[Publib] Children's rooms upstairs?

[Lise Chlebanowski]

Our first floor is entirely for children and we love it! It saves moms with strollers having to haul everything into the elevator. A tired/crabby child can make a fairly quick exit outside to chill out. The only negative here is that the children's staff also get the bulk of "walk-ins" needing library cards and/or directions. Otherwise, it works very well for us.
 
Lisë Chlebanowski
Library Manager
Sam Garcia Western Avenue Library
495 E. Western Ave.
Avondale, AZ   85323
623-333-2611 D
623-333-0260 F
lchlebanowski at avondale.org <mailto:lchlebanowski at avondale.org> 
 
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Su Epstein
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:29 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Children's rooms upstairs?



Hi all, 

 

Me again, wanting more feedback from the collective mind.

 

I know the trend of late has been to put Children's Rooms on the second floor of a building.  This has not worked out so well for the places I've worked in that have done this. (Noise below, children playing and falling down stairs and elevators, and children's librarians carting a great deal up and down).

 

What's your opinion?  Would you design it this way?  Praises and pitfalls if you didn't mind?

 

As always, thank you and I'll be happy to share responses.

Su

 

 

Su Epstein, Ph.D.

Library Director

Saxton B. Little Free Library

Columbia, CT 06237

sepstein at columbiactlibrary.org

860.228.0350

 

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