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Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. <div style="text-align:left;">Library director here retiring in July Bessie Sasser, director of the Tuscaloosa County Public Library, will retire July 1, Tom Shumaker, library board chairman, announced today. When Mrs. Sasser retires, she will have served the Tuscaloosa County Public Library and Friedman Library for 16 years. As director, she supervised the building of the new library on River Road. "It is with mixed feelings that I make this announcement." said Shumaker. "It will be a tremendous void to fill." No replacement has yet been chosen for the position, but the board directed Shumaker to begin appropriate application proceedures. In other business, the board approved the payment of a total of $13,225.76 in invoices for furniture, attorney's and architect's fees and the sign on the front of the new library building. When these invoices are paid, Shumaker said, the library's outstanding obligations will all be paid. These invoices plus about $1,500 in miscellaneous expenses will leave the building fund with about $16,000, Shumaker said. Mrs. Sasser asked that $9,500 of that money be used toward library materials including books. This will leave a balance of $8,000 in the building fund. Clifford Armstrong, board treasurer, reported that the library received a $120,000 allocation from the Tuscaloosa County Commission for operating expenses when the commission adopted its 1979-80 budget Jan. 23. This is a $192 increase over last year, Armstrong said. The commission also allocated $125,000 to pay off library bonds and interest. The library also received the monthly appropriation of $6,250 from the Tuscalooosa City Commission. The commisssion has informed the board, Armstrong said, that continuing allocations are contingent on the new revenue measures adopted recently. In an analysis of the 1979-80 budget, Mrs. Sasser said she found the revenue received by the library will be about $19,000 short of the expenditures for this year. Total wages, library materials and operating expenses will total $352,588 - receipts are expected to come to $332,956. Several cutback measures are being planned, including discontinuing the bookmobile or books by mail service, but nothing was decided at the board meeting. Shumaker announced that the library will receive all the proceeds from the annual Kiwanis Club pancake sale to be held March 1 at Central High School East Campus. He estimated the library will receive about $4,000 from the sale. The Tuscaloosa Board of Realtors will hold a garage sale March 5 at the library, Mrs. Sasser told the board. Mrs. Sasser also told the board that letters of intent must be sent next month for federal grant applications. The library will apply for a grant to expand the young adult book collection, to hire an interlibrary loan librarian and to provide a bookmobile to Pickens County. The Friends of the Library will have an annual meeting April 22, Ruth Waldrop, president of the group, told the board. A used book sale and an oriental rug auction will also be held in the spring to raise money. Debra Bohli reported on the bookmobile program. She said the bookmobile serves a total of 1,598 patrons in 25 neighborhoods and eight schools. All the residential stops have been moved to between 3 and 6 p.m. in an attempt to serve school children and working people, she said, and the routes have been streamlined to save gasoline. The major problems with the bookmobile this year have been with the generator, Ms. Bohli said. The chassis and body of the bookmobile are in good shape, she said, and should last for at least five more years.</div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library Director to Retire in July 1980 Subject The topic of the resource Sasser, Bessie Tuscaloosa Public Library Public libraries Description An account of the resource An article in the Tuscaloosa News, February 12, 1980, announcing the retirement of Bessie Sasser as director of the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Additional information is provided concerning financial support of the library system. 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These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 387 Width 598 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hurricane House at Y's Acres Subject The topic of the resource Young Men's Christian Association (Tuscaloosa, AL) Camps Description An account of the resource This house, called the Hurricane House, was built in 1846 in Bibb County. It was moved to the banks of Little Hurricane Creek and reconstructed by Bryon Arnold about 1940. Arnold was a professor of music at the University of Alabama from 1938 to 1948. Arnold married Joan Warner in 1948 and they moved to California. In 1951, the Warner Family gave the YMCA a tract of land including this house and 15 acres on Keen Mill Road. 