http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/ We will use this blog to keep track of developments in Leyburn Library's renovation project, beginning June 2008. You can use this site's Search option (below, right) to find entries on particular topics. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:00:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/university_library_committee_gets_first_look.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/university_library_committee_gets_first_look.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:00:27 -0500 Tried to get in the front entrance of Leyburn this week? You may have noticed that the stairs and half the lobby were blocked off. That's because the framing for the Writing Center was going up! You didn't know the Writing Center was moving? Yes, it is. What better place for it?!!? The Writing Center will be in the area behind the Main level elevators. When not in use by the Writing Center folks, the room will be reservable for small group meetings, too. Check it out! (No pun intended) http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/more_noise_and_confusion_for_a.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/more_noise_and_confusion_for_a.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:59:03 -0500 And students are finding the rearranged comfy furniture to their liking, too! ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/let_there_be_light.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/let_there_be_light.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:53:27 -0500 And no telling what you will find! Who knew Coke came in bottles!! And is this new modern art for the new building? Real progress is being made: the door frame for the new writing center is going up to the left of the stairs. And the new door is being cut on the Elrod Commons side of the building. No one is happier than University Librarian Merrily E. Taylor (on right in photo) and Project Manager Carole Bailey! ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/wide_open_spaces.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/10/wide_open_spaces.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:42:38 -0500 All that's left standing is the University Librarian's former "executive washroom". Needs some books, don't you think? ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/and_the_walls_come_a_tumblin_d.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/and_the_walls_come_a_tumblin_d.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:42 -0500 The long view, from the former Technical Services looking toward the former Circulation area Meanwhile, on Lower Level 1, life is becoming a new normal. The combined Circulation and Help Desk are smoothly fielding questions and solving problems. The temporary Reference Desk has a clear view of people coming down the stairs. Students and faculty have adjusted with resigned smiles on their faces. Faculty posters haunt the stacks. And everyone is learning their way around the new, temporary hiding places for DVDs, new books, maps, reference materials, and microfilm- to name a few. We hope to see you soon!]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/what_a_difference.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/what_a_difference.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:58:25 -0500 During work-day hours of Tuesday 9 September through Friday 12 September, there is likely to be some seriously disturbing drilling noise in Leyburn Library. No, this is not our attempt to tap the immense oil deposits beneath Rockbridge County. Instead, the renovation work on the Main Floor is going to involve "core drilling" through concrete, a process likely to be very loud and irritating throughout the building, especially on Lower Levels 1 and 2. We apologize for the inconvenience (and the headaches). If you need to be in here for extended periods during this time, earplugs and Advil might be a good idea. Seriously. http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/drilling_in_the_library.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/drilling_in_the_library.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:04:57 -0500 The Annie stations on 3 and 4 are back in operation as of Sept. 10. http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/annie_stations_on_3rd_and_4th.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/annie_stations_on_3rd_and_4th.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:22:48 -0500 Reference Desk: Circulation color printer (in the lounge), or to the HP LaserJet 4250 PCL6 (outside of Elizabeth's office, visible from the Ref. Desk) Non-W&L users: Print to LaserJet 4250 (outside of Elizabeth's office, visible from the Ref. Desk) at a cost of $0.10 page Lab in 101: As in past years, has color and B&W printer for W&L student use. http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/printer_locations.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/09/printer_locations.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:09:38 -0500 A view of the new office Carol, Laura H., and Wanda moving in Still getting settled in The Tech Services crew the morning after ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/technical_services_has_moved_t.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/technical_services_has_moved_t.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:32:43 -0500 Thursday 8/14 Merrily and Karin move to Boatwright PCs installed in Boatwright Furniture installed in Technical Services Friday 8/15 Supplies move from Main to LL1, either in the lounge, the mail room, or Boatwright Deliveries and pick-ups start coming to LL1 mail area Surplus Sale items moved from back side of library to front Monday 8/18 Desks for Laura and Dave moved to new area PCs installed in Technical Services People and things move to new TS area AFTER PCs are installed Remaining furniture pieces being kept moved off Main Mathers starts prep work on Main, on the back side of the building Tuesday 8/19 Mail boxes move to LL1 All unlabeled items collected for Surplus Sale and moved to (now former) TS area on Main Wednesday 8/20 Faculty Academy Everybody starts settling in to their new locales and routines Fontanne comes over to tag all Surplus Sale items Thursday 8/21 Open house for departments to select items from Surplus Sale Friday 8/22 Surplus Sale here And that's just the Big Picture, without all the little niggling details. Such as converting the University Librarian's previously-stately office into Carol's Furniture Liquidators
The University Librarian has relocated to new quarters in the Boatright Room, where she sitteth at the right hand, acting as a sort of sibyl, translating the cryptic emanations from Old George. Elsewhere on the Main Floor, the former Reference area has become something of a forbidden zone: Regarding the move of Technical Services from the Main Floor to Lower Level 1... Before excavating, a group of archaeologists was summoned to try to identify an exhumed object. What had primitive peoples used this for? Shortly after solving that mystery (evidently an archaic sock-drawer, perhaps used by General Lee), the Main Floor Tech Services area quickly became something of a ghost town.
The entrance to the new Tech Services area was guarded, at least until this afternoon, by two fierce creatures who would allow only Authorized Somebodies to enter. Sort of like when Disneyworld first opened. There were sightings of mysterious objects, which disappeared into the new and forbidden space: What could be happening? Rumor has it that we may be allowed to enter this new space later today. Stay tuned... ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/where_to_begin.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/where_to_begin.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:49 -0500 The HelpDesk has moved its operations to Northen Auditorium for the duration of the renovation. http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/helpdesk_moves_to_northen_audi.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/helpdesk_moves_to_northen_audi.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:29:05 -0500 This morning University Librarian Merrily Taylor held the last staff meeting in her current office. These meetings are held every other week and by the next one, she will have relocated downstairs. It hasn't been ALL confusion and mayhem. Yesterday library staff and summer workers wore our color coordinated t-shirts to help lighten the mood! ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/another_busy_week.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/08/another_busy_week.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:28:13 -0500 ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/07/new_electricity.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/07/new_electricity.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:09:30 -0500 Carole Bailey, our project coordinator, explains some of the fine points of the construction Technical Services folks weren't the only ones smiling! So were Mike and Don from Mathers Construction. ]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/07/first_tour_of_new_technical_se.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/renovation/2008/07/first_tour_of_new_technical_se.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:25:39 -0500