The North Carolina Room's temporary location at the Forsyth County Government Center will be closing to the public on Friday, July 14 at 5:00 pm in preparation for our collection move to the new Central Library. We will reopen when the new Library opens later this summer. We hope to see you in our bright… Continue reading NC Room Closing on July 14th
Category: Relocation
Our new neighbors…
Yes, the NC Room (Abridged) at the Forsyth County Government Center is now open. Come by and see us between 8 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday. For a guide on how to find us, parking passes and more, click the pic below: Other than the need for about 12 times as much space,… Continue reading Our new neighbors…
NC Room reopening November 17, 2014…
The North Carolina Room will reopen at 8 AM on Monday, November 17, 2014. We will be located on the second floor of the Forsyth County Government Center, next to the Register of Deeds office, at 201 North Chestnut Street. Our new hours will be radically different from what they were before. NO night hours.… Continue reading NC Room reopening November 17, 2014…
The last day…
This should have been posted on Friday, October 31, but I ran out of time and energy. So here is the last moving update until we can show you what the new temporary North Carolina Room will look like when it opens in two weeks on Monday, November 17, 2014. As always, click on the… Continue reading The last day…
Day the fourth…
Click on the pix for larger size In Ian Sansom's novel The Case of the Missing Books, librarian Israel Armstrong endures an exhausting journey from London to assume his new job as the manager of a branch library in Northern Ireland, only to find the branch "closed until further notice". His reaction: "There is a… Continue reading Day the fourth…
NC Room update…day 3…
When I got in this morning, here was the view from our new front porch...click the pix for larger size... Poll greeters and one candidate warming up for the action... Meanwhile, inside, the shelves are getting better organized... When high level discussions like this one begin, I just try to stay out of the way...… Continue reading NC Room update…day 3…
Getting oriented…
We got a lot done on our second day at the Forsyth County Government Center. Many of those boxes that we packed last week got unpacked today, but there are still many more to come. But perhaps the most important things that happened had to do with exploring our new environment and meeting some of… Continue reading Getting oriented…
NC Room…update #1…
The Central Library closed at 9 PM, Wednesday, October 15. We in the NC Room spent the next seven working days sorting and boxing thousands of books. We learned a lot: 1. Books are heavy, so we have a new respect for our library pages who spend much of their lives shelving heavy books…better than… Continue reading NC Room…update #1…
When the time comes to move out…
Tell us what you can’t live without in the North Carolina Room This Fall the NC Room will relocate to a temporary and a much smaller space while the Central Library is renovated. We can’t take everything. Some things are essential, but tell us if there is something else you absolutely must have to do… Continue reading When the time comes to move out…
We Have Arrived!
After several days of heavy lifting and serious shifting the NC Room has relocated to the Ground Floor of the Central Library. The once cramped book collection can finally breathe with lots of shelf space. Some renovations are yet to come but the bulk of the work is done A shiny new service desk and… Continue reading We Have Arrived!