Improvements are Coming!
This summer, we’ve been looking to build a better world starting right here in Lindsborg. Each child participating in the reading challenge was encouraged to take on their own “Build a Better World” project as a part of their weekly activities in the reading blueprints. Some examples we’ve heard at the library have included building bird feeders and bug traps! For adults, we have highlighted ways even ordinary people can improve the world – by donating food to feed needy children through “We Care in the LBK” or by becoming involved with “Circles at Lindsborg” to be a part of building community to end poverty one family at a time.
We will be celebrating Thursday, July 27 at 4pm at our “We Built a Better World” event. There will be fun, prizes, and everyone is invited to share the projects they have done and contribute to a display of how each of us has been building a better world starting in our homes, our neighborhoods, and our town. There is no such thing as a deed too small when it is better than before!
But Building a Better World doesn’t stop just because Summer Reading comes to a close for 2017! Definitely not – we are only getting started at the Library! We are always looking to improve our library into a continually better service for our community and this fall that includes carpet replacement, fresh paint, new bookcases, and replaced windows.
The improvements will start with our carpet replacement project. Library staff and volunteers are already working on preparing for this major project, which will require the library to be closed August 10-23.
During this time, the majority of library furnishings will be moved, walls in the Adult and Large Print sections will be painted, carpet will be removed and replaced, and the library will be reset in anticipation of new bookcases coming in September.
No library materials will be due during the two weeks the library is closed, so enjoy a little longer lending period while we renovate.
Sign up lists are now available at the library front desk for anyone interested in volunteering to help box books, move library furnishings, or paint walls before the new carpet is installed. After the carpet is in place, there will be needs for help to reset the library by moving furniture back and shelving all the books in the proper collections to make our library usable for patrons once again. If you are able and willing to volunteer in one of these ways, please come join us!
Later this fall, library appearances will continue to improve as bookcases are anticipated to arrive in mid September. The new bookcases will be placed in the Nonfiction and Large Print sections, improving entrance impressions. These will replace some worn cases as well as add more shelf space in other locations in the library when replaced cases are put to better use to store other collections.
Finally, we are making plans to replace windows in the Nonfiction section of the library. This project is not yet fully funded, but we anticipate that it will be soon! Three windows remain in need of replacing and we need only $1100 more in order to make that possible. Thanks so much to our donors who have already brought the total amount raised to over a third of the way towards our goal!
There are so many ways to continue Building a Better World, starting right here at the Library in Lindsborg, Kansas. As we continue making progress towards a better tomorrow, we are honored to encourage all of our library patrons to do the same in so many ways throughout our community!