Almost 40,000 books and different gadgets to be stocked at €6.5 m Laois library in Portlaoise

Almost 40,000 books and different gadgets might be stocked on the new €6.5 million library in Portlaoise when it opens subsequent yr.

Laois County Council says shelving might be required to 37,620 gadgets together with books, CDs, DVDs and different gadgets for youngsters and adults. Greater than 20,000 books and different gadgets might be saved on the premises for adults whereas over 14,000 might be for youngsters.

A complete of three,000 gadgets might be stocked for native research which can have a particular part within the library.

The council tender says the refurbished library will proceed to supply an inclusive cultural, academic, and leisure library service responding to the wants of the group by offering actual and digital house to learn, study and discover.

An estimated worth of the contract is ready at €250000 on shelving for the brand new books in addition to furnishings and different gadgets in a largely open plan facility. Laois County Council hopes to pick out an organization by mid-September.

When the contract was awarded in 2019 the price of constructing the brand new library on the location of the previous Shaws  Division Retailer was €5.9 million. Match out and books are anticipated to push the price €664k pushing the estimated invoice now to almost €6.5m. 

Laois County Council has stated the present Portlaoise Library is housed within the second flooring of a constructing in Lyster Sq. that was in-built 1994 for the equal of €1 million.