Nuneaton Library is to be closed for two months while it undergoes refurbishment.

Staff at the Church Street building will be busy moving stock to make room for contractors to begin work on major improvements.

For the work to be carried out, the library will be closed from Monday, February 10, until Tuesday, April 22.

The library was opened in 1962 when concrete and flat roofs were the latest thing. It was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, architect of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

The natural lighting and under-floor heating was ahead of the times and gramophone records and pictures for loan were also an innovation.

The forthcoming improvements will include an improved customer service counter, new air conditioning as well as several new dedicated areas for topics such as travel and tourism and family history.

Warwickshire County Council north Warwickshire libraries manager Adrian Litvinoff said: ?We are very excited about these improvements and hope that all our customers will benefit from the refurbishment.

?It presents us with an opportunity to respond to public demand and to the changing needs of people in the Nuneaton area.?

During the closure, there will be a mobile library outside the main library several days each week.

Further details of this will be announced shortly.

Borrowers can use their ticket in any Warwickshire library.

The nearest large libraries are at Atherstone and Bedworth, with smaller branches at Bulkington, Hartshill and Stockingford.

Borrowers will also be able to renew their books by calling 024 7638 4027, or online at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/WILD

Information on the progress of the improvements will be regularly posted in the windows and the notice board outside the library.
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