Dorothy Bramlage Public Library Foundation

Goal: $30,000.00

Specific Need

The funds deposited in the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library Foundation are currently dedicated to the project to grow the space that provides public library services to the Junction City/ Fort RIley/Geary County community. 

Mission

The purpose of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library Foundation is to raise awareness of the services and benefits of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, organize persons who are interested in promoting and maintaining the use and wellbeing of the library , and to raise funds to support the library for the expansion of collections, services, and facilities. 

Profile

The library is an active place with a vibrant service that has and will continue to evolve to meet the current needs of community members.  Literacy-based, informational and recreational programs are provided for all ages.  In fact, the Library provides services to community members throughout their entire life span; from providing a complimentary boardbook to every newborn at Stormont Vail Flint Hills Campus in Junction City to a homebound delivery service for senior citizens and others.  It is also a community hub for meetings and gatherings, small and large, and a central point of community information with the:  Community Information Directory, Community Calendar, Community Resource Guide, Geary County Food Resources, and the Community History Archive with its digitized, searchable local newspaper and high school yearbook collections. 

The Library proudly serves soldiers and their families. Fort Riley, home of the 1st Infantry Division, aka The Big Red One, is one of the United States’ largest Army bases, with a daytime population of approximately 25,000. Out of the library’s current cardholders, 20-30% of them are military-related personnel with connections to Fort Riley. Military personnel are also involved in many other library services including: distance education, test proctoring, notary services, faxing and scanning, etc.

In a recent survey conducted earlier this  year, more than three hundred community members offered their input on setting priorities for the use of additional library space.  In it you told us that you would like to see:

• A dedicated teen space separate from that currently devoted to services for younger children.
• Additional space for youth services overall.
• The addition of a children's activity room.
• The addition of small meeting spaces/study rooms.
• Additional program and meeting space overall
• Space that could serve as a storm shelter
• Outdoor program space.
• The addition of a staff workroom.
• Improvements in infrastructure (windows, doorways, etc) to increase energy effciency and reduce operating cost
• The addition of a generator so services can be maintained in the events of an emergency.

With your support, we will achieve these goals and continue our ongoing efforts to grow and evolve libary and information services to meet the growing and evolving needs of our community and its citizens.