The more you read, the more you win!

There’s lots of new stuff to see with the Summer Reading program including Dino O’Dell, coming to the Kirkwood Community Center on June 20.

You can’t tell much from the outside yet, but things are starting to look dramatically different on the inside of the library. According to Grant Smith, Project Manager for HBD Construction, hazardous material removal is completed and they’re now working on separating the portion of the building that will come down in the demolition phase.

“This building has been added on to so many times, it’s a web of confusion inside. Our next step is to remove the portion of the building that’s coming down without affecting the portion that stays.”

In spite of a few surprises, everything is on schedule in the early going. “Nothing goes perfectly smooth with an old building,” Smith said. “But even if we get a couple weeks behind, we’ve got a lot of time to make it up. So right now we feel very comfortable.”

Meanwhile, the ribbon cutting at the new, temporary facility at Station Plaza featured several members of the Board of Trustees, library staff and a host of patrons. It’s a great home in a fantastic location while the old building gets refreshed.

The Board of Trustees for Kirkwood Library elected a new slate of officers at their May meeting. Randy Miltenberger returns as President, continuing to bring his valuable architectural background to help facilitate the renovations at our 140 E. Jefferson location. Amy McBride Barker steps in as the new Vice-President. Paul Paese will now serve as the Secretary and Liz Walker takes over the role of Treasurer.

At the same meeting, Library Director Wicky Sleight requested and was granted a leave of absence from her position. In the interim, Assistant Director Sarah Erwin will serve as Acting Director.

Shelves support our books. You can support our shelves. The new library will serve generations to come, and you have a special opportunity to recognize a friend or loved one with a bronze shelf plaque.

For every $100 contribution toward new shelving, you can name a single commemorative shelf. There are myriad opportunities: Father’s Day, graduation, birthday, retirement, memoriam, holiday or pick your own reason.

We love getting your comments – complimentary, constructive or critical – and do our best to act on them.

You:
“Please get a second drop box for CDs and videos. We came to drop off some after hours and could not. We can’t get there during the day sometimes because of work.”

Us:
You’ll now find that the drop box accepts CDs and videos after hours. During the day, you’ll still need to bring CDs and videos inside for protection so other users can enjoy them (we don’t want them to melt).