Sudbury library trustees review renovation drawings, programming, farmer's-market plans and a trustee’s departure

At a March 4 meeting of the Town of Sudbury Library Trustees, the library director reported that renovation drawings for the library’s history room have been submitted to legal and facilities, that balcony rails in the original building will be raised to meet code, and that the library received a $10,000 donation for e-book purchases.

“This is just the first phase,” the director said of the history-room drawings, describing proposed shelving and cabinetry changes and plans to wall off part of the room to create archival storage and a small kitchenette. The drawings have gone to legal for edits before facilities posts them, the director said.

Trustees were told the interior balcony railing in the library’s original section is not at code height; architects will raise the railing by adding a footing at the base so the…