The building was originally the Burlington Record and the Library was where City Hall is now. In 1995 the Burlington Record donated the building to the library and the city held a bookworm for the block and a half to get all the books from the old building into the new one. Minor renovations were done, but the building has some oddities for a library. First, the circulation desk is oddly located. It used to simply be the receptionist desk for the newspaper, so it was right where people could find it when they walked in. A reference desk in a library should be more centrally located. Next, there are two seperate types of carpet laid down. The difference is obvious with one carpet being multi-hued and the other being bright green. The green carpet was laid when that part of the building was taken from storage into being a part of the library. Finally, the concrete underneath the carpet is about six feet thick. This was needed to hold the giant printing presses held within the Record offices, but it is out of place in a library.