Comments on: Ann Arbor District Library Board Election

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:55:10 +0000

Surovell says “the cost of renovation and replacement were pretty much the same” but the numbers in the Providence study are $14.3 million for renovation or $63 million for replacement.

By: Stephen Landes

Stephen Landes — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:49:30 +0000

Interesting summary — thanks to the Chronicle for this.

As to replacing or renovating the library building: why not sell the building site to whoever is going to develop the top of the new parking structure and then rent space in the new building for the library? A larger footprint might be very attractive to a developer; the library as a key tenant would have some say in the design of the building; library funds would not be used for construction and ownership of a building.

By: fridgeman

fridgeman — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:07:08 +0000

“But he noted that many of the library’s services are already privatized, such as the sourcing and selection of many materials.”

What?!? I sure hope he is talking about office supplies, not books and other library materials.

When I use the “suggest a title” feature on the AADL website, does this send my request to a company somewhere, and ?is not taken care of by local AADL staff

By: sally m

sally m — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:45:58 +0000

Typo patrol! Newman: should be “we are not in charge of…” and Armentrout’s closing statement, “encouraging” mispelled. There may be more–I skimmed. But thanks for these thorough accounts. I’d rather have them with a few typos.