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Wes Rees directs traffic along 10th Avenue on Thursday. The new Eugene Public Library,
nearing completion, asserts itself as a new landmark downtown.
New library aims
to serve students
■ Officials say Eugene’s new
facility will attract avid readers,
whereas the Knight Library
is primarily built for research
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
The City of Eugene will finish
construction of a new public li
brary within the year, and officials
from both the city and'campus li
braries speculate that students
will venture off campus to explore
the new facility.
The University’s Knight Library
is one of Oregon’s best research li
braries, with a collection of more
than 2.5 million books. The new
Eugene Public Library is being built
to replace the West 13th Avenue lo
cation and will house more than
350,000 books when completed.
Mark Watson, associate Universi
ty librarian for technical services,
said he expects students will want
to use both libraries once Eugene’s
project is completed.
“What we put in the library is
geared toward research,” Watson
said. “What we’re about is not meet
ing general reading needs.”
Connie Bennett, library services
director for the city, agreed with
Watson.
“I see the new library as serving
the business community, families
and students of all age,” Bennett
said.
The new four-story library, located
at 100 W. 10th Ave., takes up half a
city block and will provide 127,000
square feet of space for books, library
patrons and city offices.
“This move is 20 years over
due,” Bennett said, referring to the
multiple attempts the city has
made in the past to get a new li
brary. In 1998, voters passed an
$8.8 million levy that secured par
tial funding for the new facility.
Using a combination of levy mon
ey, private donations and bonds,
the library will be one of the
largest city buildings in Eugene.
“You don’t have a major public
building go up like this very often,”
Watson said. He likened the project
to the current renovation project at
Autzen Stadium — because even
people who aren’t football fans
might see a game in the new facili
ty; likewise, even students who
aren’t avid readers might take the
time to try out the new library.
“What we putin the library
is geared toward research.
What we’re about is not
meeting general reading
needs.”
Mark Watson
associate University librarian
Students may also want to go to
the new library to read the latest
popular magazines or check out
videos and compact discs. Al
though the Knight Library sub
scribes to 15,000 periodicals and
trade journals, Watson said only a
“couple dozen” of them are popu
lar titles, compared to more than
700 magazines that will be offered
at the city library.
Library Project Manager Brad
Black, who was also the architect
responsible for working on a 1992
Knight Library renovation, said he
has received many comments from
the community on the project, and
he believes the library will be a
welcome addition to Eugene.
"The library provides another an
chor to the downtown area,” he said.
"It’s more user friendly with more
space — in the existing library, it’s
tough to find a place to sit.”
E-mail reporter Brook Reinhard
atbrookreinlrard@dailyemerald.com.