https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/3cb2347062e7ff4bf24d4606f067345f.pdf b009add3ebf62f0c49fef56c860942fd PDF Text Text LAWRENCE DAILY JOURNAL-WORLD Page Twenty I Old City Library • lS Bursting at the Seams Bond Election Will Decide Its F1Jture In a space which should hold about 40,000 books, the Lawrence Public Library now has 70,000. In a facility built to serve a population of 15,000, the library at Ninth and Vermont serves a community of well over 50,000. "If you wanted to pick just one problem, space is really it," says head librarian Wayne Mayo. This year 4,000 books will be boxed for storage because there is no more room to display them. An additional 4,000 to 5,000 will be stored each year the library re­ mains in its cramped quarters, Mayo says. "The main floor is fairly easy to main­ tain at a level of warmth but downstairs the offices get cold in winter. We've installed supplementary blowers in the children's de· partment and have to use electric heaters in the offices. . . " says Mayo but adds that electric heaters put a strain on the build­ ing's electrical system. That, too, is inade· quate. So is the seating space for 29 when state library standards recommend over 100. The 18 steps required to reach the service area are more than some elderly or handicapped people can climb, library officials contend. Parking also is a problem. BUT THERE are other problems in the library built in 1904. Leakage from heavy rains causes mildew orl the basement walls in the children's library and in the offices. Up to a foot of water last year flooded the library's storage facility in its sub-base­ ment. Heating also is a problem in the 66· year-old facility. CITY OFFICIALS propose to replace the 1904 structure built with an Andrew Carne­ gie grant with a new two-story library on the south side of Seventh between Vermont and Kentucky. The proposed site is just north of the police and fire station. Lawrence, Kansas, Friday, February 13, 1970. A $1,575,000 bond election March 3 will determine whether Lawrence residents agree to a 2.52-mill increase in property taxes for the new facility next year. The levy would amount to $2.52 per $1,000 as­ sessed valuation on property. Bond pro­ ponents say this amounts to roughly $11.34 per year on a home with a market value of $15,000 to $18,000. AS PROPOSED, the new library would offer both children's and adult services on the main level which could be reached without climbing steps. Floor space would be more than tripled with room for expan­ sion to meet the anticipated needs of the city for the next 20 years, when branch libraries could be used to supplement it. Reading rooms, meeting rooms, office space, parking space; and more display room for books would offer a more pleasant, quiet and functional li,rary, .officials say. � !'.· ·I. f M ' . .. .,,:�·� 1 - ' �.!(.; p; ;,.��.!.; 'i4, � lff 1' ,_� """ -v ..� . ·� �--� :L I.., 2. .... , •• o�. r,,.,. l1111o)a.•11c.1. ti. •• -. KaM••• Plan was enlarged in 1937. Back portion was squared off. r·,· L1•Ru.y Andrew Carnegie started it •.• \ Photography b"y Will Hess Text by Kristin Goff Adds to Mayo's scrapbook of problems. ·, LibrarianWayne Mayo supervises as overflow boo�s are hauled off to storage .•• Some end up at city water plant. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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