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12/14-20/10 Update

Schedule for 1st and 5th floor staff, services and operations (see 1st floor phases below) 12/14:  Open 5th floor stacks 12/15:  Olin/Uris Admin and R&LS staff move back to 106 12/16: Café closes at noon 12/16: Staff move back to 501 12/17: Front entrance closes/temporary entrance on north side opens 12/17:  Photographer taking pre-construction photographs […]

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 […]

11/1/10 Update

As of today the 5th floor (call numbers D-E) is completely closed. Construction on the 6th floor (call numbers A, F, and P-PG) continues and it remains closed. The 7th floor (call numbers B-CT) is still closed today but will reopen no later than 8 a.m. on Tuesday, November 2. Material on floors closed for […]

10/6/10 Update

Fall Break construction activities in the basement: Asbestos abatement – ducts above the corridor proximate to the reading area (B48). Schedule – Friday, October 8, Noon – 8 PM. Work will be complete for Saturday morning opening. The corridor, some study tables and collections will be inaccessible beyond the entrance to the reading area and […]

10/4/10 Update

Construction will continue in the following areas: Penthouse (8th floor) 7th floor (call number range B-CT) 6th floor (call numbers A, F, P-PG) 2nd floor corridor and surge space Basement tunnel entrance Sub basement Highlights for the week: Both the 6th and 7th floors are closed. Only designated Access Services staff, who will be supervised […]

9/26/10 – Update

The 6th floor (call numbers A, F, P-PG) will close to the public on Tuesday, September 28. Only designated Access Services staff, who will be supervised by the contractor, will have access once a day to the floor for paging purposes. Construction will continue in the following areas: Penthouse (8th floor) 7th floor (call number […]

9/13/10 Update

9/13/10 – Construction continues on the following floors: sub basement, basement, 2, 7, and 8. The 7th floor stacks are closed to the public. Please request items in call number ranges B-CT at the Circulation Desk. The basement stacks and rest rooms are now open to the public. The Copy Center and Media Center are […]

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 […]

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