Curbside Pickup of Library Materials Begins June 15 at 4 BPL Locations

Curbside Pickup begins Monday, June 15, at 4 BPL locations: Avondale, 5 Pts. West, N. Birmingham & Springville Road. 

What: BPL Curbside Pickup of Library Materials Begins Monday, June 15
Where: BPL’s Avondale, Five Points West, North Birmingham and Springville Road Regional Library branches.
When: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Details: Place your holds (online, BPL app or call us.) When you have been notified that your items are ready for curbside pickup, drive up. We’ll let you know when to leave your vehicle and pick up your items from the designated table.
For more information, call numbers below. Be prepared to verify your account with your library card number or driver’s license number 
AVONDALE: 205-226-4000 
FIVE POINTS WEST: 205-226-4013
NORTH BIRMINGHAM: 205-226-4025
SPRINGVILLE ROAD: 205-226-4081 

Book and DVD lovers, your three-month wait is finally over. Beginning Monday, June 15, 2020, patrons of Alabama’s largest library system will be able to begin picking up new checked-out materials at four Birmingham Public Library locations.

Curbside pickup will be available from Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the following BPL locations:

• Avondale Regional Branch Library (509 40th St. South)
• Five Points West Regional Branch Library (4812 Ave. W)
• North Birmingham Regional Branch Library (2501 31st Ave. North)
• Springville Road Regional Branch Library (1224 Old Springville Road)

BPL Executive Director Floyd Council said BPL is excited to bring library service to curbsides at its four regional library locations beginning Monday, June 15.

“Since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Birmingham Public Library has been determined to serve our community with the use of virtual library services available on our website (www.cobpl.org), the library mobile applications, and all social media channels,” Council said. "Between now and when we reopen to the public in the future, in addition to 24/7 virtual library services, we invite the Birmingham community to enjoy curbside library service as the next best thing to having our buildings open to the public."

How will the BPL curbside pickup process work? 

Patrons may call any of BPL’s 19 libraries to place a hold. They will have the option to select one of the four regional libraries to pick up the materials: Avondale Library (205-226-4000); Five Points West Library (205-226-4013); North Birmingham Library (205-226-4025); and Springville Road Library (205-226-4081).

Patrons may also place holds online at www.cobpl.org or through the BPL mobile app. Patrons will be contacted when their items are ready to be picked up, and then schedule a time to retrieve their materials at a designated library.

Once the patrons arrive at the library, patrons will call again to alert the library they are in the parking lot. A library staff member will check out the materials, place the items in a bag with the patron’s name on it, and deliver the bag to a designated table located outside the library doors. The patron will then pick up their materials once the library staff member is safely back inside the library.

When coming to pick up items, all library materials being returned must be placed in the library book drops. For the safety of everyone involved, returned materials will be quarantined for a minimum of 72 hours, and will take several days to be cleared from your account. No late fees will be charged.