Have some items on hold at the library? Need to browse for a late-summer read? Be sure to get to the library this week, before budget cuts force the entire library system to shut down until after Labor Day. The Wallingford Library (1501 N. 45th St.) and all other Seattle Public Libraries will close on Monday, August 30, and reopen Tuesday, September 7. Even your online access to the library will be affected, but the digital collection will be available.
Here’s are the services that will be unavailable and other info:
* No materials will be due and no fines will be accrued.
* The last day to check out Library items system-wide before the closure is Sunday, Aug. 29 (for Wallingford it’s Saturday, Aug. 28).
* No book drops will be open. Do not leave books and materials outside Library locations during the closure. Book drops at branches that are closed on Sundays, which includes Wallingford, will close at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28. The book drops will reopen at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7.
* 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.
* No parking in Library garages. The Central Library, Capitol Hill Branch and Ballard Branch garages will be closed.
