From: Molly Fogarty, Director, Springfield City Library: Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010: As you can see below, there is no new information regarding the lease negotiation by the Urban League. Steve Jablonski attended the Library
Commission meeting (May 5) and presented preliminary drawings for the full service Mason Square Branch. Liz Stevens attended the Commission meeting.We met with a Representative from Tucker Library Interiors on Thursday at Mason Square to select furniture and shelving for the Library. Please contact me if you have any questions.
From: Robert Warren, City Law Dept.: The City's relocation consultant, Steve Mollica, has informed me that there have been no new developments this week.
From: Sheila McElwaine, former Library Commissioner: I understand from Tim Moriarty that Steve Mollica shared his sense that the UL was on the verge of announcing a new site at the Rebecca Johnson meeting. Can someone from the law department please elaborate for those who were not at that meeting? Might Steve Jablonski's drawings be posted on the MS library webpage?
From: Liz Stevens, Chair Mason Square Library Advisory Committee: Comments on two library meetings: (1) Steve Mollica indicated that some of the locations that the UL was considering were being kept confidential - even from Steve. (2) The drawings on the webpage is a great idea. It will help people begin to see this as a library. Piloting self checkout is one of the plans for the Mason Square Branch. There will also be a computer stocked room for Job Resources as well as many other computers available in the main area of the library. Read Write Now has decided to stay put so Mason Square will have a community room again for the first time in a long time. Steve J. has a plan for the children's room that will honor Annie Curran in a way that she did not plan but in a way that she deserves given how many times she has helped the neighborhood library.
From: Molly Fogarty, Director, Springfield City Library: Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010: [Springfield City Library is] planning to set up a page on our Website, similar to the one that we had for the Forest Park Renovations. We will post the plans, updates, photos, details of the renovation, etc. This is a very exciting time and we plan to keep the community as well as our staff informed of the progress as we prepare to open a full service Mason Square Branch. Thanks to Liz Stevens for that excellent report.