Tiburon Library Project Objectives

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               Belvedere-Tiburon Library Project Summary and Objectives

                                                        Summary

    Since it was built and opened its doors in 1997, the Belvedere-Tiburon Library has been a place
    stewarded by people with a deep commitment to meeting the evolving needs of Belvedere and Tiburon.
    People who live here realize that they inhabit a setting of natural beauty that inspires, invigorates, and
    defines us. Together, through the campaign that first founded the current library and the programs and
    resources that have been added since, the library is a place that nurtures learning and reflects the values
    shared by all. But the community has outgrown the building the library now inhabits. To bring Belvedere
    and Tiburon the benefits of innovation and welcome people of all ages – from children to seniors – the
    library needs room to grow. Tomorrow’s Belvedere-Tiburon Library will be a welcoming, green 21st
    century place for gathering, exploring and sharing ideas, having new experiences, and pursuing passions
    and goals from technology to literature to travel to finding the right college to launch a future.

                                         Project Objectives and Goals

1. The overarching project goal is to expand the existing library building – providing room to grow the
   collections, programs, and facilities – while maintaining the warmth and character the community loves.
   Building with sensitivity toward the needs of library patrons and the beautiful natural environment, spaces
   will be created that will allow the library to better serve as a learning, technology, and cultural center and
   to fulfill its mission: To encourage and support a literate, enlightened, and cultured community by
   providing free and equal access to knowledge, information, ideas, and entertainment, in a setting
   conducive to learning.

2. A project goal is to build a superlative collection in all formats. The library is not about books, but
   about information. By expanding the library, there will be the space we need to continue adding materials
   that keep our collection up-to-date and expand its scope. Much of the growth will be seen in the
   expanded children’s room and in the new teen area. The borrowing of library materials has increased
   every year since 1997. This demonstrates that a strong and growing collection generates usage and
   expands learning.




3. A goal is to incorporate new spaces large enough to further the library’s role in serving as a central
   community resource, offering program areas, art exhibition space, meeting rooms, and group and private
   study areas. Today’s library has a meeting room that can house 44 people. Group study and meeting
   spaces are non-existent. Tomorrow’s library will have a quiet 10 to 14 person community conference
    room plus four quiet individual and group study rooms. It will include an expanded Founders
    Room that will increase the capacity of the current programming space from 44 to 80 people. Through
    the expansion, the library will be in a unique position to become a true community commons, offering
    public programs, meeting spaces, communal reading areas, group study space, story hours, exhibitions,
    and other community events.

4. A goal of the library is to be a children’s learning center, providing resources and an environment that
   cultivates curiosity and a love of knowledge and learning in our community’s youngest members. With a
   larger children’s room, the library will build participation in existing successful programs for youngsters
   and add new activities – teaching them about diverse cultures, engaging them with nature, turning-on
   young imaginations, and instilling a love of learning and reading from the beginning. There will be a
   story hour room, a family support collection, up-to-date technology, tables for study, and homework
   centers. The best students are early readers, and the opportunity to think of the library as their place, from
   the moment they sit on mom or dad’s lap to the time they begin college, is an advantage too priceless to
   measure.

5. A goal is to provide much-needed teen space for learning resources, teen-focused programs, and group
   and private study areas. With funds from our campaign, the community’s teens will have a place in the
   library that addresses their needs and tastes and makes them feel at home in a place of lifelong learning.
   The dedicated teen area will have space for a collection of teen materials that includes resources for
   projects, help with college applications, and support for doing homework and research. It will include
   group study areas, plus quiet places to work with a tutor.

6. A goal is to have the space and the resources to create a computer skills and technology training
   center that will offer greater assistance and training and make new and changing technologies accessible
   to patrons. The library must continue to adapt to technology trends in order to best serve the community
   and provide up-to-date computers, software, and other technology and information resources, both within
   the library and remotely through its web site. New hardware and software, portable computing and
   communications, self-check stations, web-based information tools, live online reference services, user-
   centric enhancements to the library catalog and Web site, wireless access in all areas– these are just some
   of the trends to follow. Another goal is to have space for increased use of automated self-service and
   current library technologies for patrons and for library staff efficiency. More self-check machines will
   make taking home library materials faster and easier. Having space for recent library technologies will
   allow for the self-check in of materials and automated sorting of items that speed the shelving process.

7. Behind the scenes at the Library, working in the overcrowded workspaces and storage areas is a major
   challenge. A goal for the expansion is to provide better workspaces for the dedicated staff and
   volunteers who are instrumental to the satisfying patron experiences our library delivers. Also, more
   room is needed for administrative functions, and for storage for all of the library’s operations and
   functions, including office supplies, seasonal materials, program needs, equipment, and tables and chairs.
   There is a need for a building maintenance area for storage of light bulbs, paint, a vacuum cleaner, ladder,
   other equipment, and daily needed supplies.

8. A goal is to provide, as other libraries and book stores already do, a small café/coffee cart and
   donated book sale area for Library patron use and enjoyment. As has been shown by libraries that
   have space for such a service, it is a great place to meet friends, to read the newspaper, and to take a break
   from studying. It is also a revenue resource for the library and makes it possible to accept books and
   other donations from residents and offer them to other library users.

				
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