If you stop by the Library on Thursday, March 19, you'll discover the doors closed and the building dark.   No, we're not feeling the impacts of budget cuts already

Today is a day for all staff to learn more good ways of providing excellent service to all our customers.  As more people visit the Library, and demand for our resources increases, we want to be sure we are still practicing the Library IDEA - welcoming, delighting, inspiring and educating ALL.

We do hate to to close the Library - whether for training, building work or even a holiday - because we know our customers depend on our services, every day.  And we especially hate to close today, when the Monterey County Weekly readers have voted us the "Best County Library" for 2009.  Thank you - we are honored!

We'll hope to see you on Friday, when we re-open at 10 a.m. and welcome an average of 1,100 people through our doors. Or maybe on the weekend, as you're stopping by the special Friends of the Library used book sale on the way back from "Cutting Day" at the Friends Plaza, or in-between errands when you're in downtown Monterey.

Stop by and see what we've learned. Tomorrow!