King County Library System (KCLS) and the Mercer Island Library Advisory Board invite Islanders to share thoughts and opinions about the library to better understand how patrons use the library and what features and aspects of the facility are most important.

KCLS and the city will distribute a survey to email lists of Islander patrons. After the results are compiled, the Library Board will be discussing next steps with KCLS to ensure plans to renovate the library are supported by residents and provide a facility “that will meet our needs for decades to come,” Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz wrote in an email update to Islanders.

The results of the survey will be added to the input received throughout the planning process.

Results will be collected and shared, but individual responses are anonymous.

A community forum to discuss the Mercer Island Library renovation project will be held at the library next month.

The new KCLS Director, Gary Wasdin, spoke to the Mercer Island Library Board at its meeting on Feb. 23.

He advised the Board that, from his standpoint, the library renovation project is essentially starting all over again.

Wasdin envisions a collaborative process that will end up with a project that satisfies the operational needs of the library while still addressing the preferences of Island residents, Grausz wrote.