He said the library catered to every age group and that a larger library would benefit all the community.
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY, 195 South Greeley Avenue, (914) 238-4779, is a larger library, Ms. Rovenger said.
Having a larger library will be of little value to the community if students lack reading skills".
District demographers also project increased student enrollment in the coming years, and school officials already cite a need for three more classrooms and a larger library.
Frank Toth, another member of the taxpayers' group, agrees the town needs a larger library, but like Ms. Stedman, said the town should not take on so many capital projects at one time.
Richard Janko, a classical scholar at the University of Michigan, said the carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum were a small section of a much larger library at a grand villa probably owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law, Lucius Calpurnius Piso.
Last year, the university initiated a lawsuit, thinking to "converge" the Warburg's books into its larger library system, and to continue charging the Warburg a very large fee for the use of its building.
QUESTION FROM CARO: Would you be happier using an e-book reader with higher resolution and a larger library, or are you inherently opposed to the idea of electronic media mixing with literature?
A small available area on the second floor was used as an entrance lobby and contains a staircase leading up to the larger library room on a new third floor.
He also quickly discovered that Mrs. Angell had the dynamism and financial resources -- she gave the money anonymously -- to play a major role in transforming a small collection of books in the corner of the auditorium into a much larger library with its own building.
