On the Move!

As you may have heard, the DeWitt Community Library is moving in January of 2008. What you may not know is that this isn't the first time we have packed up. The library moved in 1973 to a temporary location, and then again in 1975 to our current spot in the basement. Similarly, this January we will be moving to a temporary site in the basement of what used to be the Bon Ton store, with the hopes that in a few years, we will have a brand-new library built just for us!

A few things have changed over the years. Back in 1975, the DeWitt Library changed quarters with the tremendous help of Boy Scout Troop 162 and other volunteers; but luckily for us, our collection and budget are a lot bigger so this time we will be working with a moving company. We will be closed for two weeks (January 13-February 2), and it will take the movers an estimated 7 working days, moving books, shelving, and office equipment, from 9-5 every day, to get everything into the new space. In addition, library staff will be on hand to set up the office and direct the movers with regard to where all the materials go on the other side. We will be upgrading the way we shelve our non-fiction, so that in the new space we will employ bookstore-like categories rather than relying strictly on the Dewey Decimal numbers, so we have to help the movers quite a bit with placement of materials.

Click on the pictures below for full-size views of what our new space looks like under construction, as well as articles from the prior move.