Save the Date: March 18, 2 p.m. for “Topping Off” ceremony
Construction of the new library at Monroe Park Campus will celebrate a milestone on the Compass the afternoon of March 18. A time-honored tradition in the building trades, a Topping Off or Topping Out ceremony lifts the last and highest-elevation beam to its position in the structure. The occasion is marked with brief speeches, signatures […]
Where’s Special Collections? On the Fourth Floor, in the Mapp Room.
Construction walls make wayfinding to Special Collections and Archives challenging. When you exit the fourth floor elevators turn to your right. Then look left and you will locate the temporary reading room for Special Collections and Archives. The Mapp Room, for graduate students only, will be closed until further notice. Services hours remain the same, […]
Linden Street closed Feb. 4, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.
There will be a concrete pour the morning of Feb. 4. Linden Street will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Special Collections and Archives now open in Mapp Room
Patrons seeking face-to-face service from James Branch Cabell’s Special Collections and Archives staff will find the department’s office in the Mapp Room, which previously was a graduate-student only space. Special Collections and Archives is located on the fourth floor, to the north of the elevators. The temporary reading room is next to its former suite, […]
Looking for something? Music scores? Oversized books?
Construction has shifted some books and materials. Over winter break, temporary construction walls went up on the third and fourth floors. Oversized books from the fourth floor will be found on the third floor north wall area. Looking for music scores? They are all on the third floor, north walls area. A construction wall installed […]
[Update] Much noise and progress expected during winter break
Over the winter break, W. M. Jordan will start constructing the new restrooms on floors two through four and renovating the 1st floor restrooms. They will also start “demo-ing” the Northeast corner of the fourth floor (including the conference room) and the north wall of the first floor. Construction walls are going up to segregate […]
Special Collections and Archives moving materials while the department is closed until Jan. 20
Special Collections and Archives, fourth floor, Cabell is closed until Jan. 20 due to construction-related work. The update: Our books, serials, journals, and oversized published works are almost completely moved. The book art collection is moved. University archives is in progress. Manuscripts are almost moved. More moving is ahead.
Mapp Room, Special Collections and Archives and first floor restrooms closing
Many changes are in the works this week, with construction and closings scheduled after exams and as winter break is beginning to minimize inconveniences to students and researchers. The Mapp Room, for graduate study, is now closed. It will be converted into a temporary reading room and service area for the adjacent Special Collections and […]
[Bathroom Renovation] First floor restrooms closing in December
Look for changes in restroom availability due to construction. Also expect increased noise inside Cabell Library as construction progresses. First floor restrooms will close as early as Dec. 12 (after exams) for renovation. Patrons will be encouraged to use facilities on the Lower Level. The first floor restrooms will be closed until after Spring Break.
