Published June 06. 2013 12:00AM
It's called "The Library of the Future."
A recent contest for students emphasized just that, said Melissa E. Hawk, director of the Northampton Area Public Library, 1615 Laubach Avenue, Northampton.
It's "what they imagined for us," Hawk said in a presentation attended by contest winners at the May 20 Northampton Area School Board meeting.
In the elementary school category, the winners of the Northampton Area Public Library "Library of the Future" contest are first place, William King, a fourth-grader from Bath, and second place, Madelyn Gilmore, a sixth-grader from Bath.
Winners in the middle school category are first place, Lukas Zweifel, a seventh-grader from Northampton, and second place, Alexandra Horvath, a seventh-grader from Cherryville.
The elementary school winners submitted posters and essays. The middle school winners submitted PowerPoint presentations.
Among the contest ideas were books on demand to be printed out, an art gallery, cafe, community garden and robots.
Hawk said the contest underscores the library's new tagline: "Always something new."
"We're the same library, but we're going to have the technology," said Hawk.
PRESS PHOTO BY PAUL WILLISTEIN Library of the Future contest winners include, in front from left, Madelyn Gilmore, Alexandra Horvath, William King and Lukas Zweifel. In the second row are Friends of the Northampton Area Public Library Vice President Beth Krempa and Northampton Area Public Library Director Melissa E. Hawk. The winners were honored at a recent school board meeting.
