We’re pleased to announce that we have signed a lease to secure 198 S. Main Street as the location of our temporary “New City Library Express.” We will open our doors in March 2022.. The space is located in the DeCicco shopping center and is just two doors down from the cinema.
The library staff have been hard at work preparing for the transition. We plan to offer holds, pickup and have a small browsing collection for youth, teens, and adults. Copying, faxing, scanning, and limited internet access will be available. Our programs will continue online as well as in other locations like the Congers Train Station and the Street School. Please look out for the Spring quarterly newsletter that will be in your mailboxes by early March.
In order to prepare such a large collection for moving and storage, we need to tweak some circulation rules so that we can get as much material back to the library as we can. Working with the help of our library system, the following procedural changes will be implemented over the course of the transition:
- Autorenewal of items has been suspended. Beginning January 1, no materials will be allowed to be renewed.
- Reserves on our materials placed by non- New City and West Nyack Library patrons will only be held until the end of the day.
- On January 1, our older materials will no longer circulate. You may still place holds on them but we will get copies from other libraries. This will enable us to prepare the bulk of the collections for moving at the end of the month.
- All library cards up for renewal will be extended until May 2022.
You can help us by returning our items in a timely fashion.
Last, but certainly not least, after careful consideration of health, safety, and scheduling concerns, we have decided to offer only curbside service in February. The actual physical move of the contents of this 31,000 square foot facility will take approximately three weeks. It will be three weeks of noise, dust, and a constant stream of library movers in and out of the front entrance. It will not be an environment conducive to studying, reading, browsing, or attending programs.
We truly regret this inconvenience. The library board and administration made the decision to not perform the renovation in phases. Phased construction would only prolong the inconvenience and raise the cost of the project. We are committed to continuing our service to you at the New City Library Express as well as convenient locations in town and online.
