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BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
Hall Library renovation drives circulation at Gay Library McKinney library system materials circulation Following the closure of Hall Library in June 2025, Gay Library has seen high year-over-year circulation. 2024 2025 McKinney City Hall Digital John and Judy Gay library NOTE: FIGURES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED
As construction work progresses on a $20 million renovation project at McKinney’s Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, city officials have seen an increase in activity at the city’s other library, John and Judy Gay Library. The city’s library system has seen less than a 10% decrease in circulation since the closure of Hall Library in June, which is less than the projected impact, McKinney’s Director of Libraries Spencer Smith said. The gist Circulation at Gay Library totaled nearly 470,000 in the four months following the Hall Library closure, which is a 22% increase in circula- tion compared to the same four-month period in the prior year. “People are discovering John and Judy Gay [Library],” he said. During the Hall Library renovation, a satellite library was also implemented at McKinney City Hall.
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completed includes interior framing, reclaiming of courtyard space as interior space and removing an exterior retaining wall. Hall Library is projected to reopen in October 2026, Smith said.
The update Construction is underway on the Hall Library renovation, which will create new spaces includ- ing a 26-foot, full-dome planetarium. Recent work
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