August 23

Library closes next Monday for one week

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This is the last week to get things done at The Seattle Public Library before budget cuts force the entire library system to shut down until after Labor Day.

The Northgate Branch (10548 Fifth Ave. N.E.), the Green Lake Branch (7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.) and all other Seattle Public Libraries will close on Monday, August 30th and reopen Tuesday, September 7th.

During the closure most library services will be unavailable:
* No materials will be due and no fines will be accrued.
* The last day to check out library items before the closure is Sunday, Aug. 29, but neither local branch is open on Sunday. So for those branches the last chance to check out items is 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28
* No book drops will be open. Do not leave books and materials outside library locations during the closure.
* Limited access to the online catalog. Patrons will be able to search the catalog and check their library record but will not be able to place holds on items. No staff will be working to process the thousands of books and materials that customers normally put on hold.
* Limited access to the website (www.spl.org). The online calendar, databases, downloadable books and media, digital special collections, podcasts, SPL Mobile app and blogs will be available, but other online information and features will not be available. No staff members will be working to maintain the site or troubleshoot problems.
* No library computers will be available. You will not be able to reserve a computer for the week the Library system is closed.
* No access to Wi-Fi.
* No book group kits will be sent, received or returned during the one-week closure. Kits will be sent to libraries as usual on the last Wednesday of the month, Aug. 25. Kits not available then will be sent as soon as possible after Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6.
* No programs or events in library meeting rooms.
* No TeleCirc, the library’s telephone circulation service.
* No Quick Information telephone service.
* No Text a Librarian, e-mail a librarian or chat with a librarian.
* No Mobile Services.

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