Community Consultation Bacchus Marsh Library Development

Bacchus Marsh Library DevelopmentCommunity ConsultationSECTION 3 – Secondary Stakeholder Interviews2.2 Stakeholders indicated that the following facilities and programs areimportant in a NEW library:A broad and varied range of programs and activities including:• Specialist activities such as Wii Fit, book clubs, music corner,community education and expo’s, guest speakers, study clubs for VCEstudents• Early intervention for young people with disabilities, for example, aheightened sensory room.• Regular activities program for pre-school and school aged children andtheir families including parents groups, young mums groups,Imagination Magic, children’s story time, holiday program• Public services including public faxing, printing and photocopying.• Activities that encourage older people to become connected with theircommunity.Resources that include:• Talking books for the visually impaired.• The ability to hire board games and activities to take into rooms.• More opportunity for display cases as well as 2D wall space.• The continuation of ‘MOORART space’ – art spaces are an opportunityto highlight activities occurring in the community.• Multi media / audio visual• Multimedia resource more than book resource i.e. get online and havebooks as a second source• Expansion of historical society closed records on disk• Mobile servicePublic amenity that includes:• Public toilets, including a private breastfeeding space/family room.• Tea/coffee making facilities for public or cafe.Spaces that provide:• Internet access – WiFi Hotstop ‘Internet Café’• Meeting rooms with multi media access.• Display space, merchandising space, space for sessional visualdisplays.Page 20 of 47