Knowlton Library Restoration: August 2023

Bathroom dividers and doors arrive and are installed.
Other fixtures like this diaper changing table are installed.
New phones arrive and phone system installation begins.
A big construction dumpster arrives.
Transit staff continues to move requested books to branches and back to their home libraries.
Shipping container, now empty, is lifted for removal.
The shipping container is removed from the library parking lot.
Boxes of transit items that had been stored in the container.
Unpacked transit items from container are readied to return to their home libraries.
Transit library staff move back to Knowlton library.
Transit library staff label shelves for sorting items to send back to their home libraries.
Lobby display case arrives in parts to be installed.
Work begins on installing the display case.
Display cabinet installation continues.
Community room cabinet installation begins.
Cabinets for staff work area arrive.
Cabinets for staff work area are set in place.
New large screens for meeting rooms arrive.
Youth services staff at work organizing the collection and planning programs.
Community room cabinet installation continues.
Work continues on lobby display cabinet.
History room materials to be inspected and sorted.
More boxes back from storage.
Lobby display cabinet is almost done!
Staff loading pickup lockers during construction.

In August, bathroom walls were set up, new cabinets arrived and were installed, materials began coming back from storage, and staff kept library functions going through our branches and pickup lockers. As you scroll through the images, pause your mouse over each picture to see the description.