HANOVER – Now that the Gardner Roberts Memorial Library has been moved and rehabilitated, both inside and out, the Library Association is taking a rest before launching the next fundraising drive.

Library trustees held their annual meeting last week, elected officers, and discussed what the next steps will be.

“Everyone has worked so hard getting it moved,” said Clem Worcester, a library trustee.

For the past several years, the trustees, with lots of help from summer and year-round residents, worked to raise enough money to move the century-old Victorian building from Howard Pond Road to a lot adjacent to the town office on Ferry Road.

About $41,000 was raised, with a large percentage of that coming from summer resident Raymond Taylor, who donated the money in memory of his wife, Jane. The celebration in July dedicated the library to her.

But along with that were thousands of dollars raised through bottle drives, bake sales, bicycle treks, and outright donations.

Worcester said the board will likely wait until spring before taking the next step in the renovation and rehabilitation of the library through fundraising. Once enough money is raised, electricity will be provided to the building, it will be heated, and light fixtures added.

Right now, the interior is redone, but is lit with kerosene, as it had been for decades, and is too cold to hold meetings or open to residents.

The library was moved from its original site so that it would be close to the town office, which has a bathroom. The former site also did not have any parking spaces; the new one does. A handicap ramp has also been built.

Worcester said a new sign posting the library’s name was donated by Brushmarx, and Foxgloves and Daisies of Andover donated perennial flowers that were planted along the library’s walkway and perimeter. Trees will be planted in the spring to provide a buffer between the library and a nearby building.

Vicky Fimiani, library board secretary, said informal gatherings may be held throughout the winter to clean books and weed out those no longer needed. She said the Rumford Public Library donated about 300 books to the small library.

She said trustees vice president Shirley Powell is working on grants to help with library needs.

The first thing she hopes trustees will do is establish a children’s section. Eventually, she’d like to see Internet access provided, and a periodicals section.

Also in the works are a series of displays depicting the history of the town. Worcester said historical items are scattered around town. Trustees will oversee specific displays.