A library becomes a sanctuary, its shelves and kiosks like the rooms and closets of home, familiar and well-worn.

Sometimes, worn enough to need a facelift, which is what’s happening at my library now.

The Reston Regional branch of the Fairfax County Library system shut down on Saturday. But I couldn’t let it close without a final look. 

I was there on Friday, wandering through the stacks, checking out a book, glimpsing the old place one more time before it’s transformed.