8/30/10 Update
Phase 4 construction (7th and 8th floors), including asbestos abatement on each floor, begins on Monday, August 30th. The 7th floor will close to the public on Tuesday, August 31. Call number ranges B-CT will be inaccessible to the public. As with the rest of the project, we will page material from the floor every […]
8/24/10 Update
Construction will continue this week on the following floors: sub basement, basement, and 2nd floor. The basement restrooms remain closed. The Copy Center opened last Thursday. Preparations for Phase 4 (Penthouse and 7th floor) will begin early in the morning before Olin’s 8am opening. Workers will start moving construction equipment to the 8th floor and […]
8/16/10 Update
Monday, August 16, the north/south corridor in the basement outside the restrooms will close and be posted as a no access construction site. There will be no access to the following: Basement restrooms Storage spaces used by custodians and Dining Please note that access to construction work areas are restricted to the contractor and designated […]
8/10/10 Collections Update
Olin basement stacks from Aug. 10 until around Sept. 10, 2010: Collections in call number ranges J-N are temporarily inaccessible to the public. Microfiche, microforms, and microfilm are temporarily inaccessible to the public. To request any material from these areas, ask at the Circulation Desk, call 255-4245 or e-mail okucirc@cornell.edu The Maps Room is now […]
8/9/10 Update
8/9/10 – The following is planned for this week: Second floor: • Installation of the corridor wall Basement: Close to the end of the week the basement stacks will become inaccessible except to designated Access Services staff for paging at a specified time on business days at the end of the construction day. The material in […]
8/4/10 Update
8/4/10 – In addition to asbestos abatement in the basement and on floor 2 (see update 7/30/10) some other specific activities planned for the week of August 2 are: Building a trench for power along the exterior of the south side of the building in order to feed the new fire pump from the emergency generator. […]
7/30/10 Update
7/30/10 – Asbestos abatement on Friday, July 30 – Basement – Beginning at 4 pm the temporary Maps & Media Service point, book stacks, and microform stacks will be closed to the public. Users will be directed to the circulation desk to have any needed materials paged until closing. This is a modest abatement but […]