Our expansion and renovation plans are moving ahead. There have been some questions about how the defeat of the 2009 operating budget will impact our building plans. There will be some reductions in hours and services in 2009 but the building bond was a
separate referendum that will remain in place. The project will move forward as decided by the voters.
Now that all of the preliminary engineering work has been completed, the plans are ready to present to zoning, building and health departments.
While we're waiting, behind the scenes planning on interior details is
occurring. Temporary
electricity has been installed in the Armory. We're finally looking at the interior with the lights on instead of by flashlight! With rooms fully
illuminated, we can start to
imagine our new facility
becoming reality.
This
section near the original front
entrance on
Smithtown Boulevard is slated to become the periodicals and quiet study area.
Former classrooms on the first floor will house part of our Technical Services Department which is currently operating in rented space across the street. Technical Services serves our four libraries, purchasing, receiving and preparing library material for the shelves. They also maintain our online catalog database.
This is a view of the second floor hallway. The windows look out over the former drill room which will become the main public room in the Nesconset Branch.
This 1960's era office, reminiscent of some of our current facilities, will become storage.
