Improved community facilities and up-to-date technology will be on show when Longridge Library reopens following a £200,000 makeover.
The library's new automatic doors will open at 9:30am on Monday 19 September to reveal a total transformation of the building on Berry Lane.
Audrey Taylor, manager at Longridge Library, said: "People will hardly recognise the library! As well as new windows and a new roof, there's a completely fresh layout with new flooring and modern comfortable furniture.
"We now have moveable shelving so we can make room for community events and activities, and Wi-Fi access will allow people to use their own laptops.
"To help make borrowing or returning items even easier, we've installed a new self-service machine. We also have lots of new stock.
"Then there are public toilets, baby-changing facilities and a new vending machine – all of which add up to a more welcoming, user-friendly feel.
"The overall effect is very impressive. The refurbished library really is a great facility for local people of all ages."
There are now ten People's Network computers available for library members to use, offering free access to the internet and the National Grid for Learning, together with email and Microsoft Office applications.
Staff were relocated to other Ribble Valley libraries while the building work was taking place, and volunteers kept the home library service running throughout the closure.
Activities such as children's story time, bounce and rhyme and toddler rhyme time sessions were held every Tuesday morning at Longridge Hospital.
Longridge Library was refurbished using funds from Lancashire County Council's Regenerate scheme, a programme for modernising libraries and making them more accessible to local communities.
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