Holiday Hours and Closures

PPLD's Inclement Weather Policy

PPLD closes early:

Date Time Holiday
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve
Monday, December 31, 2012 4 p.m. New Year's Eve

PPLD is closed all day:

Date Holiday
Monday, December 24, 2012 Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 Christmas Day
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 New Year's Day
Monday, January 21, 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, February 18, 2013 Presidents' Day
Sunday, March 31, 2013 Easter Sunday
Monday, May 27, 2013 Memorial Day
Thursday, July 4, 2013 Independence Day
Monday, September 2, 2013 Labor Day
Thursday, November 28, 2013 Thanksgiving Day

Comments

Closures

Submitted by Jill (not verified) on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:49am.

It would be helpful to know the library's snow closure policy and also an after hours number to call in case a group needs to confirm openings/closures.

Good idea. I'll get that

Submitted by vfranklyn on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 11:01am.

Good idea. I'll get that information posted. Thanks!

Veterans' Day

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 11:42am.

Just curious as to why Veterans' Day, November 11 is not observed. Thanks.

Holidays

Submitted by Dee Vazquez Sabol (not verified) on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 1:42pm.

The Library has ten holidays that we are closed. When deciding on the days to close the Board of Trustees and the Leadership Team consider whether we will have adequate patron visits to stay open. Since we are librarians we have done a little research related to your question. In 1971 Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11 whatever day that falls on. Since this change, there has been a trend against being closed on the holiday. Many schools and colleges remain open and that is true in our area as well. Banks, the post office and many though not all, government offices close.

In the case of the holidays that we are closed, they are so widely celebrated that we would probably not have a lot of patron visits. To honor our veterans, we have celebrated this important holiday by hosting Veterans programs. We have had two panel discussions which were held live and presented on Library T.V. Veterans from WWII, Korea, and Iraq served on the panels. In addition we have conducted Veterans interviews to be sent to the Smithsonian. Veterans employed by the Library have put together these programs. I hope that answers your question. Thank you for asking. Sydne Dean, Associate Director of Public Services