The design phase of East Helena’s planned $7 million library is nearing completion.
In early February, Branch Manager Andrea Eckerson, Lewis & Clark County Library Director John Finn, and other officials toured five libraries in Portland, Oregon, and one in Vancouver, Washington, and returned home with a lot of notes and ideas.
For young library-goers, for example, Eckerson found that the best solution seems to be a bit of seclusion and independence. Portland’s Albina Library had a glassed-off area where teens could play video games or do their homework, with one side of the room open to the collection, making the books more accessible.
