Boyden Library Readies for Move; Expected to be Closed June 20 to July 15

As the Boyden Library’s renovation project nears completion the staff is set to begin the move from its current space at Chestnut Green back to its Bird Street location.

“The library is getting very close to being ready to be opened,” said Jeffery Lovely from the Friends of the Boyden Library. “We’ve had some construction delays but the project is going pretty well.”

The library at Chestnut Green is set to tentatively close on Thursday, June 20 to begin the move back to Bird Street and all library services will be suspended until July 15th.

According to the Boyden Library’s Facebook page, the staff is planning to reopen in its newly renovated and expanded library in mid-July.

Here are some facts concerning the June 20 closure that you will want to know, courtesy of the Boyden Library:

• Upon notification, all holds waiting for you at the Boyden Library must be picked up before June 20. If library materials are needed before the library reopens in July, holds can be placed in the SAILS system and an alternate pick-up library can be chosen or patrons will have the choice of suspending holds until Boyden reopens. If you are currently on hold for an item, you can contact the Adult Circulation Desk at (508) 543-1245 before June 20 and ask the staff to change your pick-up location. Or you can change your own pick-up location anytime on items pending. To do this go to www.boydenlibrary.org and click on Online Catalog. Then choose My Account and click on the Holds tab.

• The Museum Pass program will be suspended beginning June 20 until the library is open for business at 10 Bird St.

• For materials due before the library reopens in mid-July, loan periods will be extended and no overdue fines will be charged. Book drops will remain available at the Chestnut Green location until at least the end of June.

• School Summer Reading materials will become available when the library reopens. “Dig Into Reading,” the library’s summer reading program will begin when the library reopens. Watch the library’s Calendar of Events at www.boydenlibrary.org for more information about Mother Goose on the Loose, Story Time, and other events.

Be sure to check the library website at www.boydenlibrary.org or call the Boyden Library at (508) 543-1245 (telephone lines will be unavailable at times) for more information. Updated information will also appear on Foxborough Patch, in the Foxboro Reporter and on Foxboro Cable Access.

Lovely said preliminary plans have a public re-dedication for the library scheduled for some time in the fall, around September or October.