BUILD THE NEXT CHAPTER
Help make room for the way North Salem uses its library
Ruth Keeler Memorial Library is changing
A library with more room for the people who use it every day.
Why This Matters
The library has always been part of daily life in North Salem.
On a typical day, the library may host storytime, support a student after school, help someone find a book, and give a neighbor a place to work or ask a question.
The building needs to support that use better than it does today.
Build The Next Chapter will help finish the larger interior work so the library has more room to gather, better places to work and study, and more flexibility for programs and everyday use.
Make Room for the Community
One of the clearest parts of this project is flexible shelving.
Right now, the main room has limits. When shelves cannot move, the room cannot shift easily for larger programs, author talks, workshops, meetings, or community gatherings.
Flexible shelving keeps books at the heart of the library while giving the room more ways to work for people.
That is the heart of Build The Next Chapter: making room for the community.
Flexible shelving helps the same room serve more people in more ways.
Buy a Square Foot
Help complete the next chapter at Keeler Library.
For $135, you can sponsor a symbolic square foot and help transform the spaces at Ruth Keeler
Memorial Library.
Buy a Square Foot is part of our Build The Next Chapter campaign. It’s an invitation to everyone who
wants our library to be a welcoming, useful place for North Salem, today and in the years ahead.
Early donors have brought us to 43% of our Phase 2 fundraising goal. Help complete this
transformation.
The restoration is complete. Here’s what comes next.
The library used its own resources for the remediation and restoration needed to reopen. Community
donations will fund Phase 2: transforming our spaces to better support the ways people use the library.
Be part of finishing this work.
Whether you visit every week or simply value having a library in your town, we invite you to be part of
what comes next.
Sponsor one symbolic square foot for $135, or several. You can also make a gift in honor or memory of
someone special.
Sponsorship supports the project as a whole and does not convey ownership or naming rights.
Buy a Square Foot supports improvements to our library spaces. Our separate Annual Appeal helps cover everyday operating costs and remains essential each year.
What Your Gift Helps Make Possible
Build The Next Chapter will help move the library from reopening toward completion.
Flexible Shelving
Shelving that can move, so the main room can open up for programs and events.
Better Furniture
Tables, chairs, and seating that support reading, studying, working, and daily use.
Improved Lighting
Lighting that makes the library brighter and easier to use.
Updated AV Technology
Tools for programs, meetings, presentations, and community use.
Quiet Work Space
Better options for focused work, studying, and small-group needs.
Spaces for All Ages
Areas that better serve children, teens, adults, families, and community groups.
Campaign Progress
More than $12,000 raised toward the $300,000 goal.
Early support has come from trustees, friends of the library, local businesses, and neighbors who believe that
Ruth Keeler Library matters.
The campaign was introduced to the community at Cooks for Books, where the response was warm, generous,
and very North Salem.
Now we are asking more people to take part
Three Ways to Help
Every gift, introduction, and conversation helps move the project forward.
Help Build The Next Chapter
Ruth Keeler Memorial Library belongs to North Salem. Build The Next Chapter helps it serve people better.
You can make a gift online through our secure donation page.
Questions about the campaign? Contact nextchapter@keelerlibrary.org.
