The last 20 minutes of Sunday’s Front Porch Chat were spent discussing what was inside the new library.

 “A BUILDING ALONE DOES NOT MAKE A LIBRARY.” * 

New Features Not Possible in Current Facilities

The new library breathes and adapts as the world changes.

7 Community Spaces: Includes a Children’s project area, 115 capacity meeting room, Tech Lab, YA room, Local History Room. Space for book clubs, reading, studying, job search, health care research, education research.

Flexible Fixtures & Spaces: Allows quick adaption to community needs.

Light: Inviting, comfortable.

Universal Power Access: For current and new gadgets. Allows for reaction to change in balance of e-publishing and traditional materials. A book is a book whether electronic or printed.

Programming.  More children’s, young adult, adult and senior programming to fit the needs of the community.

Friends of the Library: New volunteer program that provides talented and passionate staff for additional programming.

Collaboration: Literacy Workshop with Jamestown School System whose goal is to create life-long readers, writers, learners. Further collaboration with Jamestown College and other county services will be explored.

Efficiency: Smooth Flow of collection from receipt to patron.

*Forrest, Lois, Century of Stories. 1983: 77. Print.