Coupeville Library Expansion--Week 35--Opening Day!

Opening Day!!  March 8, 2010!   The long anticipated day has finally arrived.   The Library had been well stocked with books, periodicals, films on disk, public access computers, and children's literature during the last two weeks by the busy and hardworking library staff.  During the day, a total of 795 people visited the Library!     The scheduled opening was at 10AM and, as expected, people began arriving well before the opening hour.  The following photos are just a few of the pictures taken during the opening couple of hours.  

This will be the last update to this blog until the grand and official opening of the Library in early April.  It has been an exciting project to watch and I hope you have enjoyed the weekly updates of the expansion.

These ladies were among the first to arrive on opening day and were waiting

patiently at the rear entrance to the Libary.

At the front entrance more people were waiting as doors were opening at 10AM

As the doors opened, people began streaming in and all seemed happy and

excited by the spacious new facility.

The Library quickly became "crowded" as people circulated through the stacks

and displays.

Leslie provides information and assistance to one of the early visitors.

Assistance at the front desk as materials were checked out and new Library cards

were issued. 

Sno-Isle librarians and the Information Technology staff were on hand to assist if needed with the new

public access computers that have been installed. 

 

This lady quickly found her way to one of the public computers.  She told

me she was anxious for the Library to open so she could check her e-mail!

These Coupeville residents were enjoying the opening day activities.

These two dogs waited to be admitted to the Library but were denied access.  The

rumor was that their library cards had expired. 

A relaxed intellectual discussion in the adult reading room! 

Coupeville Library Expansion--Week 34

This week saw a flurry of activity as preparations were being made to open the Library on Monday (3/8/2010).   Just a few pictures were taken and are shown below.   I also thought it might be interesting to see some BEFORE and AFTER pictures so the last six pictures show views from three different locations around the Library -- the first, in each case, before construction began, and second just two days ago with construction complete.   Next week, I will update the blog with pictures of the opening on Monday.  

A view from the Adult Reading room of the Library.  A great place to read and enjoy the morning newspaper!

This photo shows just two of many public computer stations set in place and connected during the week.  

 

This panel show the a solar panel monitoring screen in the mechanical room in the Library.   The last digit is a little hard to read because of a reflection, but the reading is 2831 watts (2.831 kilowatts) of power being generated by the solar panels.   This power is being supplied to the Library circuits free of cost by the sun!

This stained glass artwork is located just inside and to the left of the front entrance to the Library.

It was provided as a gift from the Friends of the Freeland Library.   The work was done by David Beers

of Freeland.  

The following photos are BEFORE and AFTER pictures of the Library. 

This is a BEFORE photo of the north side of the Library before construction began.  See next photo!

And here is an AFTER photo of the north side of the Library.  This is now the main entrance to the Library.

This is a BEFORE picture of the south side of the Libary before constuction began  At this time, this was the main entrance to the Library.   See below!

This is an AFTER picture of what is now the new rear entrance to the Library.

This is a BEFORE picture of the Library taken from the open field west of the Library.  See below!

This is an AFTER photo from the west side open field now that construction is complete!