Minnesota: The New Walker Branch of Hennepin County Public Library Opens in Minneapolis
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
The colorful new library features an array of meeting spaces named after the Chain of Lakes, a plethora of leather seats for reading, rentable iPads, a children’s play area, “roof monitors” that capture sunlight and big, glassy windows. It sits at a key intersection in Uptown, right off The Mall on the corner of Hennepin and Lagoon Avenues.
“When we started this project we wanted to build a 21st Century library,” said Lois Langer Thompson, Hennepin County’s top library. “And I think you’re going to find we achieved that.”
The $12 million project was paid almost entirely by Hennepin County, with about $500,000 coming from the city of Minneapolis, said Hennepin County commissioner Mike Opat. The county operates 41 libraries.
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See Also: Learn More About the Walker Library Project (Complete Documentation)
See Also: Learn More About Other HCPL Building Projects
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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