Ebooks, Netflix, and Library Building Projects (Part 42, Whittier Public Library)

Whittier City Council awards contract for library construction. (Whittier Daily News, 5/26/2011)

Excerpt: The City Council on Tuesday awarded a $733,145 construction management contract to CW Driver of Pasadena to manage the Whittwood branch library expansion project.

Plans are to expand the library from its existing 9,735 square feet to 15,733 square feet.

Added will be space for library materials, study and teen areas, a better-defined children's section with a story-telling area and additional technology stations.