Project: Interior Renovations to Improve Customer Service, Volunteer Program, and Public Work Space

If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to stop in the library and ask or call 367-8545.

Project Start Date: November 2014, this should take about a week. We are going to do our best to stay open during the renovations. This may mean providing public access to computers and copier/printer/fax in our meeting room, with selected items from our collections temporarily moved downstairs. Staff will be able to retrieve any item we have at your request.

THANK YOU to Madison voters who passed the following Warrant Article on March 15, 2014:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($14,500.00) for interior renovations at the Madison Library to include relocation, renovation, and construction of service desk, shelving, and computer work stations. Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) will come from funds administered by Madison Library Board of Trustees, Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) will come from Friends of Madison Library, with the balance of Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($8,500.00) to be raised by general taxation, less amount of any grants received for the project.”

THANK YOU to The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Foundation for granting $2,000 for this Project.

Description of Project:

Space as number one concern

library desk

  • Lack of countertop and shelf space
  • Storage on work counters and floor
  • Difficult supervision: desk off to side away from view
  • Poor circulation and traffic flow: staff exits desk away from action
  • No privacy:  Lack of space for discreet conversations
  • Shortage of computer working space

Solutions

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  • Supervision: Centered station with good views and direct contact
  • Circulation and traffic flow: Central location of staff
  • Countertop and shelf space: 75% increase
  • Storage: 45% increase in storage
  • Privacy: Semi-private alcove for private discussions and administrative tasks
  • Computer stations: Added

Finances

Cost of projected estimated at $14,500 – Trustees have planned funding from following sources:

  • $3,000 from funds managed by Library Trustees
  • $3,000 pledged by Friends of Madison Library
  • $8,500 warrant article, see above. Any grants received will reduce the amount raised from taxation (i.e., will be subtracted from the $8,500). Grant applications are in the works. The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Foundation has granted $2,000 for this Project.

Read the Project Narrative that will be included with grant applications.