Meeting Rooms Survey

Location: Painswick, Stroud Road

Room name: Library – Main Hall

1. Publicly availability:

Please indicate whether room is generally available for public hire, whether there are any time or other restrictions on its use.

Available when not in use as a library.

2. Room size:

Please indicate floor area and shape, and ceiling height.

Appoximately: 23ft x 77ft; 11ft 6in high.

3. Appearance:

Please describe the decorative state of the room (e.g. style and when last decorated).

Very poor decorative state. Carpet OK.

4. Lighting:

Please describe the nature of artificial lighting and its effectiveness. Please also describe whether darkness can be created during the day e.g. for slide shows etc and its effectiveness.

23 fluorescent strip lights. Good effectiveness. Large windows for daylight.

Light weight curtains do not provide darkness during daylight.

5. Heating:

Please describe the room heating arrangements and their effectiveness in cold weather. Please also comment on any ventilation or air conditioning available and its effectiveness.

Gas central heating – effective.

No air-conditioning. Opening windows has not been necessary for ventilation in hot weather.

6. Seating and Tables:

Please describe how many seats are available, and indicate their style (eg wood/foldaway/small/benches/etc) and quality. And similarly for tables.

Limited: Tables (2) and Chairs (about 12).

7. Toilet facilities:

Please indicate the number of toilets available and their nature

1 WC

8. Parking:

Please indicate what parking arrangements are available

None at library building itself. Stamages Lane car park close by.

9. Presentation facilities:

Please describe what presentation equipment is available. Presentation facilities include: projectors for slides and/or film and/or computer images, screens, microphones and audio equipment (including for recorded music), staging and special lighting for staging, etc. Please also indicate its effectiveness, and whether users are allowed to bring and use their own equipment.

None.

10. Kitchen facilities:

Please describe what kitchen facilities are available. Eg crockery / glasses / washing up / fridge & freezer / cooking.

Kitchen with kettle, microwave, fridge and sink. Minimal crockery.

11. Bar facilities:

Please describe what bar facilities are available and any restrictions.

None.

12. Foyer facilities:

Please describe what foyer facilities are available (outside the meeting room itself)

Corridor leading to library area.

13. Storage facilities:

Please describe what storage facilities are available for users.

None.

14. Disabled access:

Please describe what disabled access arrangements there are.

Level access to library area. No disabled access to toilet.

15. Other facilities:

Please describe any other facilities or features available at the meeting room. This might include staff on site, sports equipment, entertainments license, picture rails, etc

None.

16. Occupancy levels

Please indicate occupancy levels (ie % of time used)

	Week-days	Saturdays	Sundays
Mornings	Library 60%	Library 100%	0%
Afternoons	Library 40%	0%	75%
Evenings	Library 20%	0%	0%

17. Changes planned:

Please indicate any changes or improvements planned and their status (e.g. wish list, planned but no funding, etc). Exclude general maintenance.

Potentially part of the Gateway Project.

Name of person completing pro-forma: Kath Pritchard.

Date: 3 February 2009