Renovation Update: Carrels Depart...and Letters Arrive!

We have been waiting for months for these two things to take place, and, of course, they occur virtually simultaneously... such is the sense of humor of the universe!  (Luckily the carrels did not knock over Lonnie's ladder! Look to the end to get that one.)

Farewell to our old, clunky carrels who have served us well over the years, but are just too large for our cozy space.  Here are a couple of shots from before they left (notice old computers on the left getting ready to leave as well):

And the movers arrived, broke them down and moved them out to surplus:

Aaaaand...voila...gargantuan SPACE!!!  Woo hoo!!

And in the middle of all of this amazing transformation, there was another exciting event taking shape right outside our door...letters....morphing...into....

Lonnie puts the letters in place over the door...

Ta Da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (and no ladder/carrel collisions - yay!)

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!

Here is a shot Melvina took, yes I'm just a tad excited:

What a transformational day in the Harold Schiffman Music Library!!!

More to come soon (yes, there is furniture arriving next week - knock wood)!

Reference Shift = SPACE!!!

OH WOW!  Look at all the space!!!  This is what happens when you listen to interior architects and put into action what they suggest.  And thanks to our amazing employees, David (planner and shifter), Lauren and Alaina!!!  And those amazing movers!!!  And thanks to our excellent colleagues in Jackson Library for all the carts so we could manage the shift!  WOO HOO!!  Can you tell I'm excited???!!!

Here are Lauren and Alaina moving books so that the movers can move the shelves:

And another view (note blurriness due to speediness!!):

Here are the shelving sections and their departure:

The shifting of the sctions that were left was a little interesting. 

Can you say musical shelves?  Ha ha!

Almost the new configuration!!!

Aaaaaaaand, putting the books back, thank you Alaina and Lauren!

And the new configuration!!

And LOOK AT ALL THE SPACE!!! WOO HOO!!



Colors...colors!! A beginning...

Yesterday an addition to the Harold Schiffman Music Library occurred:  Colors!  One of the exciting elements of our renovation which was inspired by the Patrick Lee Lucas' Interior Architecture Third Year Studio Class (more on them soon!).  Here are some photos of the beginnings.  More to come (of course!).

First application of Robust Orange - woo hoo!

Second application of Robust Orange...can you stand the drama???

Third application (yes, yours truly is doing this) - James is taking the photo.

New periodicals wall (before) - oh, and James and Lauren (and empty reference shelves and book carts)

Competition between Aged Wine (left) and Concerto (right). 

Aged Wine Won (say that five times fast!). Nicely done, James!

Yes, Sarah made a mess with Concerto!

Lauren and David (note his t-shirt color) and James and the colors.

Again!  Colors make us happy!

Renovation Plans Revealed by Ritch!

Long time no post...but this will be changing along with many things...

Here in the Harold Schiffman Music Library at UNCG we have lots to celebrate!  More on the name change soon (thank you, Harold and Jane!!), but first heads up on the Renovation!

Library employee Lauren Ritch has made an AMAZING display showing the before and after set ups.  Here are some photos so you can see what I mean.  Explanations under the specific photos. Thanks, Lauren!

As you can see, Lauren named the display appropriately: Changes in the Library.  Now a little more detail...starting with how things are now:

The BEFORE set up:

Lauren took photos of shelves, furniture, the music desk and created a "bird's eye" view of the library.

She even took photos of our offices:

OK, then comes the next part:

After the various phases of the renovation are done - before classes start (as the plan stands right now), here is what the library will look like (again, if you were a bird):

We are reducing and rearranging the Reference shelves, moving the Periodicals to a new area which will have some "comfy" chairs (and new shelves), removing the old, clunky carrels and replacing them with new, more space-efficient carrels (two kinds!) and putting "comfy" chairs in the main study space as well.

(And there is going to be....color!!  Lots of this is thanks to the input from Patrick Lukas and his IAR class - more on that soon)

Here is another view of this most excellent display (did you notice the colors of the words BEFORE and AFTER?). See the new orientation of the shelves near the entry?  See the new furniture?  We're excited to see this happen in reality!

Don't let this posting keep you from coming to look at our wonderfully communicative and creative display.  Thanks again to Lauren Ritch for her visionary labors!

Stay tuned...more to come!

p.s. There are other things happening in the lower portion of the library as well (though that is out of the scope of Lauren's display).  We are rearranging the location of LP shelving, adding some LP listening, and moving some graduate carrels down there (and some other furniture as well).