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These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 266 Width 400 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. "A dream come true" is certainly a cliché, but the words of that phrase are repeated nevertheless by the staff members of the Friedman Library as they describe the library building nearing completion on River Road. Taken on their first tour of the two-story building, located adjacent to Queen City Park, library staff members couldn't help but contrast the new library building with the ante-bellum home on Greensboro Avenue where the library is now located. Gone are the cramped, multi-flight stacks crowded into the historic three-story home. Gone is the bathroom which was converted into a storage area for some of the library materials. Gone is the old Bookmobile which was parked adjacent to the Friedman Home and converted into the facility serving the blind and physically handicapped. Scaffolding may still surround the stairwell leading to the second floor stacks and work area, and the carpet may still be in giant rolls rather than spread on the floor of the new building but library staff members can already see what it's going to be like to have the space and facilities to work with, to have an area designed specifically for a children's reading room and to have a facility that is barrier-free for the physically handicapped. The dream, which at times has been more of a nightmare, is ahead of construction schedule as Bryce Building Co. continues work. But that doesn't mean the facility will be in use that much sooner. Even though the $2-million-plus building could be completed as early as March 15, it is unlikely that the new facility will be opened before early July. Tom Shumaker, president of the library board and for more than 10 years the leader of the drive for a new building, has mentioned July 4 as an appropriate opening date because the building was one of Tuscaloosa County's Bicentennial projects. The hold-up on the opening of the new library is just one of a number of problems which have plagued library supporters seeking a new building. The first major problem was a lack of funds for a new building; a special referendum overwhelmingly approved by the voters provide for up to $2 million in bonds to be sold to cover the cost. Then came problems over the location, with several of the county commissioners opposing the location on River Road, donated by the Tuscaloosa City Commission. Once the location was chosen and bids awarded for construction of the building, structural foundation problems were discovered, forcing the need for an additional $75,000 in building costs. Construction continued, but when it came time to award a contract on the furnishings for the library, county commissioners refused to sign the contract, citing financial problems. Even though the contract should have been awarded in October for the custom-built library furniture to be ready by the time the building is complete, problems over the contract were not resolved for months and a contract wasn't signed until December. Mrs. Bessie Sasser, Friedman librarian, explained that because approximately half of the furnishings for the new library are custom-built library furniture, the opening will be further delayed. She said she expects the card catalogues, library tables, dictionary stands, index stands, library desks and chairs to be ready during the first two weeks of June. And once the basic furnishings arrive, then will come the mammoth process of moving the film strips, phonograph records, magazines, 120,000 volumes and other items. Citing the magnitude of the move, Mrs. Sasser said she met with representatives of the Friends of the Library this week to plan ahead. In the meantime, the library board is trying to resolve another problem - in order to secure a contract on the furniture for the new building, the library board members had to take on the cost of the furniture. Still to be raised by library board members is an estimated $70,000 cost of the furniture. And operational costs are still questionable, once the new facility is open. Shumaker, however, says he is confident that the community is so strongly behind the new library that funds for the remainder of the furniture and additional operational expenses will be forthcoming. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library "dream" is at times a nightmare Subject The topic of the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library Public libraries Description An account of the resource An account of the construction of the Tuscaloosa Public Library on River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway). 