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Bellingham Alternative Library: Community Survey
The Bellingham Alternative Library is a cooperative lending library and community arts space that generates and distributes radical / insurrectionary surrealist literature in the Salish Sea region. We seek feedback and input from community members while we move towards a tentative reopening in the spring of 2024.
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Where are you located?
Bellingham, WA
Seattle, WA
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In what capacity have you engaged with the Alternative Library in the past?
Community Supported Arts (CSA) member
Library member, borrowed books
Visited Alternative Library at the MakeShift, Karate Church, Billy Frank Jr Street, Forest St (Sushi House), or on Railroad Avenue
Attended an AltLib music/performance event
Participated in a class or workshop
Purchased a zine from our small press bookstore
Purchased a zine from the Alt Lib at a pop-up tabling event
Visited the Alternative Library website
Viewed the Alternative Library instagram
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What options would you be most likely to utilize at the library?
Dues-paying membership to access book lending library
Attending or participating in music events, film screenings, artist talks, gallery space
Classes and workshops
Space rental for community meetings
Expanded radical literature retail section
Monthly studio membership with access to all studio equipment
Commission the studio to print work
Other:
In its next iteration, the Bellingham Alternative Library will expand its services and focus on all aspects of the printmaking process, offering shared studio space, access to equipment, printmaking classes, and printmaking residencies. What services would be important to you to include in a monthly membership?
24/7 access
9am-9pm access
9am-5pm access
Access to music events, artist talks and film screenings
Access to skill-building workshops and classes
Access to Risograph duplicator
Access to Xerox / Laser printer
Access to screen-printing press
Access to Offset printing press
Access to linocut / woodcut / lithography tools
Access to computers with Adobe Creative Suite
Rentable personal storage cubby / flat file
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How much would you pay for a monthly membership to a printmaking studio, given these included services?
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Would you rent a personal work space at the Alternative Library? If so, how much would you pay to be able to access this studio space?
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The library is considering different monthly membership options. Which would you most likely purchase?
Library Card Holder: can borrow books from the Alternative Library, vote on what books get purchased and added to permanent collection.
Library Card and Studio Membership: Library Card, plus access to printmaking studio and machines during business hours, plus workshops.
Studio Residency: all of the above, including a personal studio space at the printmaking studio with 24/7 access, and support in curating a special offering that month (art show, music event, book collection, etc).
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Would you contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to get the space up and running?
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No
Maybe
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What kinds of accommodations do you need in order to access this space?
ASL interpretation
[Spanish, Tagalog, Russian] Language interpretation
Accessible parking, ramps, entrances and bathrooms
Braille labels
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Do you have any other suggestions or comments that would help us create a better library?
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