{"id":2007,"date":"2010-06-03T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:10:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:10:29","slug":"construction-begins-on-new-study-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2010\/06\/03\/construction-begins-on-new-study-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on new study space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, our students here at the University of Scranton have consistently let us know that they&#8217;d like to have more study space &#8211; and especially more study space that&#8217;s available for late-night study sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, we <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/UofSLibrary\/status\/10622047417\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that we&#8217;d gotten the go-ahead to renovate our first floor print periodical room to create a new study space that (just like the Pro Deo room) will be open to students 24 hours a day (via card swipe after the Library closes for the night).\u00a0 And finally, after a lot of planning and discussion, we&#8217;re beginning construction on the new space!\u00a0 If you&#8217;re interested in following along, we&#8217;ll be posting updates here on our blog as well as on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uofslibrary\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/uofslibrary\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s what the study space in the 1st floor periodical room looks like now:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofscrantonlibrary\/4666372302\/in\/set-72157624070874215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4666372302_d57490d45d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">And here&#8217;s the window that will be replaced by the new entrance to the 24-hour room:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofscrantonlibrary\/4665747425\/in\/set-72157624070874215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4001\/4665747425_e65a6e1de0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve started by removing extra shelving to make more room for study tables:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofscrantonlibrary\/4665747713\/in\/set-72157624070874215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4665747713_ce1962dd0b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">We&#8217;ve also removed all of the paintings, and stored them upstairs in the archives to keep them safe during construction. The group study rooms look kind of empty without them:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofscrantonlibrary\/4666371926\/in\/set-72157624070874215\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4010\/4666371926_9c0a675d6d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">If you&#8217;ll be visiting the Library over the summer, be aware that due to this construction, the print periodical room will be <strong>closed<\/strong> to Library patrons.\u00a0 If you need a print periodical for your research, just request it at the circulation desk and a Library staff member will retrieve it for you. 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