Follow Our Expansion Project
Study Rooms
What is a study room? Pictured here are one of the four study rooms located in the new library. (This one is located on the west side of the building facing Fourth Street.) Three will hold 2-4 people while the third is slighty larger accomodating 2-6 people. Each...
The roof, the roof, the roof is ….
The roof is ... going UP on the Discover Zone - our interactive youth area for play and discovery!
Circles in the ceiling
The circle in the middle of the photo, and, the one to the left, are the beginnings of the lighting in the meeting room and storytime room. (Here, you are viewing the storytime room with the youth department behind.)
Art Gallery Wall
Linda Zell, Board President and Chair of the Women with Words initiative through the Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation (DAPLF), is standing in front of the framework for the Art Gallery Wall. The wall (or gallery) is designed to display a variety of art from...
Checking data and electrical outlets
There are many pieces to this construction puzzle some are large and some are small (but equally imporant!) Last week, we visited the interior of the construction project to check wall and data outlets. Did we have enough? Were they in the right locations? We've also...
Where is the signed beam?
It wasn't that long ago we had our signing event. Are you wondering where the final destination is of the Signed Beam? Yes, it has been installed and is now in its final location. Located in the youth department, it is just above the left circle window - see the...
TJM4 NEWS
We had the pleasure of hosting Taj Simmons, Walworth County Reporter from TMJ4 News last week. Along with a tour of our temporary location, we were able to sneak into the construction site too. Here's the news story! Thank you Taj and TMJ4!
Take a look inside!
From a few weeks ago to now -- join us on a tour of the interior!
Aerial, exterior view
Courtesy of our landscape architects, Snyder & Associates, Inc.S, is this aerial, exterior view of the expansion project. Let's take a tour! On the south side of the building (far left) you can see the Outdoor Patio area accessible through the Youth department...
Smiling, from the outside
This South part of our expansion project is garnering quite a lot of attention! Here is the Discover Zone viewed from the south part of the building site. This area is part of the Youth Area and will be filled with interactive toys, games, and board books. The...
Groundbreaking Ceremony – July 19, 2025
Pictured: Mayor Ryan Schroeder, City Common Council, Library Board of Trustees, Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation (DAPLF), and Corporate Contractors Inc. (CCI) representatives. (Thank you to CCI for the image.)
Library Expansion design team (from left): Christy Monk, Lead Architect, FEH Design; Katherine Schoofs, Asst. Director/Youth Services Librarian; Michelle Carter, Director; Linda Zell, VP Board of Trustees; and Bob Betzer, President, Board of Trustees.
Pictured (from left): Library Board President Bob Betzer; Alderperson Matt Bieser; Alderperson Calvin Square; Walworth County Administrator Mark Luberda; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; City Administrator, Brian Wilson; City Finance Director, Nick Griffin; and Alderperson and Library Board Trustee Karen Sempf.
Official Groundbreaking Shovel presented by CCI.
Pictured: DAPLF President Wayne “Ozzie” Osborn; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; Library Board President, Bob Betzer; and Friends of the Library President, Terry Yanke.
Pictured: DAPLF Executive Board Members.
Pictured (from left, front row): Alderperson Calvin Square; Alderperson Matt Bieser; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; State Director for Rural Development in Wisconsin, Andrew Iverson; Alderperson Paul Wilson; (from left, back row) City Administrator, Brian Wilson; and, Alderperson Karen Sempf.
Pictured: Executive Director Delavan-Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Malinda Obershaw and Mayor Ryan Schroeder.
Pictured: Current library staff.
Pictured: Current and Previous Library Staff
Construction equipment readying the site.
Our youngest attendees received construction hats with the library’s logo.
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