This is it, you guys! Our last full week open in the Graham Community Building! We’ll be open for Halloween and then closing on Nov. 1. If you haven’t stopped by to stock up on reading and viewing materials yet, this is your last chance. Feel free to grab more than your normal haul – the Library Board approved raising the checkout limits back to our normal 20 items. Six of those can be DVDs and 10 can be audiobooks. The more you check out, the less we have to pack!
Because we’ll be closed, anything you check out now won’t be due until December. If we’re not officially open when the due dates come around, we’ll extend them automatically, so no worries about late fees. If you need to return materials before we open, our book drop will be available. We may not get to check it every day, but we’ll get things checked in as we can.
We’re not 100% sure when we’ll open in our building, but it’s looking good for us to be ready sometime in the first half of December! The Supply Chain smiled upon us with the Main Distribution Panel (thank you for any thoughts you sent our way to accomplish that mini-miracle!), but not with the new shelving we ordered. If push comes to shove, we can open without the new shelving installed, but we’d like to be 100% ready when we open.
The Library Board will make a decision on opening dates at their meeting on Nov. 17th. I’ll report the date here and we’ll post it on all of our social media outlets. We are also planning to have a “Welcome Home” party in January.
In the meantime, we’re getting everything prepped for packing and the official move. It’s going to be chaos and pandemonium for your Pryor Library staff. Please be patient with us as we transition home. I cannot describe how excited, nervous, and READY we all are to be back in our building!