A branch of the D.C. Public Library on Capitol Hill will close next month for a brief but comprehensive renovation project sponsored by a popular magazine for bibliophiles.

The makeover of the main floor of the Southeast Neighborhood Library, an 85-year-old Carnegie building at 403 Seventh St. near Eastern Market, will closethe facility from May 1 to June 23. It will reopen, the library system said, with a new open floor plan, book shelves, furniture, paint color and drywall ceiling, as well as renovated restrooms, updated books and media materials, and 20 public access computers.