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
- Completed
- 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
