The plans for the transformation of Wendover Library into a community hub for the town, which will cost almost half a million pounds, are to be unveiled on Saturday.
Residents will get the chance to see for the first time the expansion which is set to take place thanks to a £473,000 grant secured by Buckinghamshire Council.
Books and reading will remain central to the new library, but the vision is to make the library a focal point for the community by promoting it as the main point of access to local information and services in Wendover.
To do this, the library will be expanded, creating new flexible meeting space and allowing partnerships with new organisations to be developed.
One priority will be to support economic regeneration in Wendover by developing tourist and visitor information and by celebrating Wendover as the gateway to the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Going forward, it is hoped the transformed library will be able to reach a wider section of the community with a broader range of information and activities with a particular focus on culture, health and wellbeing, and inclusion.
The public exhibition of the plans for the library will take place at the library itself between 10am and 4pm this Saturday, 22nd October.
Buckinghamshire Council's Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure Clive Harriss said: "This is a very exciting opportunity to expand an important community asset for Wendover and build on the library's existing work supporting culture and learning in the town.
"I'm very pleased that the Council have been able to top up the generous grant from Arts Council England through our capital funding programme to help the library achieve its aspirations to become a welcoming and attractive space that can act as a hub for information, activities and local services in the town."
Further information can be found at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/wendover-library
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