MORNING HEADLINES | The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) on Oct. 5 will open Main at Morrison, a temporary library location while the main branch at 68 Calhoun St. is closed for renovations approved 12 years ago.
“Main at Morrison gives us an opportunity to continue providing a welcoming and accessible library space for our downtown community while this important work is underway at Main Library,” a top library official said in a statement. “We appreciate the community’s patience during this transition and look forward to serving them at Morrison Drive.”
The new temporary location is at 1142 Morrison Drive, the location of the former ILA Union hall. It will offer about 6,300 square feet of public space and provide many of the same core services that were available at the main library, library officials said. Among them:
- Browsing collections for children, teens and adults;
- Pickups for holds and returns for borrowed materials;
- Interlibrary loan support;
- Public computers and Internet access;
- Print and copy services;
- Staff assistance; and
- Limited space for select events and programs.
Main at Morrison will be open at 9 a.m. Mondays through Saturday and close at 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 6 p.m. on Fridays; and 5 p.m. onSaturdays. The library is closed on Sundays. Parking is free.
The Main Library closed Aug. 1 to begin the final phase of the referendum-funded project approved by Charleston County voters in 2014. Renovation work is expected to take about 18 months.
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