Community Room & Board Room Usage
Members of the public are welcome to reserve the Community Room or Board Room for events and meetings.
In order to qualify, the online reservation must be made a week or more in advance, the event must be free and open to the public and must be of a civic, cultural, or educational character. Meetings may not be for commercial or strictly social purposes.
There is no charge for using these spaces. Setup, tear down, and clean up responsibilties all fall to the party reserving the space. If you would like to have refreshments at your event, please be sure to ask when you first reserve the room. Refreshments must be approved by the Library Director. Meals are not allowed.
We do not allow any items to be sold in our public spaces. We also prohibit the collection of donations for any organization on library property, save for the Normal Public Library Foundation.
Board Room
Description: The Board Room is a conference style meeting room with a large table that seats ten.
Equipment: Projector with on-site computer, dry-erase board, sink.
Seating: Ten people fit comfortably around the meeting table. There is additional seating around the periphery of the room for an additional eleven people.
Capacity: 21
Community Room
Description: The Community Room is a large multipurpose room on the lower level of the library. Half of the room is carpeted and half is uncarpeted.
Equipment: The Community Room is equipped with a dry-erase board, sink, and Wi-Fi. Additional equipment, including microphones, lectern, projector, and laptop can be requested on the room reservation form.
Please be sure to select any additional equipment at the time that you apply for the room. If you would like to make a presentation that involves projecting, please indicate by selecting the projector and the appropriate adapter if you are bringing your own laptop.
Seating: The room holds a maximum of 150 people. Because of the high demand for the Community Room, we discourage its use for groups of under ten people.
Capacity: 150
Art Gallery
We offer exhibition of regional art to enhance the experience of our library community. Artists are selected from the region by word of mouth and suggestions are always welcome.
Cafe
Our bright and welcoming Cafe is the perfect space to meet a friend, study, enjoy some time to yourself, or catch up on local and world news with our ample seating, bright light, open floor plan, and a full collection of newspapers and magazines. Coffee and tea is available for purchase at our desk for the best price you will find in Uptown Normal.
Wellness Room
We offer a Wellness Room on the second floor, near the stairs. This room is available to mothers requesting a private place to nurse or children accompanied by an adult in need of a calm, quiet space to re-group for a short period of time.