During the week of July 13 renovation activity will continue and expand. On the west side of the first floor carpet work will begin. As the carpet is removed and new carpet installation begins it will be necessary to close the front door entrance to the Library for several hours. During this time access to the Paley Library will be through the Tuttleman Learning Center entrance. The exact date and time of this closure is not yet known, so please check back or just look for sign postings on the building doors. As work continues on the construction of cafe, anticipate the usual hammering and drilling noises.

Also, during this week the renovation project expands to the lower level. Mid-week movers will begin preparing the lower level for the new Media Services Unit. For now, the main disruption will be moving equipment. Construction activity will begin later on the lower level.

Again, check back for more details soon.

During the initial phase of our first floor west renovation approximately 25 of the Paley Library public computers are relocated to spaces on the second and third floor of our facility. The 25 computers opposite the reference desk area are still available during the renovations. The second and third floor computers are conveniently located in spaces just off the stairway and elevator lobby. If you need assistance in locating a computer in the Paley Library please ask for help at the Reference Desk.

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.

Paley Library’s entire collection of 2,300 current print scholarly journals, newspapers, and popular magazines has moved from Paley’s ground floor to new shelving on the first floor.

Overall, the University Libraries subscribe to more than 20,000 journals and magazines with the latest in cutting edge research, scholarship and opinion. A large number of these subscriptions are now exclusively online with no print equivalent received.

However, there are many fine journals and magazines available only in print. Bringing these 2,300 periodicals to the well-lit and comfortable first floor of Paley Library will not only convenience readers, but will help to build awareness that print resources continue to be invaluable even in the age of online information.

An additional 200 current print journals in scientific fields, architecture and engineering are held in SEAL, the Science, Engineering & Architecture Library on main campus.

During Fall 2007 we will partially renovate and re-equip the ground floor space formerly occupied by the current periodicals collection to form a new Media Services Department offering audio and video collections as well as playback equipment configured for individual and group listening and viewing.

Look for progress reports on Media Services during the fall semester!

Jonathan LeBreton
Senior Associate University Librarian

On Thursday June 22nd we will start to move designated materials from Paley Library to the Library Depository in the Kardon Building. The move of approximately 400,000 volumes from Paley Library will take 3 weeks. This move has to be done first to make room for materials moving from the libraries on main campus that are scheduled to be closed over the summer, including Zahn (already closed), Math, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, as well as to create more study space in Paley. Materials being moved from Paley will show their new location in Diamond and the location will link to the form requesting materials from the Depository. For more information on this important project see the Library Depository FAQ.

Jonathan LeBreton, checking progress on the installation of compact shelving in early June.

— Penelope Myers