12/5/07 | The week before, and we are counting down…

12/5/07 | Betsy (and everyone else) is busy packing many, many boxes.

12/5/07 | Accounting staffers Debbie and Linda pack by the numbers. The new library is visible in the background.

12/5/07 | Before: Betty (at right center) helps get Technical Services ready for the move.

12/11/07 | After: Technical Services department after the move.

12/5/07 | Before: Amy manages Technology from her old desk.

12/11/07 | After: Amy’s desk, but no more Amy.

12/9/07 | Closing night: Theresa gets ready to post the signs.

12/9/07 | Closing night: Nate and Theresa lock up the old book drops. Patrons began using the new library’s drive-up book return that night.

12/9/07 | Closing night: closing off the last book drop, action shot.

12/9/07 | Closing night: the last customers leave smiling.

12/9/07 | Closing night: Laura checks to be sure the coast is clear for the last time.

12/11/07 | Unpacking near the new Information Desk

12/11/07 | Molly works on shelving books for children.

12/11/07 | Staff on the move, coming through the lobby: Betsy, Kathie, Trish.

12/11/07 | Distance from old library (shown) to new is temporarily bridged for moving — about 20 feet away!

12/11/07 | The Bookmobile has everything on hold, ready to pick up, Mondays to Saturdays from noon to 6 pm. Connie was on duty today.

12/14/07 | There are more than 200 computers to hook up in the new library. Kristina works on this one on the Information Desk.

12/14/07 | Professional movers have transferred the books and other collections to the new space. The fiction area is seen here.

12/12/07 | The pros pack up the reference books in the old library.

12/14/07 | Kathie and Linda sort new paperback books. 37,000 new items are arriving for the new library.

12/14/07 | Trina makes a plan for where everything will be stored in the photocopier area upstairs. Shelves in the background are starting to fill up with books.

12/14/07 | The book sorting conveyor on the lower level. Books come in from the book returns (the conveyor in the upper left corner comes down from the inside drop; the outside drop comes in from the right). Items are automatically checked in, then sorted into one of 19 bins, to either side of the conveyor belt.