With road closed, library drop box finds new home
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Considered a vital service to both patrons and to the library, the library’s much-used book drop was moved in conjunction with those street closures after construction for the Main Street McMinnville project got under way Monday.
The book drop is now located at the site of the former Willmore Ford dealership on the corner of High and West Main streets, well away from its usual location in front of the library.
Currently, Chancery Street between Morford and Colville streets is barricaded, as is Main Street from High Street to near Court Square.
The library has posted an information sheet detailing some of the changes they are experiencing, Magness Library manager Mary Robbins said, including information about accessing the building through its back door after being allowed access to the library’s rear parking lot, as well as the relocation of the book drop.
Use of the book drop varies, but it is a service that makes it more feasible for busy patrons to return books on time.
“There is probably an average of 60 to 70 books a day,” Robbins said of the number of books placed in the book drop. “Some days it’s more and some days we go out and there are only two or three, but then there are several days we’ve had to empty it two or three times per day.”
Robbins assumes the book drop will be located at the High and West Main intersection for the duration of construction. While officials presently intend for construction for the first phase of the project – Main Street between Chancery Street and Court Square – to last until December, it could take up to 14 months for the three-phase project to be completed.