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Show 5 ' " L ' J . I , .... , w ! -, r ' - "X . -v :j .!l i , it I ! l ' 5 i I A 1 : ! ; ji if J ;) ! n I J ' r " W.J k Tl i I . - n - 1 a - "Ill J LIBRARY ALTERNATIVE W, By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON - Portable hrary facilities that can be s iiily constructed, moved ".Nt and available at lower f; than conventional facili-cauld facili-cauld help meet the need expanded service in Davis jnty, its library director JEANNE LAYTON says i:typesof portable libraries uld be utilized, one costing :. J35.0O0 and the other . .. 000. And while they jldn't substitute for er, more permanent , iiiies, they could be used areas of smaller population Ml permanent facilities y.t needed and could be l ied around just as porta-t porta-t classrooms are by school t:ncts. J"lie 535,000 "model" is micted on a 20 by 20 foot """"Liieie pad and includes 400 square feet, about l4th the size of an average single-family single-family dwelling. And while that sounds mighty compact, Miss Layton says 5,000 paperback or 3,000 hardback books could be housed there. Bookmobiles contain about 5,000 books in comparison. THEY ARE self-contained for such things as heating and air conditioning and just need to be connected up to a power source," Miss Layton says. "They could be used for areas like South Weber. It isn't feasible to build a large library in every city now but might be justifiable in the future. fu-ture. A semi-permanent library could be built and would be served from the central library or other libraries." 'They are being used in the East in such places as Washington, D.C.," she says. "They bring the library A temporary answer to expanded library services and facilities might be found in a compact structure housing as many books as a traditional bookmobile and costing far less than any permanent facility, the county's library director says. closer to the people. 1 guess they could be open at least six days a week probably during the high movement periods." THE LARGER, $100,000 version could seat 40 people, more than can be housed in the present central library in Farmington, Miss Layton says. Some 12,000 paperback or 8,000 hardback volumes can be placed in the facility that covers 1,600 square feet, or the size of many Davis County homes. Such a facility is also portable, por-table, Miss Layton says. "It can be moved and there is no excavation necessary. All the lighting is provided inside and a ramp is possible for those needing to use a wheelchair. The glass could help make it energy-efficient. Both have electric toilets and are carpeted." THEY ARE very tunc- tional and were designed by an architect in cooperation with libraries in the Easti" Miss Layton says. 'They are-inexpensive are-inexpensive and temporary answers to library needs and can be placed close to the people. All furnishings are included." A high number of volumes can be placed in each facility because they are stored in a round-robin-type arrangement. 'They are looked at as only an alternative and we don't view them as an answer to the need for permanent buildings," build-ings," she says. "It is a big problem to keep up with where we are now while trying try-ing to plan for the future so that we aren't caught in 1985 in a position where we can't catch up because we didn't anticipate the growth we would have." MISS LAYTON says while the library board is aware of such possibilities, no action has been taken in that direc-' tion. In fact, she plans to visit several facilities next year operating in the East. |