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How Gainesville library will look different when it reopens

Clayton Dillingham, right, and Neil Byrd run data cables Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in the former Turner, Wood and Smith building. The Gainesville Library will be closed March 11-31 so staff and the library collections can move across the street to the former Turner, Wood and Smith building. The temporary library (across the street) will open April 1. The library building will be renovated and is expected to reopen in summer 2020. - photo by Scott Rogers

03102019 LIBRARY 1.jpg — Clayton Dillingham, right, and Neil Byrd run data cables Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in the former Turner, Wood and Smith building. The Gainesville Library will be closed March 11-31 so staff and the library collections can move across the street to the former Turner, Wood and Smith building. The temporary library (across the street) will open April 1. The library building will be renovated and is expected to reopen in summer 2020. - photo by Scott Rogers

When the library in Gainesville celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, it will have a new look.The Main Street branch of the Hall County Library System will be closing Monday, March 11, for renovations. On April 1, a temporary library will open across the street at the former Turner, Wood & Smith building at 100 Brenau Ave.