We’ve finished the interviews! The Library Facilities Needs Assessment Committee interviewed 5 architectural firms who submitted proposals to complete a feasibility study of the new improved Hatfield Public Library. Now comes the hard part. The Committee will soon meet to discuss the interviews and choose the best firm for the job. All of the firms gave excellent presentations. Three were taped and have been airing on the local cable channel.
Before we sign a contract, however, the Library Board of Trustees must approve the Building Program which director Sheila McCormick has nearly completed. The Building Program consists of a detailed description of the town including history and demographics. It also lists the various areas of the library (e.g. circulation desk, reading area, children’s area, staff work area), each area’s function, size and what furnishings and other amenities that are required – such as good lighting. The Building Program will guide the architect as he or she studies the various options for the library. This is where we will seriously begin to look at a renovation and expansion of Dickinson Memorial Hall or other alternatives. Stay tuned!
LFNAC consists of nine members: Library Director Sheila McCormick; Library Trustee Dodie Gaudet; Historical Commission Liaison Lynn Omasta, Vice-Chair; Martin Antonetti, Susan Gaughan; Harold Green, Chair; Milton Howard; Mike Paszek; and Mary Williams.
The work of this Committee is funded through a $40,000 grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, $8,000 from the Friends of Hatfield Library, $4,000 from Hatfield Library Funds and $8,000 from the town of Hatfield, approved at the May 2007 Town meeting.
Monday, August 4, 2008
LFNAC Minutes – August 2, 2008
The Library Program Subcommittee of the Library Facilities Needs Assessment Committee met at the Hatfield Public Library at 8:00 a.m.
Present: Dodie Gaudet, Harold Green, Sheila McCormick, and Mary Williams.
The subcommittee reviewed the area descriptions that Sheila has been working on and made some revisions. There are a few details that Sheila needs to verify and then the Library Program will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval.
The subcommittee adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dodie Gaudet
Secretary
Present: Dodie Gaudet, Harold Green, Sheila McCormick, and Mary Williams.
The subcommittee reviewed the area descriptions that Sheila has been working on and made some revisions. There are a few details that Sheila needs to verify and then the Library Program will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval.
The subcommittee adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dodie Gaudet
Secretary
LFNAC Minutes – July 31, 2008
The Library Facilities Needs Assessment Committee met at the Library at Smith Academy at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Dodie Gaudet, Susan Gaughan, Harold Green, Milton Howard, Sheila McCormick, Lynn Omasta and Mary Williams
Absent: Martin Antonetti and Mike Paszek
The Committee interviewed Stephen Hale and Chris Scovel of Steven Hale & Associates Architects; Landscape Architect Tim Heatwole; and Engineer Joel Goodmonson.
The presentations and the Committee’s questions were not taped for Community Access Television due to technical difficulties. We also learned that the previous interview (with Margo Jones) was also not taped.
Respectfully submitted,
Dodie Gaudet
Secretary
Present: Dodie Gaudet, Susan Gaughan, Harold Green, Milton Howard, Sheila McCormick, Lynn Omasta and Mary Williams
Absent: Martin Antonetti and Mike Paszek
The Committee interviewed Stephen Hale and Chris Scovel of Steven Hale & Associates Architects; Landscape Architect Tim Heatwole; and Engineer Joel Goodmonson.
The presentations and the Committee’s questions were not taped for Community Access Television due to technical difficulties. We also learned that the previous interview (with Margo Jones) was also not taped.
Respectfully submitted,
Dodie Gaudet
Secretary
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