Future of the Library Project

Building Committee

Meeting held Tuesday May 26, 2015 at 2 pm in JLG office, meeting was open to the public.

LWG Final Report (PDF)

Library Building FAQs (PDF)

FOL Task Force Members (PDF)

Online Public Survey (PDF)

2014 Building Committee Minutes

Minutes 5-16-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 5-23-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 6-20-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 9-04-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 9-18-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 10-02-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 10-16-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 10-30-2014 (PDF)

Minutes 11-24-2014 (PDF)

Future of the Library Task Force

November 5th, 2012 Needs & Upgrades Presentation - JLG Presentation City Council

History of the Library 

Task Force Agenda

Agenda 3-21-2013

Task Force Meeting Minutes 

Minutes 2-28-2013

Minutes 3-21-2013

Minutes 5-16-2013

Minutes 6-13-2013

Library Revitalization Project

Grand Forks Public Library Building Committee Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minute Archive

Library Revitalization Task Force Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minute Archive

Frequently Asked Questions

Edition 2 (PDF)

Edition 3 (PDF)

Proposals for Remodel/Addition at Current Library

Community Contractors Inc. (PDF)

Dewberry (PDF)

Special Election Ballot Language July, 2011

Ballot Language

Additional Documents

• Building Project (PDF)
• Community Input Sessions -- Charrette Results (PDF)
•  Construction on Existing Site with East Side Consideration - Budget (Added 4/25/11)
  
• Construction on Existing Site with East Side Consideration - Site Plan (Added 4/25/11) (PDF)
• Dave McFarlane - Library Energy Report (PDF) 
• Dave McFarlane's Professional Opinion - Mechanical System (PDF)
• Dave McFarlane's Statement - Mechanical System (PDF)
• GF Library Presentation (Updated 2/10/11) (PDF)
• GF Library Presentation (PDF)
• GF Library Site Feasibility Study (PDF)
• GF Library Site Traffic Analysis (PDF)
• GFPL Speakup Library Study Part 1 (PDF)
• GFPL SpeakUp Library Study Part 2 (PDF)
• GFPL Usage Survey 2007 (PDF)
• Needs Assessment (PDF)
• Remodel/Addition Option Budget (PDF)
• Remodel/Addition Option Drawing (PDF)
• Report to Council (PDF)
• Speakup Comments (PDF)
• Site Considerations & Timeline (PDF)
• Site Impact Traffic Study (large file) (PDF)

Grand Forks Herald Publications Speak Up For Your Library

• Residents speak up for the Grand Forks Public Library - 12/04/2008 (PDF)
• Library patrons of the future speak up - 12/07/2008 (PDF)

Needs Assessment

2009 Assessment (PDF)

Library Services in the Digital Age (Pew Research Center)

Public Library Use - American Library Association Fact Sheet

5 Myths About the Information Age

The Library Test Kitchen (Harvard)

If a Library is Bookless, What's In it?: NPR interviews with Tom Frey, Jo Haight-Sarling, and Charles Brown

The Future of Libraries, With or Without Books

The Future of Libraries

Why Libraries are a Smart Investment for the Country's Future (Time)

The Role of Libraries (podcast)