Moving On: library@orchard in transit

To be or not to be…

It’s been about 2 weeks since the library officially closed to the public, and today’s the last day that the bookdrops will be in operation (yes, sadly no more dropping off books at Orchard by the time Ngee Ann City closes tonight). I’ve got a bunch of tragic photos (the emptiness, the emptiness!) which I’ve yet to upload.

*points left* However the un-tragic poster pic in this post, comes from k5memo. (okok, the text has got a tinge of tragedy lah. )

So what’s been happening for the past 2 weeks? Staff and volunteers have been packingpackingpacking. Everything has to go somewhere, and the books were the 1st to go, by now most of them will be on the shelves of their new homes.

Currently, most of the shelves have been dismantled and all the equipment and furniture is in the midst of being transported to other branches as well. By next week, all the stuff that’s truckable would have left the library and soon we will too…

In the spirit of capturing the ephemeral and the lightness of beings, here’s a collection of links to the memories of the Moving On party as well as some reflections after. They come from: ex-staff, current staff, regulars, our citizen reporters, volunteers…

Happy reading!

Moving On: 30th Nov 2007
Cast no shadow, wheel no barrow by laichow (Youth.SG)
Lights Out by k5memo (aka Karen)
Bunnies are distracting by impulsive fool (aka Simin)
The End of a Chapter by chnrxn
library@orchard moves on by Ian Timothy
It’s a little late but… by Regina
Good bye Library@Orchard by Alice
Closure of library@orchard D-Day by the Rambling Librarian (aka Ivan)
Live blogging from library@orchard closing by Simply Jean
Closing of library@orchard by Yuhui
Library@Orchard is Moving On by Malcolm
Orc Lang Syne by luckypotter (aka Kenneth)
The Heart Never Lies by Jloe (aka Joel)
Library@Orchard by nurazreen
theres no space by NurAzreen (cousin of the above nurazreen!)
Back track to 30th November by la bibliothecaire
Death of a Library by Keviny
hmm.. by Claude
library@orchard… by Edric Hsu
Library@Orchard moves out of Ngee Ann City by Channel News Asia

The Aftermath:
A tribute to Library@Orchard by Aaron Tan
When the old national library closed… by mshow
Memories of library@orchard by wrkshy
Library@Orchard by classiclicious
Library at Orchard closes by e4saken (aka Gavilan)
A visit to Library@Orchard after its closure by Alice
~ by Audrey

- Posted by Jillian

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