It's time for the Grand Island library to look into its future. It's time for the Grand Island library to look into its future. One consultant sees the need for 20,000 square feet of additional library space to serve future requirements. That may be a difficult addition to the present location given the vacant ground available at the established site. But that doesn't have to mean the current library must move in order to meet its future obligations.
Many communities have branch libraries in addition to the main facility.
A city the size of Grand Island could benefit from a small branch library to serve a portion of the population as a geographic convenience and as a way to help a main library deal with its increasing demand. In St. Paul, the community utilizes the high school's library. Perhaps Grand Island could learn from its counterparts and use the libraries at Senior High and Northwest High as branch facilities that could be opened to the public. These schools have excellent library facilities that are currently underutilized by the public. These libraries are equipped to handle the same interlibrary book loan traffic as the city library.