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Library director details 2019 needs assessment follow-ups, programming and catalog upgrades
Summary
Jandy, the Liberty Lake library director, reviewed the 2019 community and facility assessment and described short-term recommendations the library has completed, including weeding collections, converting a computer lab into a study room, adding powered armchairs, and improving laptop and hotspot circulation.
Jandy, the Liberty Lake library director, reviewed the library’s 2019 Community and Facility Assessment by Kimberly Bollin & Associates and described multiple short-term recommendations that the library has implemented since that report.
Why it matters: the assessment informed a set of low- and medium-cost improvements the library has carried out while a larger building project is under study. Those changes shape current service capacity and are part of what staff will present when arguing for space and funding in any new facility.
Jandy said the consultant’s short-term recommendations included reducing shelving of low-circulating material, improving study and meeting spaces, adding flexible seating and more accessible power outlets, and reducing the number of fixed public PC stations. "During the pandemic, we did do a lead of our nonfiction section, our…
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