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EDGE 2010
The Physical Library and Regeneration
The Newcastle upon Tyne perspective
Councillor John ShipleyLeader
Newcastle City Council
Tony Durcan
Head of Culture, Libraries and Lifelong Learning
Newcastle’s new City Library• PFI project with a 7 year development
period;• £24m capital cost;• 6 floors, 4 storey entrance atrium; 8,300
square metres;• opened to the public on Sunday 6 June
2009;• officially opened by HM The Queen on 6
November 2009;
• totally self service;• open 70 hours per week – 7 days;• 24 hour provision;• 150,000 new books;• 5792 visitors on day one;• 792,000 visitors by 31 January 2010• 35,000 new members;• 396,000 items loaned.
The Council’s only capital cultural project to come in on budget … ….and on time.
Why a new City Library?• Library Service modernisation agenda;• as much about service as buildings;• to overcome the 1960s building’s
shortcomings:• unloved concrete;• invisible/non distinctive and a wasted site;• limited accessibility;• hidden services and unwelcoming;• poor community facilities.
Old library shots
Stage two development
And the City wanted a new building which would
“delight and inspire”.
Key steps
• research; • visioning;• consultation;• engagement;• staff involvement;
Some examples from 2006• 10 March – Bidders’ presentations at Civic Centre• 13 March – Sectoral stakeholders/expert witnesses• 16 March – Elected Members• 18 March – Young People Group• 20 March – Staff Focus Group 1• 27 March – Members’ Advisory Group/Design Panel• 28 March – Staff Focus Group 2• 30 March – Public meeting (City Library)• 3 April – Staff Focus Group 1• 3 April – Public meeting (High Heaton)• 6 April – Public meeting - Princess Square residents/traders• 7 April – Public meeting (City Library)• 10 April – Community/Hard to Reach/Disabilities groups• 12 April – Community/Hard to Reach/Disabilities groups• 19 April – Staff Focus Group 2• 21 April – Community/Hard to Reach/Disabilities groups
Political and community engagement
Not just a city library
• City, city-wide, and regional role;• other libraries;• impetus for change:
– new ways of working;– new ways of using– a choice of support, progression and
anonymity.
Gosforth
West End Library and Customer Service Centre
Fawdon – Library Express
The Observer 22 February 2009
“A shining light and a beacon for what a library
should be doing in the 21st century” – Andrew Motion.
Any questions?