Here are a few things you should know about the first phase of our first floor (west side) enhancement project. Much of our furniture and equipment will be moved out of the area starting Wednesday July 9. This will result in considerable disruption for many of our users. You can expect the following to happen this week:

Standup Computer Consoles will be moved out of the area Self-Check

Circulation Terminals will be moved out of the area Computers and associated furniture will be moved out of the area

Reference Desk will be moved to a slightly different location in the same area

All of the Leisure Reading Collection books have already been relocated to the far end of the east side of the first floor (near the Reference Department Office), and all of the New Book Collection has been relocated to an area just opposite the Tuttleman Circulation Desk. While we will have far less computers available during this period, there will still be computers opposite the reference desk and on the upper levels. Next week you can expect a fair amount of carpet removal in the west side of the first floor.

During this period the front entrance to Paley Library on the Bell Tower side will be closed.

The only way to enter the Paley Library will be through the Tuttleman Center entrance.

We will also begin constructing walls for our future cafe. This will create some noise and possible dust in a small area. We will continue to keep our user community updated on this project as the work progresses.