Tigard Public Library
{{Short description|Library in Tigard, Oregon, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
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| library_name = Tigard Public Library
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| image = Tigard Public Library entrance - Oregon.JPG
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| established = 1963
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| location = Tigard, Oregon, United States
| coordinates = {{coord|45.42266|-122.7649|type:landmark||display=inline,title}}
| branch_of = Washington County Cooperative Library Services
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| collection_size = 233,240 (2012)
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| annual_circulation = 1,522,367 (2012)
| pop_served = 59,265 (2012)
| members = 37,106 (2012)
| budget = $5.5 million (2012)
| director = Halsted Bernard{{Cite web|url=https://www.tigard-or.gov/library_news.php|title=Tigard Library News}}
| num_employees = 39 (2012)
| website = [http://www.tigard-or.gov/library/ www.tigard-or.gov/library/]
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Tigard Public Library is the library within Washington County Cooperative Library Services serving Tigard in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1963, the current {{convert|48000|ft2|adj=on}} building opened in 2004 on Hall Boulevard. As of 2012, Margaret Barnes was the director of the library that had a collection of about 230,000 items making 1.5 million loans of those items.
History
In 1963, the Tigard Junior Women's Club lobbied the city council to start a library in the city that incorporated a few years prior in 1961.{{cite news|last=Nirappil|first=Fenit|title=Tigard Public Library plans to celebrate 50th birthday|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2013/10/tigard_public_library_plans_to.html#incart_river_default|accessdate=28 October 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=October 26, 2013|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181243/https://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/2013/10/tigard_public_library_plans_to.html#incart_river_default|url-status=live}} The city agreed to establish a library, but did not fund the project. The next year, the Tigard Library opened in downtown on Main Street at the former city hall, but it was operated by volunteers with an initial collection of 1,011 books, most of which had been donated during a door-to-door campaign.{{cite news|last=Pursinger|first=Geoff|title=Tigard library reaches golden anniversary|url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ttt/89-news/198820-tigard-library-reaches-golden-anniversary-|accessdate=29 October 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=October 24, 2013}} During the second year, the city contributed $175 for part-time staffing.
From 1976 to 1986 the library occupied a former mattress factory on Main Street.{{cite news|last=Hong|first=Binh Ha|title=No shushing is allowed at Tigard Library|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 12, 1997|page=E2}} City residents approved a $2.2 million bond in 1984 to build a new library at Tigard's new civic center. In 1986, the library relocated to the building, where it remained until 2004. The civic center and library were dedicated on May 17, 1986.{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Deedee|title=Tigard dedicates $2.2 million Civic Center|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=May 20, 1986|page=C8}} In 1998, the city began the process of looking to build a new library building, as the library had outgrown its approximately {{convert|12000|ft2|adj=on}} building.{{cite news|last=Tsao|first=Emily|title=Tigard Library at the limit|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=February 13, 1998|page=Southwest Zoner D2}} At that time the library's collection had grown to 104,000 items. However, voters turned down a bond request that year that also would have paid for other city buildings.
In May 2002, Tigard voters passed a $13 million bond measure to construct a new library building.{{cite news|last=Tsao|first=Emily|title=Campaign strategy wins credit for Tigard Library bond|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=May 30, 2002|page=Southwest Zoner 1}} The city bought {{convert|14|acre}} along Fanno Creek in 2003 for the new library, which was located on a former farm with orchards and a farmhouse.{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Paige|title=House burns on Tigard Library site|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 29, 2003|page=D2}} The city hoped to restore the two-story farmhouse and open it to the public, but it burned down in August 2003, during construction of the new library. On August 2, 2004, the new library building was opened at 13500 Southwest Hall.{{cite news|last=Victoria Leon|first=Guerrero|title=Ready for Readers|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 5, 2004|page=Southwest Zoner C2}} The project cost $14.3 million, and included the costs of the land as well as construction on the {{convert|48000|ft2|adj=on}} structure.