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Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 5 inches by 7 inches Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Open Air Chapel at Y's Acres Subject The topic of the resource Young Men's Christian Association (Tuscaloosa, AL) Camps Chapels Description An account of the resource In 1951, the Warner Family gave the YMCA a tract of land including 15 acres on Keen Mill Road. The property is called Y’s Acres, and used in the summer as a day camp area. In 1990 the Harlan Cross Meredith Open Air Chapel was dedicated and a memorial plaque installed. The plaque inscription states: Dedicated This 18th day of November, 1990 To Honor Harlan Cross Meredith In Recognition of Nearly Five Decades of Service To the Youth of this Community Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elizabeth Bradt Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived YMCA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 2013 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elizabeth Bradt (Description) Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 959 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tuscaloosa County (AL) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/2539/archive/files/05e73200bbfc112a97ec45b1e4c72c2e.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=oG3EH8jDPIDLyDifl3IkthS-hPGdbS2C2RNpExzAa8e4Vw-dD6dAMT5BbmqnJkMBU7SPly8e33FBQmrYfaQLb2YeAJDfKSuxcejb%7E7yaeL0tG9HicLWeJFcnxxRJEVb8WK1N9A1m%7Ejq5K83cL2PtESQZmnBqV4FgrrKMyw6eb5pKTi1LfNNtSG9BZF%7EN-8e9TJpMyJ8e4FtxDvitILYVKL3QPWReL4Bms8NAECMqmZqTCJ4GmD9DsD6QIZSH0MNhuZJkUOLN3bTlWZufUU7GEexIeq4cfC81NkwcBBFeQB13i8wOJXOoznPdEKcD4kxsE12gmrgsfs%7EQkyRpX7zTSA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bf51ac102b30645dca39ffd393143685 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Text Any textual data included in the document. The Library is a Busy Place Young Joe Dockery, six-year-old son of Mrs. Vera Dockery stretches hard to check out a book at the Friedman Library during National Library Week. Librarian Edna Turner helps him. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library, 1305 Greensboro Avenue Subject The topic of the resource Public libraries Tuscaloosa Public Library Description An account of the resource This photo shows the Tuscaloosa Public Library when it was located in the house now known as the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion. In 1955, the house then owned by the Burchfields was purchased by the YMCA for $70,000. In a prearranged agreement, it was then exchanged with Mr. Victor Hugo Friedman for the north half of the block containing the Battle-Friedman House. The YMCA used that property as the site for the new central YMCA building. Mr. Friedman gave the Burchfield property to Tuscaloosa County for use as a public library. The library which moved from the Searcy House, 815 Greensboro Avenue, in 1958, was known as the Friedman Library to honor Mr. Friedman’s generosity. Before moving to the Searcy House in 1926, the library was housed in the basement of the County Courthouse beginning in 1921. A new and larger public library was built on River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway) opening in 1979. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tuscaloosa Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Graphic Newspaper Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elizabeth Bradt (Description) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1985 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tuscaloosa (AL) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Graphic Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 25, 1963 Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/2539/archive/files/f32d2e5146ff76342971ecccab912d8b.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=q4yWPwUGjNhHr95gf9kYAqR2P%7Ej33b9lB9xgvnKLhFQTC97y5bUdZhSLmnX9xqAYd1sUeeo0FOLtdQcDtAaLGubyEf0ZsvG39pUoM6ojQZmCCR7KhnS9tG4IEYODiemSQdxATDjMLw0-LodPuiyQ5iBICbeebyFJZpvGBWkHctCgAfTvT8sfQT7O996DPhUfyCamiWodG5lty4VoV6ngyYALlOi-6zUR8yXQu0JBvPiF%7EzEOopI5oALNm0Yj2cSfFBJC7-yq9PhLDaGc4FHcAIIWaRt8JFiftAtOEsiuSt2lDUPgAJpV0057HOxiG2NWrmIGK2KOn3DxWuqGU0hkIA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7e36d39d16f483c0da4eefa157e852c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Text Any textual data included in the document. <div style="text-align:center;">Clubs and Library Board Are Vital Factors in Growth From Original Unit</div> The dream of a library for Tuscaloosa county has been realized. This is through the able leadership of the Up-to-Date Club, the library board of directors, our enthusiastic librarian, Mrs. Lucy C. Pou, the Quaker Club, and other clubs of the city. The library board is composed of the following well-known Tuscaloosa women, Mrs. Alston Fitts, chairman, Mrs. Washington Moody, Mrs. Edgar Clarkson, Mrs. George J. Davis, and Miss Clara Verner. <div style="text-align:left;">400 Books at Beginning In 1911 the library board appeared before the County Board of Revenue under Judge Brandon and secured the promise of a maintenance fund of $25 monthly, and the use of a room in the basement of the court house, provided