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So much is happening this month with our renovation project and we have some updates to share. Please visit our website and our Renovation FAQ page for more information.
The library will be holding a surplus equipment sale on Friday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the library. We are selling most of our existing furniture, shelving and older equipment as well as a lot of miscellaneous items and books. Please be sure to stop in and see what we have. We will post some photos to our website and Facebook in the days before the sale. Cash, checks, PayPal and cards are accepted.
Through Feb. 17 you can come into the library and checkout as many of our 28-day books as you would like from our shelves, and keep them through Oct. 2. We have to clear out the library, so this is a huge help to us. After Feb. 17, we will begin packing up books to move to storage. We’ve had some great offers of help to get us moved out, but could use more. If you’re interested in helping move us, please talk to Mallory at the library.
We will be closed March 2 – 4 to move out of the library and into our temporary location at 301 16th Ave. E (Polson United Methodist Church west entrance). We will be open at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 6, at this location for all services and Mother Goose. We are thankful to the Church for opening up their building to house us during our renovation. The space is fully ADA accessible, has great parking and ample space for us to offer children’s programming. The outside book drop at the library building will continue to be available until construction starts in April. We will check it each business day.
Due to our move we will stop accepting all donated items after Feb. 14. While at our temporary location, we will accept one small box or bag per week, per family of donated books, movies and magazines. We just don’t have the space during this time to take more and we appreciate your understanding.
Throughout our renovation we will continue to offer Mother Goose on Mondays at 9:15 a.m. and Story Time on Thursdays at 9:15 a.m. at our temporary location. We will also have all of our new books, movies, audiobooks, magazines and a selection of our remaining 28-day books available for browsing and holds. We are relying heavily on our Partner libraries to help keep you supplied with reading material and movies during our renovation, so please ask us to help place holds if you are not comfortable doing so. Meagher Public Library and Great Falls Public Library were just added as Partners, so all of their items are also available to place holds now.
As a reminder, our meeting room is unavailable until we are back in our renovated space. We are looking forward to offering a space with updated technology, a sound system and all new paint, carpet and cabinetry.
We will keep our regular hours of Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at our temporary location. For February, the library will also be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents’ Day. Curbside pickup is available for everyone during open hours. Please call us at 406-883-8225 or email us at: polsoncl@polson.lib.mt.us with questions or to request curbside pickup.
