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Moving Day is getting close.  We are almost ready to start packing up our stuff and moving over to New Darien Library 1441 Post Road. I'm sure you've noticed, we are only ONE WEEK AWAY!

The Children's Department staff are compiling your responses to our Program Evaluations and they will help inform our choices as we begin to plan our events in our new building.  We hope you will come by for a tour when we open!

There is a lot of information about what to do when we're closed and answers to your Frequently Asked Questions on our website.  We will be saying a Fond Farewell to this building on Wed. November 26th at 6pm and will reopen in our new digs January 10th, 2009. Never fear, you can still access information and materials. Just read Getting Your Hands on Library Books While We're Closed for more information.

In the meantime, we've got a lot of work to do. We're going to roll up our sleeves and get to work tagging all of our books with an RFID chip. 

Our goal is to make the new Darien Library much easier for you to use.  We've crafted a survey we'd love for you to fill out how you find what you are looking for in the Children's Room.  Would you take a moment to fill out these 8 questions?

Darien Library Children's Room User Survey

Everyone can look forward to more program offerings starting in January. Stay tuned to the website for more information as it develops. Registered storytimes will begin in February with the lottery signup the last 2 weeks of January.  We'll have plenty of other choices for you and your kids of all ages to attend programs with more drop ins and after school programs in the coming months.  Our annual Nutmeg @ Nite will be our first major event in the new building and we look forward to sharing that information when we open.

The Children's Department looks forward to giving lots of tours to our town. Teachers, if you're intersted in scheduling a visit to the library with your class, please contact me at ghams@darienlibrary.org to make arragements.

We hope you will come by and say goodbye to the old building this week. Feel free to sign the wall! We look forward to seeing you down the road after to the holidays.