Thursday September 2, 2010.
Southworth Library will close at 2:00 pm today because of concerns about public safety due to the heat and humidity levels in the building. The North Dartmouth Library will be open from 1:00pm to 8:00pm today.
Items being held for patrons at Southworth will NOT be moved to North Dartmouth as we anticipate reopening Southworth Library tomorrow morning at 9:00am.
The staff and trustees are committed to keeping Southworth Library open as much as possible. We will continue to monitor the air quality in the building and may need to close early on days when conditions become unsafe. In that event, the North Dartmouth Library will be kept open for extended hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank our patrons for their patience at this time.
Southworth Library has re-opened this week with regular hours of Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 9am-5pm. North Dartmouth Library has returned to their regular hours of Monday-Thursday 1-5 pm, Fri-Sat closed.
The Southworth Library air conditioning will have to wait and be fixed when the entire HVAC system gets replaced. The HVAC system is original to the building when it opened in the late 1960′s and at least it has given us a good 40 years of operation without too many repairs until now when it completely expired.
We have installed numerous fans and air circulators around the building and are keeping the windows open 24/7 while it remains warm outside. Feel free to bring drinks in with you to the library during this current mini-heatwave.
Standard Times Article about the libraries.
On Tu
esday Aug. 31st (the last day before school starts for the Dartmouth Public Libraries), come to the North Dartmouth Branch to see a performance being rescheduled from July 6th.
From 1 pm to 3 pm Dartmouth Libraries present Animal World Experience. For the first hour, learn about the live exotic animals and for the second hour get to pet and touch them.
What in the world does helping animals have to do with the Summer Reading theme of going green? Actually more than you expect!!
Funding provided by the Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries.
