The Libraries’ Tech Center facility — to be built at 1165 Kinnear Road, just west of central campus — is moving steadily through the University’s processes for building new spaces. This past Tuesday, July 7, the Acock Associates Architects’ “schematic design” received its formal hearing from representatives of Facilities Operations & Development, OIT, and the Libraries. The project now continues into “design development” phase, where more detailed planning, drawing and review are completed.
The time line for the project remains as:
*Design development phase: through 17 August 2009
*Construction documents phase: through 5 October 2009
*Building permits and bidding period: through 7 December 2009
*Contracts completion: through 1 February 2010
*Construction: through 21 June 2010
*Final space preparation and move-in: through 23 August 2010
The Ackerman Library has also been renamed, and will now be known as the Libraries’ Tech Center for the duration of the Libraries’ remaining time in that facility. The name change is intended to avoid public confusion over the role of the facility, since the building is no longer open to the public.
Questions about the Tech Center can be directed to Wes Boomgaarden, Ryan Langhurst or Sally Rogers.
July 9th, 2009
Here are the latest updates, from July 1:
Office Move Phasing
Phone List
Existing Workstation Schedule
July 5th, 2009
The Berry Cafe is now open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. 2 p.m. Operated by Campus Dining Services, the cafe will offer an initial menu of coffee, tea, fountain drinks and some food items. Campus Dining expects to run this initial service for several weeks and then become fully operational in time for the August 3 opening.
Library employees will enjoy a 10% discount on all food and beverages purchased at the Berry Cafe.
July 5th, 2009
Here is a revised office move schedule and staff list. Changes from the June 17 schedule are highlighted.
June 24th, 2009
To protect the new cork flooring in the Thompson Library, an additional coat of protective polyurethane needs to be applied to each area of the building with that type of flooring.
Please note that for some of you, your office/work space may NOT be accessible at all for a few days. NO traffic (walking, book trucks or anything) can be allowed on the cork floors during the application process and for a few days afterward.We will identify those of you in this situation, and will help make other arrangements to accommodate your work needs.
Below and attached are the schedules, areas, and diagrams that indicate the times and locations of these applications. Please print these out and refer to them as they relate to your area of the Thompson building.
Phase 1: Monday, June 29 through Sunday, July 5 (color-coded BLUE in the diagram): This will include rooms 200 (Grand Reading Room), 202 (Mortar Board fireplace room Room), 205 (Maps), X209C (corridor), and the quiet study areas rooms 450 and 455 on 4th floor. No traffic will be permitted in these areas until Monday, July 6. In addition, there can be no access to the Reference collection being housed in the Grand Reading Room (200).
Phase 2A: Wednesday, July 22 through Tuesday, July 28 (color-coded GREEN). This will include the east portion of the remaining corridors on levels 2, 3 and 4, affecting those in suites 221, 222, 304, 305, 321, 322, 418 and 419. No traffic will be permitted in these areas until Wednesday, July 28. Access to these work areas will be through suites 255, 250, 350 and 355 respectively. Those in suites 418 and 419 will not have access to their offices during this period.
Phase 2B: Tuesday, July 28 through Sunday, August 2 (color-coded TAN). This will include the west portion of the remaining corridors on levels 2, 3 and 4, affecting those in suites 250, 255, 350, and 355. No traffic will be permitted in these areas until Monday, August 3, the scheduled opening day for the public to the Thompson Library.
Details that might affect access to your own work area in Thompson:
When the east side corridors on levels 2, 3 and 4 are being treated, those whose offices are EAST of the stacks tower will be required to use the farthest WEST suite entrance to access their offices. So, as an example, during Phase 2A of the corridor treatments (July 22-July 27), if your office is in Suite 221 you must use the entrance to Suite 255. Those of you in western offices (suites 250, 255, 350, 355), your access will be through suite 222, 221, 322 and 321 respectively.
For clarification of any of this, please contact Mark Moziejko, Ryan Langhurst or Wes Boomgaarden.
June 24th, 2009
To keep our moving company occupied during a gap between collection moves, we have agreed to move the Sullivant Library Reference collection to the Thompson Grand Reading Room earlier than planned. We now expect to start the move on Thursday, June 25, to be completed by the end of the day on Friday, June 26.
This means the collection will not be available to the public from the end of the day on Wednesday, June 24, until Monday, August 3. If you receive requests for access to the physical pieces housed in this collection, please forward them to Sarah Murphy, 247-7236, Thompson Room 221A.
If you have questions, contact Graham Walden, 688-8775. Graham’s current office location is 280B Sullivant. He is scheduled to move to Thompson Room 255A on July 14.
