9/4/08 -- Demand the Best Public Library for Shaw and Ward 2

Posted By DC Library Dynamos, 09/02/08 11:23 PM

[[ please send to your neighbors and lists ]] Help Make Shaw Library A Sparkling Jewel!--------------------------- WHAT: Your intelligence, body and voice are needed on THURSDAY, SEPT 4, 2008 WHEN: Folks will gather at 6:00PM; Meeting begins 6:30PM WHERE: Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Interim Library -- 945 Rhode Island Avenue, NW WHO: Presentation by DC Public Libraries and Board of Library Trustees WHY: This may be your last chance to give feedback for the new Shaw Library, and if don't speak up, we may trade our old brown brutal box on a slab for a new metal box on a slab -- but this time, with a green tarp on top. FMI: http://tinyurl.com/65ylq3 ---------------------------Check out the library design switch here >> http://tinyurl.com/67zksv There is $15 - $16 million in the DC budget for our new Shaw Library. Ground-breaking is rumored for October. Some Questions People are Asking: * Where is the line-item budget for this important project? * Why did the widely lauded "Sparkling Jewel of Shaw" exterior get an ugly make-over? * Why no chance for the DC residents to make suggestions for the interior and library programming plans? * How can we have a "final design meeting" prior to getting community input about the latest design plans? * Is it senior-friendly? There is the Asbury Senior Housing across the street and senior housing is included in the O Street Market project. * Why no computer training lab or space for adult computer literacy training? * Should staff work areas be integrated into library or walled off? * Is there too much space for meetings and staff lounge - is the mix right? * Why no coffee shop? That would make the library truly user friendly, an amazing amenity addition to Shaw. Please contact Chief Librarian Cooper and let her know you are concerned about the exterior and the interior, and, as a high visibility project, at a high visibility location, we need to do the Shaw Library right. Use this online email tool here >> http://www.districtdynamos.org/forms/email_city_officials.php

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD --------------------------- WHAT: Your intelligence, body and voice are needed on THURSDAY, SEPT 4, 2008 WHEN: Folks will gather at 6:00PM; Meeting begins 6:30PM WHERE: Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Interim Library -- 945 Rhode Island Avenue, NW WHO: Presentation by DC Public Libraries and Board of Library Trustees WHY: This may be your last chance to give feedback for the new Shaw Library, and if don't speak up, we may trade our old brown brutal box on a slab for a new metal box on a slab -- but this time, with a green tarp on top. FMI: http://tinyurl.com/65ylq3 --------------------------- We hope to see you Thursday. ~ The Shaw Library Study Group 202-294-3693 #################### SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS #################### * Check out the Shaw Library evolution over past 7 months >> http://www.districtdynamos.org/dynamos/shaw/library_evolution * ANC-2C Declaration on the poor library process >> http://tinyurl.com/6yfogo * SLSG Spring Survey Results >> http://tinyurl.com/5trzcr * Shaw residents and employees at Board of Library Trustees meeting >> http://www.districtdynamos.org/dynamos/shaw/videos/bolt_7_23_08 * SLSG Open Letter to Mayor about BoLT http://tinyurl.com/57o3d2 * Article from about a year ago regarding the Interim Shaw Library >> http://tinyurl.com/6fcmep

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Will community meeting rooms be available for different clubs/associations to reserve? This is needed.

Posted By Jackie / At 9/3/08 1:20 PM