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Former Board of Trustees President Christene Thurston describes some of the library's "green" features.

Former Library Board Spokesperson Dave Golden discusses some of the library's "green" features.

Former Board of Trustees Treasurer Daphne Jordan describes some of the library's "green" features.

Former Board of Trustees member Cliff Bueno discusses some of the library's "green" features.

Library architect Bill Connor describes some of the library's "green" features.

Former Assistant Director Kathy Adam Browne discusses some of the library's "green" features.

Photograph of library architect Bill Connor.

Photograph of Christene Thurston, Board of Trustees Treasurer (2002-2003), President (2004-2006).

Photograph of Daphne Jordan, Board of Trustees Treasurer (2004-2005).

Photograph of Cliff Bueno, Board of Trustees Expansion Committee Co-Chair (2003-2004), President (2010).

Image of steel scrap.

Photo of the window wall as seen from the Reading Garden.

Image of carpet made from recycled fibers.

Photo of "Beginnings" sculpture, taken at night.

Image of the library's masonry

Photograph of former library Assistant Director Kathy Adam Browne

Former Board of Trustees spokesperson Dave Golden discusses some of the library's "green" features.

Photograph of the front of the old library building on Clifton Country Road.

Photograph of the library on Moe Road from the front.

Photograph of the computer lab in the library on Clifton Country Road.

Detail image of the countertop on the reference desk, made of recycled aluminum and resin.

Photograph of the view from the upstairs balcony.

Photograph of one of the cowboy chairs in the children's room.

Sculpture in the Children's Room made from the newel posts from the McLane Hotel.

Photograph of the LEED certification plaque.

Architect Bill Connor describes some of the architectural details to be found in the building, along with the theme of "discovery & exploration" in the design of the building.

Former Board of Trustees Chair Christene Thurston describes some of the process of building the library and the decisions that had to be made.

Former Board of Trustees member Cliff Bueno describes some of the features of the building itself.

Photograph of Debbie Curto, Board of Trustees Expansion Committee Co-Chair (2003-2004).

Photograph of Jo Anne Robbins, longtime Friend of the library.

Former Library administrator Kathy Adam Browne discusses some of the features of the building itself, including the obelisk, the window wall, the historic artifacts, and the wonder of moving into the new space.

Photograph of the Reading Garden with Adirondack chairs and pavers.

Photograph of the globe at the bottom of the main staircase.

Photograph of the Library's logo on the back of a wooden chair.

Photograph of Jo Piracci, Bill Connor, and Christene Thurston by the compass rose in the main reading room.

Photograph of the obelisk sculpture, "Beginnings," at the front entrance of the Library.

Three people involved in the building process (longtime Friend Jo Anne Robbins, and Board of Trustees members Ed Rodger and Debbie Curto) give their impressions of the building.

Photograph of the water feature in the Reading Garden.

Photograph of the columns and pediment in the Library's entrance.

Photograph of children using iPads on the comfy mat in the Children's Room.

Photograph of one of the airplanes hanging above the path in the Children's Room.

Photograph of the globe from the main staircase.

Photograph of the interior as seen from just inside the entrance to the Library.

Scanned image of a poster created by the Friends of the Library for the Get Out the Vote campaign for the second referendum for the new building.

Photograph of Jo Piracci signing the last beam of the Library framework.

Scan of collage of letters to the editor written in support of the new library.

Image of the decision matrix the Board of Trustees used to evaluate potential sites for the new library.

A map of the population density of Clifton Park and Halfmoon that the Board of Trustees used to help choose a site for the new library.

Former Library Director Jo Piracci provides an overview of the new building shortly after it opens.

Longtime Friend of the Library Jo Anne Robbins describes the Friends' Get Out the Vote campaign.