Palo Alto, CA -- All facilities of the Palo Alto City Library will be closed until 2 p.m. on Friday, April 11, so employees can attend a special staff-development session. All libraries will be open only from 2 to 6 p.m. that day, except Children's Library which will be open from 2 -5 p.m. Main Library will not be open that evening. The Friday toddler and pre-school program held at Mitchell Park branch will be cancelled on this date.

Even while the libraries' doors are closed, the public will have access to certain library services:

• Book drops will be open for borrowers to return materials, which will be checked in as if they had been returned the previous day.
• Borrowers will be able to use TeleCirc, the library system's automated telephone renewal system, to identify and renew items they have checked out. The telephone number for TeleCirc is 650/326-5374 and requires a library-card number for access.
• The library's computerized catalog will be available as usual, either on the Web at http://webcat.cityofpaloalto.org, by Telnet at telnet://lib.cityofpaloalto.org, or by direct modem dial-up at 650/322-5441. This connection will also enable borrowers with their library-card number to place reserves, check the status of their existing reserves, and view and renew the items they have charged out.
• Reference questions may be submitted electronically by going to the Web at www.cityofpaloalto.org/library/reference/question.html and following the instructions on the displayed page. The reference staff will respond within 48 hours.
  

All libraries will resume their regular schedules on Saturday, April 12.

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