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# Library officially moving, facility closed to public
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/library-officially-moving-facility-closed-to-public/
- Published: 2003-03-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:55:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Montana, #archive-import

*By SARA VAN DYCK Special to the Daily Press*

As plans finalize for the new Main Library, and the Montana and the Fairview branches have reopened, the shape of Santa Monica’s updated library system is increasingly clear.

The public is invited to see the most recent plans for the Main Library at the Library Board meeting on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Santa Monica Public Library auditorium, 1343 Sixth Street. Architects and planners Moore, Ruble and Yudell will be joined by the Main Library design team in presenting the interior design, public art, graphics and signage, landscape architecture and sustainability features.

The library has design and construction updates for the new Main Library on its Web site at www.smpl.org/construction.

The Main Library closed to the public on Monday to prepare for the move to temporary facilities. However, for the April 3 library board meeting the Main Library auditorium will be open to the public. The temporary main library, located at 1324 Fifth Street, opens in late April or early May.

To provide new items for Fairview Branch, such as shelving, furniture, and a sound system for the community room, the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library hope to raise $50,000 in private donations from a brick paver campaign. The 8”x8” pavers, engraved with the donor’s message, such as family names, quotes, or tributes, will be placed near the library’s front entrance and will be part of the new floor of the back patio.

Patio pavers are $100 and front entryway pavers are $200\. To order the brick pavers, to get more information about the campaign, or to volunteer call (310) 392- 1306\. Forms are available online at www.smpl.org/construction/fairview, or at the Fairview Branch, located at 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. Pavers from a similar campaign have just been installed and can be viewed in the front walkway of Montana Avenue Branch.

In other library news: The Friends of the Library congratulate the winners of the High School Photography Contest sponsored by the library board. Erin Neff was awarded the first prize and Carolyn Schneider the second prize, Cassandra McGrath and Kristen Robertson tied for third prize, and a number of students also received honorable mentions.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 25, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032503.pdf?ref=smdp.com)