About the New Glen Burnie Library
Exciting news for Anne Arundel County! Plans are underway for a new, modern Glen Burnie Library, designed to be a 40,000-square-foot community space that includes a dedicated cultural resource center. This state-of-the-art facility will be built on the current site and aims to meet the diverse needs of our community.
Learn More and Give Feedback
The new Glen Burnie Library is currently in the schematic design phase, the next step of the design process where the project team translates the concepts into a preliminary building design with floor plans.
Over the past three months, we have been asking for and collecting feedback from community members about what they want to see in a new Glen Burnie Library. We held a community input session, distributed surveys, talked to customers at our programs and in the library, asked for feedback from our Teen Advisory Board members, held listening sessions with local school officials, and attended community meetings to solicit feedback. We talked to and received responses from over 1,000 of you! It’s clear that the people of Glen Burnie and its surrounding communities care deeply about their library system, and we are grateful for your support.
We are pleased to present the findings of our community feedback collection efforts. The design team has taken this input and is finalizing a preliminary design that will be shared at a community meeting in Summer/Fall. The construction timeline will be developed and shared by early 2026.
Thank you all for your support and input!
Frequently Asked Questions
The new Glen Burnie Library is currently in the schematic design phase, the first part of the architectural design process, where a project team translates a concept into physical drawings. From start of design to finish, a building typically takes three years. When it is available, a timeline will be provided on this webpage.
The new library will be built on the footprint of the current site at Eastway, off Ritchie Highway.
Anne Arundel County has committed to funding a temporary library while the current building is closed for replacement. The location and opening date for the temporary library will be determined closer to when construction begins on the new library.
The new library will include a brand-new collection of books, public computers, group meeting room space, individual study rooms and more. Once the design phase is complete, we’ll have a better idea of what new features the library will offer.
The new building will be double the size of the existing library.
Obtenga más información y Dé su opinión
La nueva Biblioteca Glen Burnie se encuentra actualmente en la fase de diseño esquemático, el siguiente paso del proceso de diseño en el que el equipo del proyecto traduce los conceptos en un diseño preliminar del edificio con planos de planta.
Durante los últimos tres meses, hemos estado pidiendo y recopilando comentarios de los miembros de la comunidad sobre lo que quieren ver en una nueva biblioteca de Glen Burnie. Llevamos a cabo una sesión de aportes de la comunidad, distribuimos encuestas, hablamos con los clientes en nuestros programas y en la biblioteca, solicitamos comentarios de los miembros de nuestra Junta Asesora de Adolescentes, celebramos sesiones de escucha con funcionarios escolares locales y asistimos a reuniones comunitarias para solicitar comentarios. ¡Hablamos y recibimos respuestas de más de 1 000 personas! Está claro que la gente de Glen Burnie y sus comunidades vecinas se preocupan profundamente por su sistema de bibliotecas, y estamos agradecidos por su apoyo.
Entonces, ¿qué sigue? Actualmente, nuestro equipo de diseño está organizando y analizando todos los aportes que recibimos, así como los datos de la comunidad. Esa información se utilizará como parte del proceso para diseñar el nuevo espacio. Publicaremos un resumen de estos hallazgos en las próximas semanas. El equipo de diseño continuará trabajando en diseños preliminares que se compartirán en una reunión comunitaria en verano/otoño.
¡Gracias a todos por su apoyo y sus aportes!