Politics & Government
New Los Gatos Library Sneak Peek!
A preview just days before the 10 a.m. Feb. 11 grand opening of the new Los Gatos Public Library located at 100 Villa Ave., next to the Civic Center.
New Los Gatos Library information box:
- Architect: Noll & Tam
- Landscapers: Janecki & Associates Landscape Architects, Martina landscape
- General contractor: Bogard Construction
- Project manager:
- Library director:
- Library managers: , Heidi Long
- Project lead:
- Public artists: Sheri Simons (art glass wall), Ben Phipps (children’s wing nurdle nooks)
- Project cost: $18.4 million
- Funding source: Los Gatos Town reserves, RDA money
- Ground breaking: June 21, 2010
- Grand opening: 10 a.m., Feb. 11, 2012
- Square footage: 30,000
- Old library square footage: 13,970, built in 1964 when town population was 9,000
- Computers: 31
- Estimated visits per year: 332,000
- Collection: Approximately 150,000, including 5,000 new items for grand opening purchased with Barbara Cassin Trust money left to the library by a generous library supporter
- Circulation:
- Features: technology lab, teen room (approximately 1,500 square feet), children’s wing (approximately 6,000 square feet), conference room, history corner, reading lounge, periodical room, lobby, staff work area, outdoor patio
- Furniture, fixtures and equipment: , goal to raise $2.1 million; The Valley Foundation has donated $500,000 of that amount.
- Hours of operation: 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday and Tuesday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.