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City hears plan to expand Wasilla library staff space, add automated sorting machine; estimated cost about $2.5—2.6 million to $3 million
Summary
An architect presented a plan to expand staff work areas at the Wasilla Public Library, add an automated book sorting machine and modify the exterior wall to provide covered book returns; the conservative project estimate is about $3,000,000 but bidders may produce lower results.
An architect working with the city presented a plan to expand staff space at the Wasilla Public Library and to install an automated sorting machine to improve returns processing, telling the council the work would "greatly improve staff efficiency." Brian Meisner of ECI said the expansion would push the existing exterior wall outward, keep the current canopy and sidewalks, and provide covered book returns that feed directly into a robot sorting system similar to equipment used in Anchorage.
Meisner said the project would "about double the amount of staff space" and create dedicated work areas for mending, sorting, mailing and interlibrary loan…
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