Part of the grounds of the new library were fenced-off in September 2008 because of arsenic contamination linked to the former orchard on the land.{{cite news|last=Foyston|first=John|title=Part of Tigard library grounds tainted with traces of arsenic|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=September 12, 2008|page=B2}}{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Tigard library land deemed contaminated by DEQ|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2008/09/16/tigard-library-land-deemed-contaminated-by-deq/|accessdate=29 October 2013|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=September 16, 2008|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181658/https://djcoregon.com/news/2008/09/16/tigard-library-land-deemed-contaminated-by-deq/|url-status=live}} In January 2010, the library started allowing self-service pick-up of books people have reserved.{{cite news|last=Gregory|first=Roger|title=Tigard library to add self-service on Jan. 4|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2009/12/tigard_library_to_add_self-service_on_jan_4.html|accessdate=28 October 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=December 22, 2009|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181706/https://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/2009/12/tigard_library_to_add_self-service_on_jan_4.html|url-status=live}} The Tigard Public Library Foundation funded a feasibility study in 2010 to determine whether a second library was needed.{{cite news|last=Florip|first=Eric|title=A second library in Tigard? Feasibility study to explore the idea|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2010/12/a_second_library_in_tigard_feasibility_study_to_explore_the_idea.html|accessdate=28 October 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181749/https://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/2010/12/a_second_library_in_tigard_feasibility_study_to_explore_the_idea.html|url-status=live}} In July 2012, city budget cuts forced the library to start closing on Thursdays.{{cite news|last=Gifford|first=C.J.|title=Tigard Library now closed on Thursdays|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2012/07/tigard_library_now_closed_on_t.html|accessdate=28 October 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=July 3, 2012|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181707/https://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/2012/07/tigard_library_now_closed_on_t.html|url-status=live}} Thursday operations resumed in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/ttt/89-news/288075-165154-patrons-rejoice-as-tigard-library-returns-its-thursday-hours|title=Patrons rejoice as Tigard Library returns its Thursday hours|access-date=2023-09-19|archive-date=2023-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919181739/https://www.valleytimes.news/news/patrons-rejoice-as-tigard-library-returns-its-thursday-hours/article_3f625b3d-5905-5d4c-be66-99262aeb6131.html|url-status=live}} By the library's 50th anniversary, the collection had grown to more than 235,000 items, now including books, CDs, and movies.
Facilities and services
Tigard's library building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with {{convert|47500|ft2}}. The building was designed by architects SRG Partnership{{cite news|title=SRG Partnership Seattle office takes off – fast|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2003/11/07/srg-partnership-seattle-office-takes-off-8211-fast/|accessdate=29 October 2013|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=November 7, 2003|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919182201/https://djcoregon.com/news/2003/11/07/srg-partnership-seattle-office-takes-off-8211-fast/|url-status=live}} and built by Hoffman Construction Company.{{cite journal|title=The New Best Sellers|journal=Skyline|date=Spring–Summer 2004|volume=31|issue=1|pages=10–11|url=http://www.hoffmancorp.com/newsletters/spring-summer_2004_v31_n1.pdf|accessdate=29 October 2013|publisher=Hoffman Construction Company|archive-date=31 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031190308/http://www.hoffmancorp.com/newsletters/spring-summer_2004_v31_n1.pdf|url-status=live}} Features include a 170-seat community room, gas fireplace, and glass atrium. {{As of|2012}}, the library has a population served of 59,265 and 37,106 registered borrowers.{{cite web|title=2011-2012 Oregon Public Library Spreadsheet|url=http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/stats_pl/pl1112webformula.xls|work=Oregon Public Library Statistics|publisher=Oregon State Library|accessdate=29 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031231355/http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/stats_pl/pl1112webformula.xls|archivedate=31 October 2013}} There were fifteen librarians out of 39 total employees, and an annual budget of about $5.5 million. Within its collection are 188,069 print items, 19,473 audio items, and 23,920 video items, with a total collection size of 233,240. Total circulation (loans) that year was 1,522,367.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Tigard Public Library}}
{{Portal|Oregon}}
- [http://greenworkspc.com/works/public-buildings-civic-places/tigard-library/ GreenWorks profile]
- [http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/10/50_years_of_the_tigard_library.html Photo essay] – The Oregonian
{{Washington County Cooperative Library Services}}
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Category:1963 establishments in Oregon
Category:Libraries established in 1963