Charlotte Mecklenburg Main Library is closing down. Here’s what we know.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library officials provided more details Tuesday about how visitors can still take part in library services despite the Main Library branch imminent closing for a new uptown development.
The library is closing so work can proceed on a new “destination” main library as well as a renovated Spirit Square and its historic McGlohon Theater and the Duke Energy Theater.
The $154.5 million project is scheduled to finish in late 2025, Mecklenburg County spokeswoman Pam Escobar told The Charlotte Observer in an email last week — more than a year later than expected.
When will the main branch close?
Main Library at 310 N. Tryon St. will close to the public at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29.
Will the services I’m used to be disrupted?
No, according to library officials.
Officials hope Main Library users will visit another branch in the uptown area “for browsing, borrowing, classes/workshops, family story times and the many other ways you engage with your library.”
Where are the nearest branches to uptown?
▪ Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library, 2412 Beatties Ford Road, 704-416-3000.
▪ Myers Park Library, 1361 Queens Road, 704-416-5800.
▪ Plaza Midwood Library, 1623 Central Ave., 704-416-6200.
▪ South Boulevard Library, 4429 South Blvd., 704-416-6400.
▪ Sugar Creek Library, 4045 N. Tryon St., Suite A, 704-416-7000.
▪ West Boulevard Library, 2157 West Blvd., 704-416-7400.
Will interim uptown library locations open?
Yes. Customers also can visit these soon-to-open interim uptown locations:
▪ CMLibrary @ Founders Hall, 100 North Tryon St., Suite 290.
▪ CMLibrary @ College Street, 406 N. College St. in the Education Building at First United Presbyterian Church.
Dates when the interim libraries will open are still to be announced.
Can I still get a library book online?
Yes. Although Main Library will be closed during construction, books and materials will be available 24/7 at cmlibrary.org.
Can I return books to Main Library after it closes?
No. Customers can drop off items at any of the other 19 library locations, including the nearby ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center, 300 E. Seventh St.
What about library holds and pick-ups?
As of Oct. 15, Main Library was removed as an option for placing items on hold.
Items placed on hold for pick up at Main before Oct. 15 are available until 5 Friday, Oct. 29. and then at Plaza Midwood Library beginning Monday, Nov. 1.
If you want to pick up your holds at another library branch, call 704-416-0100.
