Baby rhyme time may one day take place in the light-filled corner of the Ballarat Library facing Doveton Street as part of a major upgrade into the facility.
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Moving the children's area into the section where the Australiana collection was once stored is just one of the strands of a transformation project for the city's main library.
Neville Ivey, the council's director of community development, told The Courier that the corner of the building facing Doveton Street had been identified as a particularly good fit for children.
"It just lends itself [to a children's area].
"You've got that dome area and seats all around it. We have looked at it and [thought] 'this would be an amazing area for kids'", he said.
Other proposals for the multi million dollar upgrade include moving the front entrance away from its current position on Doveton Street to fit in with the finished GovHub.
The upstairs area, currently used by staff, would be used by the public in the future under current plans.
A technology hub could also be installed on the first floor, while Mr Ivey said the area could also be used as a public meeting area and as a youth space.
"We see that in most modern libraries now - they are a place of meeting. Books are certainly a primary reason why people come but it's more of a learning rather than a lending environment."
Mr Ivey said the moves were not finalised yet and could change as detail about the design costs emerged.
"[We hope] we achieve everything on the scope of works that we seek, but we won't know until we go to [the] design costing stage."
Mr Ivey said timelines for the project would become clearer once the architectural design phase was complete.
The Andrews Government announced in December it would contribute $500,000 to upgrade the Ballarat Library.
The City of Ballarat has budgeted $1.9 million to carry out works on the building over the next two financial years.
An architect is due to be engaged and library users consulted to give their input on what they would like from the upgrade.
Visitor numbers to the library have dipped since GovHub construction work began from 1200 to 1400 a day down to around 700 to 900, but Mr Ivey said the numbers were now rising again.
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