As of Friday December 19th, the Darien Library Children's Materials are now located in our new library 1441 Post Road.  It was an incredible amount of work, but we did it!  There are still a few small parts of the collection that will be moved over later, but all of our Kids books and most of the new First Five Years materials are there now.  

The Librarians made a map and used colorful stickers to help tell the movers what materials needed to go on which shelves. Then the movers came and put everything on some really big carts and took them over.  I stayed with the movers in the new building to help and answer any questions they had.  It was kind of fun! It felt like I was conducting an orchestra.  While they were unloading the 800s, one of them started quoting Shakespeare's Hamlet!

The rest of the library is still moving and there is still lots of work to do, but we are really excited about being halfway there! Next week we are moving all the computers so the website will be down for a short bit. 

I have received some emails from people asking about storytimes and we will be posting information as soon as we can.  Don't worry though, we'll have lots of program opportunities for everyone once we get settled in.  We'll have some drop-in storytimes in January and lots of tours of the new building while we all adjust to the new library.  Then we will start a registered series in February.  Because the new building has more space for us to have programs, we'll be able to offer more drop-ins and sibling storytimes from February on.  Check back to the website for more information about registration in January.

Now, we'll have to go start cleaning up the old library and pack up all our offices next week.

35 Leroy	1441 Post Road

Mark your calendars for our Grand Opening on January 10th!  We can't wait to see you there!