The Forge Makerspace at the Denton Public Library is open again after a temporary shutdown in September, with a new weekly schedule, according to a staff report posted Tuesday for the Library Board.
The space reopened during the first week of October. Its hours are now:
- Tuesdays, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
- Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m.
- Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.
The report, from Director of Libraries Jennifer Bekker, does not say why the makerspace closed.
A bookstore gift for early readers
The Plot Twist, a local bookstore, held a fundraiser in honor of Dolly Parton and matched what it raised. The store is donating $1,048 to the library, which plans to spend it on materials and toys for its Discovery Kits. Those kits support the library's 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, and the report says they celebrate Parton's legacy in early literacy.
New scanner, new fee schedule
Special Collections at the Emily Fowler Central Library now has an overhead book scanner. Staff say it lets fragile documents lie open without pressure on the spine while still producing high-quality scans.
The City Council approved the library's 2026-27 fee schedule on Sept. 22, and the fiscal year began Oct. 1. According to the report, the only changes set Discovery Kit replacement charges and miscellaneous makerspace material charges at the library's actual cost.
