you've noticed a lot of empty shelves.
    We realize that this creates an inconvenience to some of our patrons. All of the Indiana Collection and Circus books and most of the genealogy department is boxed up to go into storage. However, we still have the Miami County genealogy and surrounding counties.
     As far as the fiction and non-fiction goes, if we don't have it on our shelves, we can borrow from another library. Although we've greatly reduced the amount of books that we're purchasing, we are still buying books for our patrons. If you want a book and we don't have it available, just ask one of the staff about it.
     As I said, we realize this is frustrating to many of our patrons. Many of our staff is hard at work trying to get as much done as is possible. When the renovations are complete, we're sure you'll love it.
     Unfortunately, we can only afford to do only one floor at a time. The current main floor will be opened up, with walls torn down, including the back wall. The computer lab's floor will be raised to match the main floor. The main floor will become the children's floor.
    We'll have a wonderful elevator!!! The current children's floor will become the adult floor. It will be more comfortable and quieter.
    Thanks for your patience.

Huge book sales!


The Friends of the Library will be having several books sales until the library is packed and ready to move. 

September 5th from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. will be for MEMBER'S ONLY. 
Saturday, September 6th, 10:00 to 3:00,  will be for everyone. We'll have another one on Saturday, September 20th from 10:00 to 3:00.

Bring a bag, we have reduced prices!