[Publib] Furnishing Costs & Staffing

[Luann Elvey]

My city is continuing to think about expanding our library.  I am to bring furnishing cost and operating cost estimates to a meeting this Wednesday.
   
  Currently the library is approximately 1,400 sq feet.  It is located in a tourist town so it is extremely busy in the summer.  The library is staffed by one paid full-time employee (me, a non-MLS, former RN).  I have two volunteers who put in a total of 20 hours per week.  The library is a branch of a two county district library, so I do not have to do any purchasing or processing of materials, or the ILL paperwork.
   
  I have looked at the archives and other sources and found furnishing cost estimates that vary from $20 to $35 to $125 per sq foot.  Does anyone (especially in the Midwest) have any recent estimates they could share?
   
  The city has decided that a new library should be 7,500 sq feet in size.  I would like to know the number of full-time and part-time staff that similar sized libraries have.  (I realize that some of these staff people will be spending time on purchasing, processing, etc., unless they are also located in a branch library.)
   
  I know that these and many other questions could be answered by a library architect &/or space planner, but that is not an available option.
   
  Thank you,
   
  Luann


Luann Elvey
East Tawas Library
204 Sawyer St.
East Tawas, MI 48730
phone: (989) 362-6162
fax:  (989) 362-1449
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