The Sequim Library will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday before it closes for expansion and renovation through spring 2025. Operations will move temporarily starting April 1 to the former Brian’s Sporting Goods space. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

The Sequim Library will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday before it closes for expansion and renovation through spring 2025. Operations will move temporarily starting April 1 to the former Brian’s Sporting Goods space. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Library to close temporarily for renovations

SEQUIM — The Sequim Library will close for three weeks Sunday after a last-day celebration on Friday.

Materials and equipment will be moved to 609 W. Washington St., in the former Brian’s Sporting Goods store. The library will reopen there on April 1, with regular services in the temporary space — browsing and checkouts, public computers, printing, newspapers, magazines, WiFi, seating and programs for all ages — as renovation and expansion begins in the current library.

The library will use this space throughout the renovation and expansion of the current building.

Sealed bids for the construction contract were accepted through 2 p.m. Wednesday. Library officials estimate construction costs at about $6.143 million to add about 3,800 gross-square-feet to the existing 6,255-square-foot building.

This project will address such issues as ADA-accessible bathrooms, a fire-sprinkler system, increased space for collections, improved community access to broadband and computers, new study and conference rooms, more staff space, and more room for educational, cultural and civic events.

The building renovation is estimated to finish in spring 2025.

The last-day celebration will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; the library will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Participants will find treats, have the opportunity to share memories, pick up holds and browse the collection one more time before the relocation closure.

Library leaders said materials checked out in Sequim before the closure have extended due dates, and the bookmobile will visit the temporary space during the closure from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays and Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays.

Any holds remaining on the shelf — and all new holds — will be available for pickup at the Port Angeles Library from Monday through March 30. On April 1, all Sequim holds will be available for pickup at the Sequim Library Temporary Location.

The last time the Sequim Library was moved was in 1983, when the library relocated from the corner of North Sequim Avenue and Fir Street to the current location.

For more information, visit nols.org/sequim-move.

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