2007 COSLA LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION SURVEY OF THE STATES

2007 COSLA LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION SURVEY OF THE STATES The following survey is a national needs assessment prepared by COSLA (Chief Officers of State Library Agencies) to gather information from each state on potential library construction projects in the next five years and ten years. The information will be compiled and will be used by State Library agencies to advocate for federal library construction funding. Please fill out a separate survey for each branch and main library building you plan to construct or renovate in the next ten years.
1. Library Jurisdiction Name:
2. Main Library Address:
3. Contact Person:
4. Phone Number:
5. Email:
6. If survey is for a branch library, check here:
7. Branch Name:
8. Address of branch if known or can be estimated:
9. State Senate District Number:
10. State Assembly District Number:
11. U.S. House District Number:
12. Is your existing library building:	over 5 years old? over 10 years old? over 25 years old? over 50 years old? over 100 years old? No existing library building
13. What is the square footage of your existing library building?:
14. Please rate the overall condition of your existing facility?:	Excellent Good Fair Poor
15. Are you planning to build the new library building in the next:	five years? ten years?
16. What is the estimated square footage of the planned new building?:
17. Are you planning to add to your existing library building in the next:	five years? ten years?
18. What is the estimated square footage of the library addition you are planning?
*19. Are you planning to renovate space in your existing library building in the next:**	five years? ten years?
20. What is the estimated square footage of your renovation project?:

*Renovation means the rearrangement of any space by the construction of walls or partitions or by a change in ceiling heights, the addition or elimination of one door or window, the extension or rearrangement of any system, the installation of any additional equipment or fixtures, and any work which reduces the load bearing capacity of or which imposes additional loads on a primary structured component. While repairs can be included in a renovation, a repair alone does not constitute renovation.