The floor plans illustrate the layout of the Central Library, 20 years ago and today. Overall, the layout of the library was changed extensively, with many repurposed rooms, replaced furniture and swapped book locations.
On the upper-left corner, the room for CDs, videos, and computer games had undergone an sizable expansion, narrowing the leftward corridor below. This room was repurposed into a children’s room, storing children’s fiction books. L-shaped sofas were added to the top left corner and the right side of the room, creating a new area for storytelling events. The original computer room was moved, replacing the reading room in the bottom-left corner.
The original children’s books room was repurposed into a lecture room. The enquiry desk in the bottom-right corner was walled off to become a new Cafe. A new information desk replaced the adult non-fiction books, spanning the length of the rightward corridor. Three self-service machines were added between the desk and the Cafe. Adult fiction books were moved from the leftward corridor to above the information desk, and the original area became reference books. The tables and chairs in the centre of the library were removed.
In conclusion, throughout the 20 years, the Central Library had repurposed all the rooms and swapped all the book locations, and had made dramatic changes to the library layout.