The topsy-turvy Library

Wow, what a difference a week makes! We are now a week into Phase II of our renovation, and this place is hopping!

The Heritage Room has been closed since Aug. 1, and many of its things have been placed into storage. Workers are currently dismantling shelves and packing up the remnants of the room, seen below.

Heritage Room researchers, don't despair! While a lot of our materials are currently in storage, a large portion is still available to you at the Reference Desk, including our microfilm readers, Civil War and American Revolution resources, and many genealogy books. Also, visit our website, www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us to check out all the online resources for family history researchers. If you have Heritage Room-related questions, call our Reference Desk at (706) 613-3650, ext. 356 or email heritageroom@arlsmail.org.

The Library's other collections are being shifted around, too. Upstairs, all of the nonfiction has been condensed and moved to Reference. The middle of the second floor is big and empty:

Plus, we are in the middle of moving our adult fiction collection from upstairs down to our Young Adult area:

Our Young Adult area is a little crowded now. Those shelves are taking up the space where the YA activity tables used to be:

Finally, if you're looking for our magazines, they've been moved upstairs, next to the Reference computers:

There's a good reason for all this moving around. Very soon, two-thirds of the second floor will be walled off as construction workers start building the much-needed addition! If you have trouble finding something, please don't hesitate to ask us.