Public meetings - November 2004

Bev Russell, Director
Scottsbluff Public Library
1809 Third Avenue
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

November 16, 2004

• Children’s Programs!!!!
• Kept up with technology
• Homebound Delivery
• Adult reading programs-incentives
• up to date Children’s selection
• Hospitality
• Great staff
• Respond to specific requests
• Meeting room
• Fine Free Wednesdays
• Genealogy Collection
• Helpful Staff
• Friendly Staff
• Storytime
• E-mail-Free Technology Internet Access
• Celebrate Special Events
• Computer Help
• Summer Reading Programs
• Involved in Community
• Teen Programs
• Videos-DVDs
• Good Central Location
• Outside Speakers
• Interlibrary Loan
• Prime Time-Partnerships with other groups
• Provide excellent customer service
• Serving several age groups well
• Teen Advisory Council
• Involving community in activities
• Collection-Kept up, wide variety (especially children’s)
• Large Print- New selection and books on tape
• Connecting with schools-beginning readers
• Genealogy-space and meeting room
• Customer satisfaction-newspapers, computers, storytime
• Information on investment, taxes, etc.
• Diversity welcome
• Welcoming atmosphere
• Summer reading, support for teachers
• Involved with other school and public libraries
• Serve all age groups
• Communication-personal relationships
• Unites community
• Look for program partnerships

Staff, friends, parents, TAC, media, business, Tax support, teachers, volunteers, central location, good communication, city council.

• Several large community rooms
• Teen room
• Study rooms-Kids & Adults
• Better computer arrangement-computer lab
• Class room space for research projects
• Separate area for Children
• Lower age limit for hiring pages
• Better connections between libraries in the State
• No rates for Interlibrary loan
• Tables & chairs-space for children
• Amphitheater
• International newspapers & periodicals
• More & larger restrooms
• Handy Stools
• Keep books the focus!!!!
• Satellite Library @ the Mall
• Drive-up windows
• One late night-10:00 or Later
• Suggestions for good patrons for good books
• Classes for Community
• Fine Arts Center
• Partnership with college for Adult education classes
• Storage space
• Exchange paperbacks or 50 cent charge
• Better security
• Paid rental for new books
• Author’s name on spine
• Better seats in meeting rooms
• Better lighting
• Multipurpose teen room
• Need a lot of space-too crowded hard to focus
• Separate room for Genealogy
• More parking
• Bookmobile
• Library network and delivery
• Good coffee (soon)-refreshment area
• Involve children in art
• Used book store
• Bigger and better community room
• Comfortable chairs
• More seating
• Bigger budget-also technology
• More tolerant of teens
• Increased salaries
• Community classes
• Enough space for storage
• Borrower history
• Keep on doing the things mentioned in question # 1

• Make this Building a City Hall building
• Old Middle School
• Main Street
• Historic Building Renovation (Downtown)
• WNCC & Public Library Combination land by CBIT Center
• Build up-conserve land space
• North of High School
• Accessibility to walkers
• Close to downtown
• Green Space Available (Landscaping)
• Old NPPD building
• Main Street location-Beautifies the area
• Old Wal-Mart
• Central Location
• Satellite locations
• Most walking patrons from the South
• Two buildings on this site (bridge between?)
• Parking limited here if Building expands
• North Broadway lot (23^rd?)

• Funding-Permanent-Can’t be reduced
• Involvement of Children
• Increased Space
• Energy efficiency – Environmentally friendly
• Keep up with technology
• Complete growth
• Meeting the needs of the community-design meets programming needs
• Library must continue to be used-must be central to the community
• Expanded voice from teens
• Genealogy room

November 17, 2004

• Good youth, children and adult programs
• Encourage readers of all ages and backgrounds
• Inviting place to be (diversity of ages)
• After school place for kids
• Library serves pedestrians well (central location)
• Internet service
• Expands outside to community needs
• Great customer service
• Good use of media for special events
• Respond well to different community groups
• Good use of community resources
• Serves expanded area
• Variety of books, CDs Videos
• Willingness to expand programming off site

Media, community support, schools, partnerships with community organizations, great individual workers, friends of the library

• Coffee shop
• Fireplace – reading nooks
• Extended hours
• Stay here-expand south and east
• Genealogy study room
• Storage space
• Envision serving entire region
• IMAX-more diversity
• Double Wal-Mart (old)
• Multi-levels
• Area for kids-expanded (touch and learn)
• Build up (elevators)
• New construction
• Computer area (lab?)
• Permanent used book sale
• Combine with College and Gering
• After hours renewal service
• Liaison with school librarians
• Pleasing sunlit architecture
• More bathrooms
• Expanded sections-children’s/teen/adult
• More books-Literature
• Kids Center-Chocolate and Candy
• Benches outside- to sit and read
• Open air courtyard in the middle of the library
• Expanded community room space, divided, and AV
• Expand hours
• Study rooms
• Diversify services/collection
• Additional parking
• Playroom
• Online access (expand)
• Different levels for different activities
• Place for historical books, documents
• Additions not a good idea
• Teen PC
• Satellite locations
• Room to work
• Underground parking/security
• Room for exhibits
• Expand work space
• Keep up with technology
• More books on tape/CD
• Cultural center-performing space, art
• Drive up book drop
• Drive thru pickup
• Staff diversity-language
• Outdoor tables and chairs
• Clarifications: If genealogy room, locked for security

