Ringer Library in College Station reopened to the public on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at 9 a.m.
All services are once again available at Ringer Library. For more information, please contact Ringer at (979) 764-3416.
Ringer Library in College Station reopened to the public on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at 9 a.m.
All services are once again available at Ringer Library. For more information, please contact Ringer at (979) 764-3416.
Ringer Library in College Station will reopen to the public on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at 9 a.m. The library closed on Nov. 5, 2018 for a major expansion and renovation of the building. The book drop at Ringer Library is currently available to people wishing to return library books. View Ringer Programs Subscribe to…
The library is expected to reopen sometime in September (exact date TBA, but it will not be the day after Labor Day). The rest of our shelves and furniture are scheduled to arrive next week, and we are still waiting for computers. Events scheduled at the library in early September will still be held in…
The library is expected to reopen in late August or early September (exact date TBA). Our outdoor book drop is available again. Some of our shelves and furniture has been delivered, and others are expected to arrive soon. For more frequently updated photos, we have created a photo album on Facebook. It is on Ringer…
Good news! The Ringer Library furniture has started to slowly trickle in. So far we have received 35 tables and four storage carts for the meeting room. These tables and storage carts were purchased for Ringer by the Friends of the Library. They also purchased meeting room chairs that will be delivered at a later…
The end of the construction phase at the Ringer Library is done. We are currently waiting for new furnishings. We have received an update from the architects. The new shelving should arrive the first week in August. It will need to be assembled, and the library staff will begin moving books from the old shelving…
The new shelving has been ordered, and College Station City Council will be discussing the purchase of the rest of the new furniture at the City Council regular meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2019 (agenda can be found at agenda.cstx.gov/nom). Here are three pictures of Ringer Library that were taken on May 8. The construction is…
Here are eight pictures that were taken February 13, 2019. Click the heading to see all the pictures. 1. Looking at the circulation desk towards the lobby and main entrance 2. Standing at the circulation desk looking towards Youth Services 3. The new meeting/program room. The door on the left gives you an…
Ringer Library was officially closed for construction on Monday, Nov. 5, and will remain closed until the first week of June 2019. During these seven months of work, exterior walls will be demolished, concrete and structural steel will be installed, new walls will be constructed and full renovation of restrooms will occur. The complete closure…
Three pictures taken this afternoon, Sunday, October 28, 2018. There is one picture of the FM 2818 side of the building (yellow protective covering is visible in the picture). There is one picture of the front of the building (new walls and overhang showing). There is one picture of the front right corner of the…
Ringer Library is currently still open. To enter the building, follow the sidewalk on the right side. The building will be closed November 5 to June 3. During the closure, go to Mounce Library in downtown Bryan to pick up holds and to check out and return items. Starting November 5, you can also return…
The next phase of the Larry J. Ringer Library Expansion Project — involving major demolition and heavy construction — will require the library to close on Monday, Nov. 5, and remain closed until the first week of June 2019. During this seven months of work, exterior walls will be demolished, concrete and structural steel will…
Renovation and expansion of the Larry J. Ringer Public Library will enter a new phase next week, requiring the building’s main entrance to close. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1, the library’s entrance will be moved from the library’s west side to the south side, where it will remain until further notice. This new phase of work…
Tomorrow morning, Thursday, May 31, the library will open at 9:30 AM so that we can work on the water line before opening. Here are some pictures of recent construction activity. They are adding some supports in a trench in front of the library. A pipe cleaner was here preparing some pipes. The new sidewalk…
Last week, they continued placing forms in the trench in preparation for pouring the concrete in the front part of the library, and along the roadside, they started drilling holes and filling them in with concrete to make piers on that side of the library; see first two pictures below. If you were in the library…
They finished filling in the deep hole along the 2818 side with compacted sand. They also drilled holes in the ground in front of the library, inserted round metal rebar cages and filled them with concrete. Then after all that work of bringing in the sand and compacting it, they removed some of it around…
Things are really shaking around here literally including the librarians. Last week the dump trucks were hauling away soil, this week there are hauling in and dumping sand. The sand is then being spread and compacted in preparation for concrete. It feels like the whole building is vibrating when they run the soil compacter. Cryptic…
Construction on the Ringer Library expansion has started. The library is OPEN during construction. We will post any closings on here. Handicapped parking spots have been restriped so that two are accessible. The library will be closed on Tuesday, April 24, so that the fire department may move a fire line and make some changes…