Campaign Naming Opportunities

Atrium

Reserved

The atrium will serve as the central focus of the building, providing four stories of natural light and serving as the access point to all the public service areas as well as circulation services such as check-out and reserved materials pick-up.

Children's Department

$5 million

Designed to appeal to children of all ages with appropriately sized furniture and shelving, this department will include cozy reading areas, quiet study rooms as well as access to computer technology.

Popular Library Department

$3 million

The adult fiction and audiovisual materials will be housed in this department. The department will also include a number of casual reading areas, listening/viewing stations and assistive devices for the handicapped.

Non-Fiction and Reference Department

Reserved

This department on the second floor will contain a large, in-depth collection of information and reference resources on a wide variety of topics for adults and students. More than 70 computer workstations will be located in this area.

West Virginia Room

$2.5 million

This room located near the entry to the Nonfiction and Reference Department will be designed with appropriate climate controls to house the library's collection of West Virginia materials including a large collection of local historic photographs.

Audiovisual Resources Area

$1 million

Located in the Popular Library, this area will showcase the thousands of audiovisual materials that make up an integral and popular portion of the library's materials collection.

Medical Resources Area

$1 million

Located in the Non-Fiction/Reference Department, this area will showcase the numerous resources offered by the library including print materials and electronic databases.

Meeting Rooms

Reserved

Up to 250 people can take advantage of programs offered by the library or other community organizations. This space can be subdivided into as many as three simultaneous meeting spaces.

Early Literacy and Pre-School Discovery Area

Reserved

This area of the Children's Department is designed for young children and their caregivers to work together at interactive stations to develop early literacy and pre-reading skills.

Children's Program Space

Reserved

Adjacent to the picture book area in the Children's Department, this space will be conducive to providing a wide variety of children's programs. A movable wall will facilitate handling a larger number of children should the need arise.

Outdoor Reading Garden and Café

Reserved

A café serving light refreshments will be located near the south entrance to the atrium. A walled reading garden adjacent to the café will allow library patrons to read outdoors when the weather permits.

Technology Training Room

Reserved

Sixteen computer workstations will be available to provide training on various computer software programs or the library's electronic resources to the public and library staff.

Young Adult Area

$500,000

This separate area in the popular library will be expressly designed to encourage teens to spend time in reading/viewing/listening to a wide variety of materials.

Gallery

Reserved

This space adjacent to the meeting rooms on the second floor will allow the library to offer educational and cultural exhibits from such sources as the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Terrace

$250,000

Patrons will enter this outdoor patio from the Gallery overlooking the corner of Lee Street and Leon Sullivan Way.

One of Four Cozy Reading Spaces for Children

$250,0001 Reserved

These four areas will provide comfortable furniture to encourage children to spend time reading in a unique setting.

Large Quiet Study Room

Reserved

This room will offer a wide variety of seating to accommodate the varied requests of individuals for quiet space, whether they seek a comfortable chair to read a magazine or a study carrel for in-depth research.

Large Casual Reading Area

$125,000

Located adjacent to the periodical display in the Non-Fiction/Reference Department, this area will provide comfortable seating and quiet place for reading or conducting research.

Large Casual Reading Area

Reserved

Located within the Popular Library, this area will offer comfortable seating for reading; also this Reading Area will contain a large plasma screen monitor.

Quiet Study Rooms

$125,0001 Reserved

These five rooms will accommodate either individuals who need a quiet study area, literacy tutors and their students, or group of up to four people who desire to work on a project together.

Small Business Center

Reserved

Located within the Nonfiction and Reference Department, this area will bring together the library's many resource materials, including electronic databases, which will provide assistance to small business owners.

Career Center

Reserved

This area in the Nonfiction and Reference Department will house information on individual careers, along with resources related to college admission or specialized technical programs, resume writing and interview skills.

Board Room

Reserved

In addition to serving as a meeting room for library and community activities, this room on the third floor will also serve as the meeting space for the 18-member Library Board of Directors.

Naming opportunities are currently being developed for the various branch libraries included in this project. for more information, contact Emily Papadopoulos at 343-4646 or emily.p@kanawha.lib.wv.us