there were 400 books on the shelves at the opening. The women of the Up-to-Date club had the walls decorated, funished the shelves, and the members of this club acted as librarian for the first two years. A collection of books previously housed at the Chamber of Commerce was moved to the library, and later Miss Barnes served as librarian until she was succeeded by Mrs. Pou in 1922. During 1926 through the influernce and work of Mrs. Richard Prowell, representing all the clubs the county bought the old Searcy home on Greensboro avenue and moved the library there. Again the Up-to-Date club decorated the walls and refinished the floors, and the maintenance fund was increased to $75. Realizing the need of equipment for the library's more spacious quarters, "Library Week" was inaugurated and has become an annual affair, with the public and all clubs participating. The Up-to-Date Club has given a real librarian's desk costing $150, a beautiful mahogany table, $50 in cash, the new International encyclopedia and this year a table for the children's room. This table is to have a great number of pepole of all and pictures of historical value, which may be changed from time to time. Quakers Aid Much The Quaker Club furnished the first children's room, and later gave several collections of books, including Barrie, Conrad, and southern literature. They also gave two chairs, and only last week sponsored a benefit bridge party in order to increase their contribution.</div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library Dream Comes True for Mrs. Lucy Pou, 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library Pou, Lucy Public libraries Description An account of the resource Article in the Tuscaloosa News on March 10, 1931, about the early days of the Tuscaloosa Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tuscaloosa News Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 10, 1931 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tuscaloosa (AL) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2005 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Fitts Bennett https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/2539/archive/files/f7825d654b2891ea71bc446d3f79c4e5.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=O2gfR-cYD5zwfdO34hU4HdMhoSGbPpRhTqyIVwTlWyPSjVWXx-T%7E4%7EmDJrL2NGfHE2I64oiceHdKwoXojhfPmGPB-2UVZGCkucfdunkwDoNTIzuhnckcx%7EbY2Uv0QMsEddXUN-Mw927JuG32Svs7oK4mvlMYZ1plQPJ2EWlMLvUjYHgO%7EmaQc%7EnPpKaXJx-I02a47CgvPBWVUafDQrbZTz5VvclsTbLqD8ln%7EGcpLsYkmnDIrGpViIPz2fq1moXBjHBXZ-eAttnh%7Efvu2IyseEYOujpXvp4G0sCs9cFbKJP797ekd1zO6Ze3xZUQYlMWj57SpNX7M20JXPI-ka7TBQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM fae7bf141a5bb7001087b53ead836135 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/2539/archive/files/54def9bf8dcb35e65ef9a0f5ab557a42.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=mjST-nyHlLrcii-ZEptUNsWHU7A%7E6Ur1KEsAcvaIxCWHU4mw3HiYnAlGZlsnOT2GuQTHw5Ji5BI4c2B1BiW7czjxjHk6dyQE9IPvKPvqI-pAwJaNzJSQ0DBIq79h%7EJNumglRPW4HQo6U6PWdzssxiwHLl7akVmm5u1S2hAXDf-IX4pJ9s-Jr0wc-UL-aTTjoqiryU%7EMmNRSEw1CH%7E7dsqNbUUc9FVreMIUmrLAa%7EDJb8yC7m7zgEi5mII5K28Kx13IycbNzikYGoS3Wca-lq4suTsjwMW9Ub1OUZn4T2j-3jusFPqaMJx-JM-ir0VGLpxtAYk5wbYWBCdHNQvgVGCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 237a3b9b986d1ebf4e5f79aa4a455e2b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Community Organizations Description An account of the resource This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Click on the link below to view all the items in this collection. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Although hardhats are not the usual attire for librarians, Bessie Sasser doesn't mind donning one for the occasion. The occasion is a look at her dream - a modern, new library for Tuscaloosa County - at the halfway point of construction. The nearly $2 million facility on River Road - long the subject of controversy and abortive attempts at funding - stands half-finished, its concrete columns crisscrossed by a network of orange and yellow scaffolding. Architect Charles Ralston is shooting for an April 15 completion date, and Friedman Library head librarian Mrs. Sasser; Marjorie Meredith of the Friedman Library Board; Frances Ralston, the official decorator; and advisor Maxie Mitchell are holding him to it. Fabric colors have been selected and approved, lounge furniture and stacks chosen and planned, and selection of furniture for the entire two-floor structure is being completed. "We're trying to time the furniture so that it all comes in at the same time," Mrs. Sasser said. "We want to move in as they move out." But when Brice Construction Co. of Birmingham moves out and the library is ready for Mrs. Sasser and her staff, there is yet another problem said Ruth Waldrop, chairman of the Program in School Librarianship and Media Service at the University of Alabama, and vice president of Friends of the Library. That problem is moving, for which no