The Gainesville Neighborhood Library closed for good on Wednesday.
The old library located in James S. Long Park will make way for a new Haymarket Gainesville Community Library at 14870 Lightner Road in Haymarket.
Wednesday was the last time patrons could check out books at the old neighborhood library, which was dedicated back in 1987.
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Photographer Micheal Porterfield sent photos of activities during the library’s last day. His mother worked at the neighborhood libarary for 23 years, he stated in an email.
You can see more photos on Porterfield’s Flickr account.
A ribbon cutting for the new library will be held Thrusday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m.
A ribbon cutting for the new Monctclair Community Library will also be held this month, on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. It is located at 5049 Waterway Drive in Montclair.
Here’s some other neat stats about the Gainesville Neighborhood Library, from library spokesman Andrew Spence:Â
The fifth neighborhood library in the system situated in the Gainesville magisterial district. The facility is 2,073 square-feet and has a collection of 22,000 items including books, audio books, DVDs, magazines and other materials.
Statistics from Fiscal Year 2012 thru Fiscal Year 2015
Items circulated (number of items that were checked out): 867,751
Information requests (number questions that came in): 44,712
Library visits: 309,469
Computer users: 10,502
Number of events held: 232
Number of attendees to events: 3,947
Total Volunteer hours worked: 14,318
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