11/18/10 Update
The 6th floor of Olin Library will open on Friday, November 19, at 8 a.m. Collections (call numbers A, F, and P-PG) will be accessible immediately at opening. Access to the west-end seminar and graduate student rooms is expected early next week after the painters have finished in those rooms and we have moved the furniture back from storage. The 5th floor (call numbers D-E) remains closed as construction continues on that floor. Construction also continues in the 1st floor 106 office suite. Temporary locations for all relocated staff during the project is available at the Olin circulation and reference desks.
Also, this Friday, there will be activity outside the building as workers lay asphalt for a path to a temporary entrance that will be constructed on the north side of the building, just to the east of the Cafe. This temporary entrance will be necessary in order to close the front entrance to the building on December 17 to accommodate the first phase of construction in the public areas on the 1st floor. Those of you who were at Cornell in 2005 may remember that we successfully created a temporary entrance in this same location because another Olin project necessitated closing the front entrance.
Stay tuned for details regarding the 1st floor construction plans.