Salt Lake City Public Library

Built World

Original occupant of the building

As of late October, Salt Lake City had scrapped the Convair C-131 that hung inside the former Leonardo museum and was taking down a Cold War-era MiG-21 piece by piece. The city filed a building permit in September to convert the 110,000-square-foot building into offices and youth-services space.

Updated Nov 7

Rule Changes

Board authorized an independent review; reviewer to be selected in November; results due in February

The library board voted unanimously on Oct. 12 to hire an independent third party to review library practices and workplace concerns. The board chose that route over a review led by board member Sarah Vaughn. Staff and former staff have described understaffing and fear of speaking up, and a Utah Library Association summary of 94 conversations echoes those concerns.

Updated Oct 29