Central Library Planning Documents & Reports

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• Frequently Asked Questions
• Site Selection Map (PDF 81 KB)
• Board Presentations
  • Library Facility Development (PDF 2 MB)
  • Board Presentation May 17, 2005 (PDF 325 KB)
  • Board Presentation May 24, 2005 (PDF 325 KB)
• Current and Proposed Libraries
• Services of a Central Library
• Other Relevant Studies/Surveys
  • Central Library Needs Assessment, Kathryn Page Associates (PDF 3.17 MB)
  • Central Library Building Program, Kathryn Page Associates (PDF 2 MB)
  • Godbe Survey (May 2003) (PDF 1 MB)
  • Godbe Survey (May 2006) (PDF 1 MB)
• Other New Central Libraries with Similar Demographics/Populations
  • Completed
    • Salt Lake City: http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=7&page_id=5
    • Seattle: http://www.spl.org/lfa/index.html
    • San Jose: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Project (Cooperative University and Public Library) http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/history/timeline.htm
  • Designed But Not Complete
    • San Diego: http://www.sdplfdn.org/creating_newmain.htm
  • Under Construction
    • Minneapolis Public Library: http://www.mplib.org/future.asp
    • Indianapolis Marion County Public Library: http://www.imcpl.org/about/construction/transformedcentral.html
• Economic Impact of Other Libraries
  • Florida http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/bld/roi/pdfs/ROISummaryReport.pdf
  • South Carolina http://www.libsci.sc.edu/SCEIS/home.htm
  • Seattle http://www.berkandassociates.com/spl.html
  • Philadelphia (111 KB PDF)
  • Successful Cities http://www.urbanlibraries.com/files/SuccessfulCitiesPublicLibraryContributionstoUrban.pdf