Main Library & Tolleston Branch Closing

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    Gary, IN  - At their March 28 Board Meeting, the Gary Public Library Board of Trustees approved the permanent closing of the Main Library, 220 W. 5th Avenue and the Tolleston Branch, 1113 Taft Street, effective January 1, 2012.  

     Library programs, activities and services will continue at all branches including the Main Library with the exception of the Tolleston Branch. The Tolleston Branch has been closed since November 2010 and is not expected to reopen this year.

     Further information, updates and progress on the Gary Public Library’s transition will be announced at a later date. Visit us at www.garypubliclibrary.org where you can sign up to receive library information via our email sign-up link.

Increase in Fines & Fees

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The Gary Public Library Board of Trustees has approved an increase in fines and fees, to take effect January 1, 2011, for most of the Library’s services at all library units. Among the increases will be the fees for meeting rooms, library card replacement, computer print outs, and fax service. Fines for overdue, lost or damaged materials including books, dvds and Playaways will also increase. A complete list is available at each library unit and on the library’s website.

Woodson Renaming and Open House

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Gary, IN - The public is invited to attend the renaming ceremony

and open house for the Gary Public Library’s Carter G. Woodson Branch
Library, 501 S. Lake Street, Tuesday, November 23 at 11am. Refreshments
provided by the Friends of the Gary Public Library. The library is open for
service at noon. Woodson (1875-1950), known as the "Father of Black History,"
initiated Negro History Week in 1926. It was later expanded in 1976 to
include the entire month of February and is now known as Black History
Month.

The Gary Public Library Board of Trustees approved the name
change earlier this year from the Wildermuth Branch to the Carter G.
Woodson Branch. For more information about Carter G. Woodson, please
stop in at any Gary Public Library unit.