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The Ottawa Public Library is exploring of building a new central library in partnership with Library and Archives Canada.
While the nature of the partnership is still up in the air, Tuesday’s announcement comes as the library is the midst of an ambitious project to build a new main branch.
There is still no site, budget or architect for the new central library, but at the heart of the partnership with Library and Archives Canada would be a shared facility, with space for exhibits, common spaces and auditoriums.
And that means the project will likely be bigger than originally envisioned.
“I don’t know how big. But I believe it would have to be bigger,” said Ottawa Public Library board chair Coun. Tim Tierney.
And the collaboration could bring with it all kinds of possibilities, he added.
“This is great news for the taxpayer. We have a lot of synergies. There’s a lot of things we could do together,” said Tierney. “If you are looking for parties to come to the table, the federal government is a pretty good partner.”
The proposal from Library and Archives Canada, the federal agency which acquires and preserves materials such as books, photographs and documents, came out a confidential series of November meetings the Ottawa Public Library had with 14 firms that had expressed interest in the new central branch.
If the partnership happens, it will cause a sensation in the library world. Such a partnership would be virtually unprecedented, said library CEO Danielle McDonald.
“I get overwhelmed thinking about it,” she said. “It would be a great public space.”
At this point, it’s still unclear what that space would look like, how big it would be, or where it would be located. The city wants the new central branch to have easy access to the LRT station on the Confederation Line.
Seven city-owned sites, including 557 Wellington St., just east of the new Pimisi LRT station, have been identified as possibilities. That site is only a few blocks from Library and Archives Canada on Wellington Street.
A report released last summer identified four ways to structure the project, including partnering with a private sector consortium to design and construct the new branch on land owned by the city or a developer.
Last week, the Ottawa Public Library announced that it would be hiring an “advocate architect” to help guide the central library project. The winner of the competition will offer advice on the possibilities for various sites and create 3D plans that would show what kind of building could fit into each candidate site in terms of the number of storeys and massing. The firm hired for the advocate role won’t produce the final design.
According to the original plan, library officials expected to release a request for qualifications in April or May, followed by a request for proposals late this fall. The contract was to be awarded in 2017, with construction slated to begin in 2018 and doors to open in 2020.
Since so much is unknown about the potential partnership with Libraries and Archives Canada, it’s unclear how those timeline would be affected.
However, Tierney and McDonald say if the city had already announced a site, the opportunity to partner with Library and Archives might not have happened.
“I’m glad that there isn’t a site — because it might have been too small,” said Tierney. “We would have missed a golden opportunity.”
jlaucius@postmedia.com
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While the nature of the partnership is still up in the air, Tuesday’s announcement comes as the library is the midst of an ambitious project to build a new main branch.
There is still no site, budget or architect for the new central library, but at the heart of the partnership with Library and Archives Canada would be a shared facility, with space for exhibits, common spaces and auditoriums.
And that means the project will likely be bigger than originally envisioned.
“I don’t know how big. But I believe it would have to be bigger,” said Ottawa Public Library board chair Coun. Tim Tierney.
And the collaboration could bring with it all kinds of possibilities, he added.
“This is great news for the taxpayer. We have a lot of synergies. There’s a lot of things we could do together,” said Tierney. “If you are looking for parties to come to the table, the federal government is a pretty good partner.”
The proposal from Library and Archives Canada, the federal agency which acquires and preserves materials such as books, photographs and documents, came out a confidential series of November meetings the Ottawa Public Library had with 14 firms that had expressed interest in the new central branch.
If the partnership happens, it will cause a sensation in the library world. Such a partnership would be virtually unprecedented, said library CEO Danielle McDonald.
“I get overwhelmed thinking about it,” she said. “It would be a great public space.”
At this point, it’s still unclear what that space would look like, how big it would be, or where it would be located. The city wants the new central branch to have easy access to the LRT station on the Confederation Line.
Seven city-owned sites, including 557 Wellington St., just east of the new Pimisi LRT station, have been identified as possibilities. That site is only a few blocks from Library and Archives Canada on Wellington Street.
A report released last summer identified four ways to structure the project, including partnering with a private sector consortium to design and construct the new branch on land owned by the city or a developer.
Last week, the Ottawa Public Library announced that it would be hiring an “advocate architect” to help guide the central library project. The winner of the competition will offer advice on the possibilities for various sites and create 3D plans that would show what kind of building could fit into each candidate site in terms of the number of storeys and massing. The firm hired for the advocate role won’t produce the final design.
According to the original plan, library officials expected to release a request for qualifications in April or May, followed by a request for proposals late this fall. The contract was to be awarded in 2017, with construction slated to begin in 2018 and doors to open in 2020.
Since so much is unknown about the potential partnership with Libraries and Archives Canada, it’s unclear how those timeline would be affected.
However, Tierney and McDonald say if the city had already announced a site, the opportunity to partner with Library and Archives might not have happened.
“I’m glad that there isn’t a site — because it might have been too small,” said Tierney. “We would have missed a golden opportunity.”
jlaucius@postmedia.com
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