After nearly 20 years at County Fair Plaza, the Thunder Bay Public Library is on the move.
While Philp couldn’t say where the new
location would be, other than it will stay in the area, she did say it won’t be
at the nearly empty mall.
The move is part of the library’s
strategic plan, laid out in 2008.
“Everyone was so pleased with what
transpired at the Mary J.L. Black Library. Country Fair was next on the list,”
Philp said.
“We’re very pleased to be announcing
that we will be moving ahead with Phase 2 of that facility plan and we can
announce we are moving from the mall.”
Philp said the branch, the least used
of four library outlets, should benefit from the move and see more traffic
flowing through the facility.
“The activity has decreased with the
decline of the mall. It is our fourth service point and its numbers are around
the fourth busiest for this location. But the activity is enough that it still
warrants to have a service point up here in this area,” she said.
Library officials intend to introduce
radio frequency identification technology in the new location, which will allow
the public quicker self-checkout times, freeing staff to provide better
services elsewhere.
“They’ll be able to do more fun
programming. We hope to focus more on youth. There is a high concentration of
youth in this area, so we’re quite excited with what the newly renovated space
will provide us in terms of services,” Philp said.
The move is expected to take place
sometime in 2014.
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