DeKalb County Public Library is gearing up for the opening of its new library branch in Tucker. The current Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library building will close in December in preparation for the move to the new site, located nearby at the intersection of LaVista Road and Lawrenceville Highway. The last day of service at the present location will be Saturday, December 12. While the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library is closed, please visit a nearby branch:

• To the West: Northlake-Barbara Loar Library
• To the Southwest: Clarkston Library
• To the Southeast: Stone Moutain Sue-Kellogg Library

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Wireless Internet access is now available at a library branch near you. See our wireless access page for a complete list of branches with this service. Just bring your wireless enabled laptop or mobile device to any of these branches and turn it on. Your wireless card should detect the "LibraryWireless" network immediately. You will be asked to accept the terms of the Library's Internet Use Policy and to log on to the wireless network with your e-mail address. Additional branches will have wireless access in the near future as they come up on our new high-speed fiber network.

We are less than a week away from Thanksgiving Day so I thought I would count down 10 things I am thankful for about my library. 10. The Twitter feed that gives me interesting quotes, facts and heads up on library events. 9. The variety of programs that I can attend. (I personally like the musical programs, ...