SEQUIM — Volunteers are sought to serve on a community task force to solicit public input on an expansion of the Sequim Library.
The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) — which oversees the Sequim Library as well as those in Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay — is planning a larger facility at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 15 via the NOLS website, www.NOLS.org.
For details about the expansion project and applying to join the task force, select “Sequim Branch” under the “Location/Hours” drop-down menu on that site.
“Delivering library service in the cramped and aging Sequim branch facility is a daily frustration for customers and staff alike,” said Elaine Fredrickson, North Olympic Library System board member.
“It is not a problem NOLS can solve alone,” hence the formation of the community task force.
In addition to community-engagement activities, the group’s five to seven members will work with library staff, the board and the architect to develop a building program, schematic design and project budget, and to research funding options and timelines.
Applicants for positions on the task force must live and/or work in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley library service area.
Other desirable attributes include some prior knowledge of public libraries and the ability to facilitate outreach to the community as a whole.
