New Branch Locations

Today, the New Orleans Public Library Foundation is working steadily toward growing and expanding our public library system to provide the New Orleans community with an important resource featuring excellent facilities and offering quality services, programs and technologies that support a culture of lifelong learning, promote a strong democracy, and advance a creative economy for all throughout the City. Our vision is beginning to take a clear shape and pick up speed!

Thanks to a fast-track Design-Build process, five neighborhoods in New Orleans will receive new branch libraries by the end of 2011. Through these new branches we will be able to thoroughly engage our community on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis.

Each branch in our public library system will be built with a focus on sustainability. Each branch will have features such as:

Public transportation access
Bicycle storage
Reduce heat island effect
Sun orientation
Water-efficient landscaping
Water-use reduction
Passive cooling
Energy efficiency

Listed here are the upcoming new library branches and their locations

Rendering by Lee Ledbetter & Associates	Robert E. Smith Community Library 6301 Canal Boulevard Library and City officials joined members of the Lakeview community on January 28 2010 to break ground for the new Robert E. Smith Branch. The re-designed library will be approximately 13,000 square feet and will offer sustainability features including public transportation access, energy efficiency, bicycle storage, water-efficient landscaping, water-use reduction and passive cooling.
Rendering by Lee Ledbetter & Associates	Norman Mayer District Library 2098 Foy Street About the name: Mrs. Norman Mayer, wife of the prominent New Orleans cotton broker, gave a sum for the construction of a building to house the Norman Mayer Memorial Library. She also donated the money to construct the College of Commerce and Business Administration at Tulane University.
Rendering by Lee Ledbetter & Associates	Algiers Regional Library 3014 Holiday Drive On June 7, 2010, City officials joined NOPL administration and staff to witness the demolition of the Algiers Regional Branch. The Algiers Regional Public Library received extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina and has stood damaged with a temporary library site nearby. Algiers Regional Public Library is the third of the five libraries to be demolished and rebuilt with the “Design-Build” contracting method in which the architect, engineer and contractor operate under one project delivery contract. The building's demolition is the first step toward the construction of a new 30,000 sq ft library with an accessible Wi-fi hotspot and dedicated room for children’s story time.
Rendering by Lee Ledbetter & Associates	New Orleans East Regional Library 5614 Read Boulevard This location is special to the residents of East New Orleans for two major reasons, siad Rica Trigs, Chief Operating Officer for New Orleans public libraries. It returns an essential service to their community and also will help to driver economic development and investment in this major corridor. -New Orleans City Buisness
Rendering by Eskew + Dumez + Ripple	Rosa Keller Public Library and Community Center 4300 South Broad Street Construction began on June 21, 2010 with a 370-day construction schedule. The estimated completion of the new facility is at the end of 2011. The former library building that was attached to the historic house on the corner of Napoleon and Broad has been demolished to make way for new construction. Construction of the new building and renovation of the existing building are to begin soon!