funds have been allotted in the library's budget. The county-wide library support group, under the leadership of University law professor Charles Trost, with the help of former president Martha Millar Williams, is trying to raise the funds required to move the books and equipment into the facility, said Mrs. Waldrop. "We're planning on working with the library on moving. They don't have the money, so we're probably going to raise the money to move, " Mrs. Williams said. The group, which also promotes the library through other activities and gives the library an expensive gift each year, raises money for this and other projects through donations and memorials. "You just wouldn't believe the people that put their $2 or $5 or $10 on the line because they believe in the library." Mrs. Williams said. Mrs. Sasser admits to knowing the library plans by heart. Her favorite aspect of the structure is its openness, she said. A vertical, central open space in the building, from bottom to skylight, allows a view of portions of the upper floor from downstairs. The circulation desk and work area will be to the left of the main door, which faces River Road. Beyond this office, adult browsing and periodical areas will be located. Reference and young adult libraries will be toward the back and left of the first floor, with local history and genealogy occupying a room of there own. To the right of the front door will be children's libraries, story hour room, parents' waiting area, and an entrance with portico and stairs leading up to the community room on the second floor. Adjacent to a suite of offices at the back of the first floor will be a special garage for the bookmobile, where it will be loaded and unloaded and all incoming books, both new and old, will be processed. Work areas, staff room, bathrooms, bookkeeper's office and librarian's offices will be against the back wall of the building. The librarian's office, like the circulation office and local history room, will be glass-walled to facilitate better supervision of employees and to allow the librarian to see what is going on in the rest of the library, said Mrs. Sasser. "I don't mind people seeing me at work," she said. "Sitting right here, I can see people coming in the front door, what's going on in circulation and watch activities in the children's room." A reception area and board room near the librarian's office will be used for board meetings as well as some community activities. Pillars in the library are situated on 20-foot squares, allowing each square to be heated and cooled separately. On moderate days, air conditioning and heating may not be needed in the interior spaces, said Mrs. Sasser. The adult learning and community room is one of the most interesting aspects of the building, said Mrs. Sasser. Containing 125 chairs, a rear projection screen and coffee area, with room for art exhibits, the area opens off the stairs from the west portico on the second floor. In the evenings, when library staff would not ordinarily be on duty, the room and stairs can be locked off from the library and may be used by community groups without necessitating the presence of library personnel, said Mrs. Sasser. The rest of the second floor will house stacks, art for checkouts, areas for the blind and physically handicapped, soundproof booths for listening and recording and the audiovisual office. Viewing screens and chairs will permit art patrons to view a variety of art from their chairs before selecting paintings to check out. Community music groups are planning to use areas of the library for recitals and are hoping to move in their own piano, although one will be provided in the exhibit area, Mrs. Sasser said. The building, with elevators and wide entrances, is fully accessible to the handicapped. Ralston told of a telephone call he received from a handicapped girl when plans for the building were first announced. "She said, 'is it going to be accessible to the handicapped?' I said yes, there are going to be ramps all over the place. She started to cry and said, "Mr. Ralston, I've never been able to go to the library before'" Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library is a Reality - At Least Half-Way Subject The topic of the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library Public libraries Description An account of the resource Construction photos of the new Tuscaloosa Public Library on River Road. Pictured are librarians Bessie Sasser and Martha Williams and Ruth Waldrop along with architect Charles Ralston. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tuscaloosa News Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 13, 1978 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tuscaloosa Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tuscaloosa (AL) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Jacq Rainey, News Life-Leisure Editor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tuscaloosa News