Among the features in the latest rejuvenated addition to the regional library network:

• Expanded space for a larger collection, including A/V materials, and a new teen space;
• Wireless internet access and public computing workstations
• A 100-person meeting room, able to be divided into two for smaller groups
• Two light-filled study rooms for groups of eight or less

The South Regional Library near Lowe's Grove is the last of the four regionals to open; its debut is set for this July, marking the end to the Parkwood branch down the road -- and to a decade-long, voter-approved program aiming to bring a full-service library within five miles of nearly all of the County population.

The last item on the Library agenda? Renovation of the serviceable-but-tired main downtown library, for which much of the planning is set -- but the funding isn't. A press release hopefully targets 2013 for that effort, though BCR assumes that's dependent upon the economic mood turning enough for a County bond referendum to be in sight, or for County leaders to find some other funding source.