June 23rd, 2009
The Thompson Library Aesthetics guidelines are posted posted here:
thompson-library-aesthetics-guidelines.pdf
The guidelines, which apply to offices/shared work spaces and public spaces, were approved by the Executive Committee based on recommendations from the Aesthetics Task Force established earlier this year. Exec did make two changes to the Task Force recommendations that were presented at earlier staff meetings: prohibiting plants (live, silk or artificial) anywhere in the building, including offices and shared spaces; and limiting the location of coffee makers to the staff lounge and kitchenette areas.
The issue of plants will be revisited after we are in the building; if the Libraries’ budget permits in the future, the Task Force recommended hiring a nursery service to install and maintain plants throughout the building. The Task Force will meet after we are all settled into the building, review the guidelines and consider how we might handle “special requests” from staff who may have a demonstrated need for some aspect of the guidelines to be modified.
Please keep in mind that the purpose of these guidelines is to safeguard the restoration work performed during the renovation, maintain the integrity of the library’s energy and light management systems, ensure the facility does not become “cluttered” with randomly-placed signs and notices, while providing comfortable work settings for staff.
June 16th, 2009
Follow these links to the newest versions of the move phasing and the phone list for Thompson. We have had some issues posting a few of these documents lately, but hopefully that has been resolved. In order to go to active links for these documents, click on “more” and follow the links from the blog.
Move phasing:
office_move_phasing_plan_2009_rev_061609.pdf
Here is the newest phone list:
phone_list_rev_061609.pdf
June 16th, 2009
Monday, June 1st – Friday, June 12
ACK - A-DR379 bound journals have been pulled from ACK & moved to THO
ACK – General Collections A-Z monographs have been pulled & moved to THO
ACK – Oversize collection has moved in full but not quite reshelved
ACK – EAST ASIAN has begun its move to Thompson, to be completed by June 17. About 500 shelves of Japanese and Chinese materials have been selected tomove to the Book Depository later this summer, and are shelved on the former A-B area of ACK stacks.
BUS – All monographs destined for THO will be removed from BUS by 6/10 and arrive in Thompson by 6/11.
BUS — Journal Stacks thereafter to THO, week of June 15.
BUS — Remaining items in BUS will be moved to ACK vacant shelves (Bldg 7) before June 30..
Returns and processed materials:
*Returns of ACK books A - Z send to THO
*Returns of ACK periodicals A - DR379 send to THO
*Returns of BUS books A- Z send to BUS
*ACK – June 8th: No longer a choice for pick-up Location.
*ACK – June 8th: East Asian collection moves from ACK to Deck 3M THO
*BUS - June 1st : No longer a choice for pick-up Location.
Building closures:
*BUS – CLOSES to public 5:00 pm June 11th.
*ACK – CLOSES to public at 5:00 pm June 19th. Collections there available by appointment through Steve Rogers.
Special Collections:
*TRI - monographs continue, as shelved as installation allows; Charvat move from Depository dependent upon date the shelving is set up.
Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19
BUS monographs move to THO is complete by this time.
BUS “journal stacks” move to THO completed this week
BUS remainders are moved to ACK.
BUS closes to the public Thursday, June 11, 6 p.m. and is empty by June 30.
BUS returns should now be sent to ACK or THO
(Please check transit slips some bus materials will go to ACK others to THO)
ACK oversized monographs A-Z is completely moved to THO.
ACK stacks monographs move to THO is complete.
ACK “Journal Stacks” call numbers C through Z move to THO continues.
ACK East Asian collection has moved to THO Deck 3M.
Special Collections: TRI, Charvat and RAR moves continue.
ALL returns of ACK materials should go to THO
Please mark all items accordingly to transit notes.
June 11th, 2009
A few reminders/updates in preparation for your office move to Thompson:
1. Please disconnect your PC and put your keyboard in one of the EE Ward provided keyboard bags just prior to your move date. The keyboard bag can then go into one of your Tyga boxes for moving.
2. If you are moving prior to July 6, please label your chair for moving and place it with your Tyga boxes to be moved. New chairs will be delivered to Thompson on July 6. Any chairs previously delivered to Thompson will need to be removed shortly after the new chairs arrive.
3. When you get to Thompson, please check in with Kelly Wells in room 40B. She is distributing office trash cans and will sign one out to you when you arrive.
4. When you get to Thompson, men’s and women’s restrooms are available on the ground level and 2nd floor south side. Other restrooms will remain closed until further notice
June 11th, 2009
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