Farmington Public Library

Infobox_Library
library_name = Farmington Public Library
library_
caption = Main library in Farmington
location = 2101 Farmington Ave., Farmington, NM 87401
coordinates =
established = 1921 Rp|64
num_branches = 1
collection_size = 203,167 Rp|11
annual_circulation = 521,500 Rp|11
pop_served = 112,008 cite web
url= http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/docs/funding/state_aid/LSA_2005_2008.pdf
title= New Mexico Public Libraries Legal Service Area Populations FY2005-FY2008
accessdate= 2008-05-17
format= PDF
publisher= New Mexico State Library]
members =
budget =
director = Karen McPheeters
num_employees =
website = http://www.infoway.org/

Farmington Public Library is a public library system in San Juan County, New Mexico. The main library is in Farmington and there is one branch library in Shiprock.

History

The library was founded in 1921 in the living room of Mrs. Lorena Mahany’s homecite book
last= Harris
first= Linda G.
title= One Book at a Time: The History of the Library in New Mexico
origyear= 1998
publisher= New Mexico Library Foundation
location= Albuquerque, NM
isbn= 9781887045032
oclc= 38324662] Rp|64at 506 West Arrington in downtown Farmington, New Mexico. Mrs. Mahany offered her services as the first librarian. In 1938 the library was moved to a new building constructed as a Works Progress Administration project Rp|65 located on the small city park at the corner of East La Plata and Orchard. The collection consisted of 2,000 books. This building was remodeled in 1961 and again in 1974. In 1984 the library was moved into the former First National Bank building located at 100 West Broadway in downtown Farmington.

Groundbreaking for the new Farmington Public Library building occurred in March 2002 in a vacant lot located on East Twentieth Street between Farmington Avenue and Schofield Lane. The architects were Bill Hidell and Associatescite web
url= http://www.infoway.org/MasterPlan/fplMasterPlan.pdf
title= Farmington Public Library Needs Assessment and Master Plan
accessdate= 2008-05-17
date= 2007-04-02
format= PDF
publisher= City of Farmington, NM] Rp|1of Carrollton, Texas. The project was paid for by the City of Farmington, partly through its reserve fund and partly through the sale of municipal bonds. The cost of the library building was $9,767,773. The grand opening of the new building took place on the evening of August 23, 2003.cite journal
date = 2003-09-15
title = New Library for Farmington
journal = Hitchhiker: for librarians in New Mexico
issue = 1515
pages = 1
publisher = New Mexico State Library
location = Santa Fe, NM
oclc = 2251674
url = http://nmstatelibrary.org/docs/hitchhiker/hh1515.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-05-17 ]

Notable features

The building won New Mexico's Best New Buildings awards for Interior and for Best Lighting - Interior in 2004, awarded by Associated General Contractors New Mexico Building Branch and the New Mexico Business Journal.cite journal
date = 2004-05-24
title = NM's Best Buildings
journal = Hitchhiker: for librarians in New Mexico
issue = 1550
pages = 1
publisher = New Mexico State Library
location = Santa Fe, NM
oclc = 2251674
url = http://nmstatelibrary.org/docs/hitchhiker/hh1550.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-05-17 ] cite journal
year = 2004
month = May
title = Special Section on New Mexico's Best Buildings of 2004
journal = New Mexico Business Journal
issn = 01646796
oclc = 4408579 ] Rp|AGC-9, AGC-12

The building is decorated with images of local petroglyphs sandblasted onto glass panels. The words "Summer Solstice" and "Winter Solstice" are engraved at precise locations on the rotunda floor and are highlighted by the sunlight passing through a small window exactly on those dates. Rp|AGC-3

Growth

From 2001 to 2005 circulation has increased 92% and the number of visits has increased 57%.Rp|7. The new library building, completed in 2003, was already at capacity in collection space, public computer utilization and meeting room access by 2007.Rp|E. The City of Farmington commissioned a master plan study from Hidell Associates in 2006 and is considering its options.

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