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Renovation of the Library — Photos
May 2006: Packing up | Summer 2006: Library is emptied |
Summer 2006: The Library Annex opens | Winter 2007: Demolition |
Spring 2007: Reconstruction | Spring & Summer 2007: Outdoor projects |
Summer 2007: Staircases | Summer 2007: Remodeling the interior |
Summer 2007: Colors and plans | September 2007: Interior coming together! |
Fall 2007: Finishing touches | January 2008: Moving back in | March 2008: Reopening |
NEW! May 2008: Settling in and decorating
Dave Brown, Benita Myrick and Joey Burdine
Boxes, boxes!
David Arakelian, Angela Edwards and Patrick Waguespack
Student packers
Jonathan Shriver
Summer 2006: Library is emptied
Summer 2006: The Library Annex opens
Sign added in September 2006
Sign added in September 2006
Winter 2007: Demolition phase of construction begins!
Spring 2007: Reconstruction of the Library's interior
Spring & Summer 2007: Outdoor projects including creation of a sprinkler system
Laying the groundwork for the library's new sprinkler system
Summer 2007: Removing the old staircase and making way for the new one!
Original staircase in foyer is removed
After stairs are removed, additional flooring is added to the second floor
New Library foyer without a stairwell
Opening made for new stairwell inside of library
New, open staircase will be placed in front of the elevator
Summer 2007: Remodeling the interior
Media viewing room
Area to the left will include Circulation Desk and librarian offices
Study rooms on the second floor
Open staircase connects the two floors
Study area on second floor (where stairs once were) overlooks Ernst Hall
Summer 2007: Selecting colors and reviewing plans with the architect
Irene Handy, along with Jim Saady and Michaele Shriver from Facilities, review color schemes
Shaun Curran of The Lukmire Partnership
September 2007: Interior is coming together!
Media viewing room on the first floor
Information Commons area where PCs and printers will be available
Office of Dr. Virginia Cherry, Library Director
Librarian office
Staircase
Compact shelving on the second floor will hold books and journals. Compact shelving units are on tracks, and users only open aisles as needed with a switch. Compact shelving is a big space saver! And have no fear...a built-in safety feature will prevent shelves from closing when an aisle is occupied!
Study rooms on the second floor
Preservation room on the second floor which will be used primarily for book repair
Circulation
New staircase
Compact shelving on the second floor
Study rooms on the second floor
Future site of Information Commons
Entrance, with small vestibule, from the Student Center dining area
Vestibule contains doorway to Library Classroom/Community Room
Before placing books on the shelves, boxes are sorted by call number range
Books are relocated to the second floor where they are sorted and reshelved
Deborah Vroman opens boxes and places books in call number order
Irene Handy places books on the compact shelves
Dr. Virginia Cherry sorts library artwork and special collections items
Toni Priode helps reshelve books
Joy Galloni works on office supplies.
As books are moved upstairs, the first floor begins to clear up!
Irene and Gordon Glover assemble shelving
The first floor
The lobby
Information Commons
Current periodicals
Circulation
Professor Kay Snavely was the first faculty member to visit the library on Opening Day!
And undergraduate James Fairman was the first student to visit the library on March 24.
Library Director Dr. Virginia Cherry with a lovely bouquet of flowers from the Friends of the Library!
May 2008: Settling in and decorating
Dr. Cherry at the Circulation Desk with Thelma Helmick's
Old Blandford Church adorning the wall
Office of librarian Irene Handy
Office of Dr. Virginia Cherry
AV/Reserves Room which houses videos and DVDs
Librarians Deborah Vroman and Irene Handy hanging up
Anna Lou Musgrove's Colonial Williamsburg in Snow
Microfilm cabinets with The New York Times dating back to 1851
Many volumes of The New York Times Index and cozy seating area
Indexes of The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature
G. Lundy's Flowers and Water donated by The Friends of the RBC Library
Roland Parsons donated a Blu-Ray player, a Toshiba HD-DVD player and a Sony Bravia High-Definition television which are available for use in the Multimedia Viewing Room.
The lobby with one of three peace lily plants donated by
Drs. Robert and Virginia Cherry
Librarian Joy Galloni set up this display of gazebos in the lobby
Mary Lyons in the lobby with a woodcut of the RBC insignia
Library Community Room
Mary Lyons browsing the downstairs collection of books for sale
by the Friends of the RBC Library
LION workstation is available upstairs for searching of the catalog.
Cabinet displays Friends memorabilia.
Sculptures by Glin D. Casey are located in the study area
overlooking Ernst Hall
The Owl resides on a table which was once a card catalog
Colorful study area on the second floor
Call number labels have been added to the compact shelving.
Drape Still Life by Alyce Musgrove was donated by the Estate of Marge Solenberger
An Anna Lou Musgrove abstract painting hangs just outside one of the two seminar rooms on the second floor
Back issues of periodicals are housed upstairs on compact shelves
The Virginia Room
Upstairs collection of books for sale by the Friends
Seminar room upstairs
Librarians Joy Galloni, Irene Handy, Dr. Virginia Cherry and Deborah Vroman welcome you to the newly renovated library!
Additional information regarding the library renovation is available online!
Questions,
comments or concerns?
Please send an email to library@rbc.edu.
Page updated: May 9, 2008