• Residential area
• Satellite Library-Senior center, neighborhood center
• Mall
• Between Mall and Circle Drive
• Wal-Mart (new)
• Downtown
• Close to schools
• Present location
• Center of Community
• Stay here-build up
• City growing North (by college)-Look at demographics
• Central to the school system
• Parking a consideration
• Use one of the closed schools
• Westmoor Area
• Residential –but space hard to find
• Look at population location
• Location-access by walking
• Similar area
• Anchors downtown (current location)
• Who are the users?
• Branch locations
• Work with other libraries
• Changes in school locations coming
• Land across from police station

• Funding (adequate)
• Make it attractive to people
• Funding-to build, operate, maintain
• Continue to diversify and grow
• Basic services
• Source of funding?

November 18, 2004

• Flow of activity done well
• Staff helpful and involved with the people that use the library
• Interaction with the school district. (programs for kids)
• Children comfortable in library, welcomed
• Keeping up with technology
• Internet accessible, card catalog
• New books
• Interlibrary loan
• Website (reserve books on it)
• Finding out information about other libraries
• Microfiche and help using it
• Book sale
• Atmosphere is comfortable, welcoming, relaxed
• Card catalog (check status of books)
• Safe place
• Displays
• Programming (children, teen and adult)
• Instrumental in getting exhibits (partnerships)
• Good relationship with other libraries
• Humanities programs
• Good selection for reading
• Children’s Library and Children’s programs are outstanding
• Author programs
• Computers

• More audio books, expansion of videos, DVDs (children and adult)
• Reexamine parking and driveway (use of space)
• Business support of the library and library support of business
• Meeting room space
• Enhanced online services
• Partnership within in the same building
• Larger facility
• More space
• Better traffic flow in the building
• Small quiet area
• Fireplace, comfortable place
• Video conference room, businesses could use for meetings
• Combine with City Hall and build new building
• After school program
• Larger children’s area with own room for storytime
• Separate place for computers
• More interaction with art center
• Centralized library for the county
• Public art (in the new building)
• Branch libraries
• Enlarged supply of materials for handicapped
• Distance learning
• Art that can be checked out
• Later hours at least once a week
• Keep up with technology
• Reference materials able to be checked out
• Up to date art resources (art department)
• Cultural events (poetry readings, etc.)
• More room for genealogy
• Coffee and refreshments
• Community classes for internet and computer training (old adults)
• Grant seeking
• More current information on grants
• More check out stations
• Sloped shelves for easier viewing
• Stools to reach the top shelves
• More natural light
• Outside reading area
• Ongoing book sale (exchange of books)
• Increased staff
• Sound of water (fountain)
• Increased funding for periodicals
• Have a joint library with Gering
• Outdoor patio with refreshments available
• CD book inventory grow
• 50’s style fountain bar manned by teens after school and during the summer
• Better parking
• Library online

• Wal-Mart building (old)
• Smaller branches with one central library, this building could be used for a branch library
• Walking distance for school children (safe for them to walk)
• This location with branch libraries to the north
• Use this building for a Children’s library with park maintained for their activities. Move main library to old Wal-Mart or SunMart building
• Move the library to the Westmoor area
• Left right here, ideal location
• Build up (elevators)
• Library branch close to schools
• Partnerships with schools
• Hunt’s acre branch
• Bookmobile instead of branch libraries
• One facility
• Expanded parking
• Expand east on this lot
• More than one main door
• Relocate Government documents
• Partner with other businesses or organizations
• Near the river
• Consider joint venture with Gering and private enterprise
• Joint building with Arts Center and Library at the Old Wal-Mart

• Money
• Expansion
• Maintain current books and periodicals
• People (customers)
• Partnerships
• Parking
• Space (outside, inside, etc.)
• Technology
• Qualified well compensated staff
• Comfortable chairs for the meeting room
• Community support

Additional comments

• Everything
• You do a great job
• Excellent children’s programs
• Teen and adult programs are expanding

• Better driveway and parking
• Trees and scrubs that shed leaves and blossoms not located near entry
• Trees that can be used to climb to the roof not located to close to building
• More parking spaces and better lighting for safety
• Motion light located near staff entrance for safety
• Ground lights illuminating ramps going to buildings and parking lot areas
• Limit types of light bulbs used
• Light covers should be open to keep bugs from collecting
• Carpet most areas if possible.
• Cords should be managed in some way to keep them together and off the floors
• Exhaust fans in restrooms
• Automatic flush toilets and urinals in public restrooms
• All areas should be handicapped accessible
• More storage space
• Larger staff work rooms
• Small meeting room for smaller groups with comfortable seating
• Larger meeting room for larger groups
• Storytime room
• Look at ways to use alternative sources of energy
• Art gallery in library
• Stay open till 9:00 p.m.

• Leave the library in the present location