St. Paul Public Library officials are collecting feedback from the public on their preliminary plans to renovate the three main floors in the George Latimer Central Library.

The plans can be found at www.sppl.org/renovations , which also includes an email link to offer comments and suggestions.

The project, expected to cost about $1 million, is scheduled for later this year. Funding has been raised by the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, the library system's nonprofit partner. No tax money will be used.

Plans include rearrangement of the circulation area on the first floor, more soft seating and a new meeting room for the Nicholson Commons on the second floor, and a meeting/interview room on the third floor's Mississippi Room.

A meeting with library staffers will be held in April to get more input, and a community meeting open to the public is planned for later this spring.