PHOTO GALLERY: Ashland residents celebrate opening of new library

November 17, 2012 | 3:38 p.m. CST

On Saturday morning, Ashland residents passed books hand-to-hand to fill the Southern Boone County Public Library's new building. A white-dove release and a ribbon-cutting ceremony were also part of the festivities.

Don Holee reads a book in the new Ashland library on Saturday morning. Library staff had a ribbon-cutting followed by an open house. The new library will begin checking out materials Monday morning. | Alli Inglebright

Megan Young releases doves at the opening of the new library in Ashland on Saturday morning. People formed a line to make a book brigade to move books from the old library to the new library. | Alli Inglebright

People gather outside the new Southern Boone County Public Library building for the ribbon-cutting Saturday morning. After the ribbon-cutting, people were allowed into the new library in groups because the maximum capacity of the building would not hold the entire crowd. | Alli Inglebright