For Immediate Release
May 27, 2010

Contact: Lori Crowe
NPL Public Relations Coordinator
664-7328 x340; lori.crowe@norfolk.gov

Norfolk Public Library Starts New Hours of Operation
Effective Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Norfolk, VA (May 27, 2010). Beginning Tuesday, July 6, all branch libraries for Norfolk Public Library will be closed on Sundays and Mondays. Norfolk Main Library and the Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library will keep their current schedule of library service seven days a week.
The new schedule for Norfolk Public Library is provided below. For more information about the services and programs at all NPL locations, please call 664-7328 or go to www.npl.lib.va.us.

Norfolk Main Library and Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library
Monday – Thursday:      10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday:        10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday:             1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sargeant Memorial Room (Located in Norfolk Main Library)
The Sargeant Memorial Room will have the same hours of operation as Norfolk Main Library.

Library Branches (Barron F. Black, Blyden, Horace C. Downing, Janaf, Jordan-Newby, Lafayette, Larchmont, Little Creek, Park Place, Van Wyck)
Sunday & Monday:        Closed
Tuesday – Thursday:     10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday:        10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Bookmobile
Services will stay the same. For the Bookmobile schedule, go to www.npl.lib.va.us