02/19/2026
🎉BIG NEWS!🎉 The library will officially be reopening on June 5th!
Your librarians have A LOT of work ahead of them so starting on Monday, April 20th we will be holding limited library hours in Room 306 of the McConnell Center (where most of our events have been held):
📆Mondays – 9 AM to 8:30 PM
📆Wednesdays – 9 AM to 5 PM
As we begin to move our books back into the library, you’ll notice a smaller collection available. We will continue to have books for all ages from babies to adults, but only the newest (what we have purchased within the last 6 months). And that book you’ve been waiting for since January? Don’t worry. We’ll keep those wait lists moving right along, but new reservations will only be allowed for new items.
Other services we will have in Room 306 during this time:
💻4 public computers with printing capabilities
📰Magazines and newspapers to read in-house
🏛Museum passes
We will also be offering limited in person programming:
👧Preschool Storytimes on Mondays at 10 AM (next door in Room 305, starting in May--except for Memorial Day)
👩👧👦Family Storytimes on Wednesdays at 10 AM (Room 305, starting in May)
✏️Author & Illustrator Marty Kelley for April school vacation on Wednesday, April 29 at 10:30 AM (Dover City Hall Auditorium)
🥀The 24th annual Poetry Contest (dates to be announced)
We are excited to welcome the community back to our beautiful newly renovated space! We can’t wait for you to see it!
