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Columbus Metropolitan Library locations to return to normal hours starting March 21

Columbus Neighborhoods
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Most of Columbus Metropolitan Library’s 23 locations will return to regular hours starting on Monday March 21.

The library system had reduced hours during the COVID-19 pandemic, with most locations closing at 7 p.m. Now ten locations will close at 9 pm Monday through Thursday, close at 6 pm on Saturday, and be open on Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. Eleven branches will close at 8 pm Monday through Thursday.

The following locations will be open Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday: 1-5 p.m.:

  • Dublin Branch
  • Hilliard Branch
  • Hilltop Branch
  • Karl Road Branch
  • Main Library
  • New Albany Branch
  • Reynoldsburg Branch
  • Southeast Branch
  • Whetstone Branch
  • Whitehall Branch

The following locations will be open Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday: 1-5 p.m.:

  • Barnett Branch
  • Driving Park Branch
  • Franklinton Branch
  • Gahanna Branch (currently at a temporary location while new branch is under construction)
  • Linden Branch
  • Martin Luther King Branch
  • Northern Lights Branch
  • Northside Branch
  • Parsons Branch
  • Shepard Branch
  • South High Branch

The Canal Winchester Branch will be open Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. but will be closed on Sunday.

The Marion Franklin branch on the South Side will keep its current hours, Monday through Thursday: 2-7 p.m., Friday: 2-6 p.m., and remained close Saturday and Sunday.

Debbie Holmes began her career in broadcasting in Columbus after graduating from The Ohio State University. She left the Buckeye state to pursue a career in television news and worked as a reporter and anchor in Moline, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee.