Editor, Manteca Bulletin, As part of the recent coverage by the Bulletin concerning the expansion of the current Manteca library and/or the proposal to build a new one, many of the candidates for city council suggested ‘thinking out of the box’ , the box being that the concept of a library has changed dramatically in the digital age. I would suggest that the city think even further out of the box and consider leasing already available space for several new branch libraries in different areas around town. There are a lot of empty retail spaces available at the Promenade Shops-Orchard Valley mall that would serve the community south of the 120 bypass as well as the rest of the population.