[Publib] children's area ideas

[Lyn Smith]

We are renovating the library and the children are getting a new area.  Lots of oppourtunity 
for redesign. We are looking for ideas on two specific features and anything else you might 
want to add.

Do you have tiered seating in a story time program area? How well does it function?  Do 
children like it?  Do they climb all around on it in a good way or can they be disruptive?  Are 
the children "safe" on the tiered seating?  How it is used when a program is not happening?  
Is it easy to keep clean?  Is it a "space hog" limiting flexibilty of the room?

Does your library have a bathroom in or near the children´s area that is just for children.  If 
yes, do you see it as a necessary thing, or could the children just as well have been able to 
use a nearby "regular" bathroom?  If you don´t have one, do think it would be highly 
desirable?

Is there anything about your children´s area that is so superb we should know about?  Do tell!

Thanks for you input in helping us with our new children´s area.

Lyn Smith
Pittsfield Public Library, Maine
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