Katie McDonough Unverified 12:00 PM Hello! Katie McDonough, lead for public library construction at the DE Division of Libraries/State Library. Natalie McDonough Unverified 12:01 PM Hello everyone. Natalie McDonough, Program Manager, State Aid for Library Construction at the New York State Library. Kelly Metzger Unverified 12:03 PM Good afternoon! Kelly Metzger, joining from Providence, RI. I work on construction program for the Office of Library & Information Services. Beatrice Valentin (she/her) Unverified 12:09 PM That is such a well curated space The train shelf is adorable! Julie Unverified 12:11 PM Wow! That is exactly where I am right now. Brand new director. Waiting for the Board to start the building process. Anna Unverified 12:21 PM as a high use city library that struggles with drug use and alternate use concerns in our single stalls, i wish we had a different design. Wendy Guild Swearingen Unverified 12:34 PM If you have a "Friends" board, how did they contribute to the campaign/fundraising? Rachel Unverified 12:44 PM Our local hockey team moved most of our boxes of books. We color coded everything and they were amazing! Shelly Unverified 12:52 PM How did you color code? Francisco Unverified 12:48 PM Excellent presentation! Wendy Guild Swearingen Unverified 12:48 PM Fantastic presentation! Thank you so much. Dan Alexander Unverified 12:48 PM Thanks, Cari, you do us Kansas folks proud! Judy Larry Unverified 12:49 PM Please put up your contact info again. Dan Alexander Unverified 12:49 PM Dan Alexander deleted their own reply. Susan Miller Unverified 12:49 PM Wonderful presentation. Thank you ~ Dannielle Unverified 12:49 PM Lots of good and useful ideas and cautions! Pamela Merritt Unverified 12:49 PM Terrific presentation! Thanks, Cari! Dale Parus Unverified 12:49 PM What construction firm did you use? WJ Support Unverified 12:49 PM Copy of slides are avaialbe here: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/new-building-projects.html Nicole Sapna Unverified 12:49 PM Thank you so much! This was very helpful! Shelly Unverified 12:49 PM could you share your contact information? Lisa Lockheart Unverified 12:49 PM Any suggestions for a remodel, vs a build? Rita Schmidt Unverified 12:50 PM What is the square footage of your new building? Lou Rega Unverified 12:50 PM Did you keep the library open during all renovations? and if so, in what order were renovations scheduled? Teresa Horton Unverified 12:50 PM Excellent presentation, very interesting. You have a lovely library. Good point about the single stall restroom. I had experience with my dad being in a wheelchair and needing my help, so I can appreciate your reasoning for the restrooms. Judy Larry Unverified 12:50 PM Your library looks great! Thanks. Shelly Unverified 12:50 PM Will the slides and recording be shared? Pam Unverified 12:51 PM I noticed your carpet in the children's area is the same we will have in our new building. How has it held up with showing dirt? Do you like it? Wendy Guild Swearingen Unverified 12:51 PM Did you use geothermal heating? Shelly Unverified 12:51 PM How did you figure out what type of charging ports to put in the furniture since this is always changing WJ Support Unverified 12:51 PM Slides are up now. Recording will be available by tomorrow - all at https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/new-building-projects.html Caroline Smith Unverified 12:51 PM Any advice to avoid problems with acoustics? Joseph Romani Unverified 12:57 PM Great presentation, Ms Cusick! Caroline Smith Unverified 12:58 PM Wonderful advice, thank you for the presentation! Caroline Ford Unverified 12:58 PM Thank you so much! Pam Unverified 12:58 PM Thank you! Melissa Orr Unverified 12:58 PM Thank youu. Dale Parus Unverified 12:58 PM 👍 Lisa Unverified 12:58 PM Thank you! Cohoes Public Library Unverified 12:58 PM 👍 Rachel Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you! LMc Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you so much for a great presentation! Katie McDonough Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you! Mary Ann Unverified 12:59 PM Thank you for sharing so much information Lovely, Sandra 12:59 PM Sandra Lovely, Durham County Library.Thank you! Great presentation Beatrice Valentin (she/her) Unverified 12:59 PM thank you!