Many changes continue! Room 120 (former Quiet Study) is part of Special Collections. This is now a secure area open only open to staff of Special Collections and Library Express-Storage-Shipping.

For the summer, Digital Production has moved in while their area is renovated and Gov/Docs is staying while they complete the microfiche weeding project.

If you are using the staff elevator, please go around to the Galleria instead of through 120.  Once classes start, 120 will be locked and armed during the day.

Furniture for the staff room is scheduled to be delivered today, June 27. Head’s up that it may be unavailable on short notice if this is the case.

Also, the 6th floor area outside the Dean’s office is going to be patched and painted today through the end of the week. Watch out for those with smell sensitivity!

A selection of photographs of all the construction going on around the Hodges Library. Very busy place to be!

Starting this Wednesday and continuing for the next two weeks, traffic will be slow along a section of Volunteer Boulevard in front of Hodges Library, the pedestrian walkway, and Claxton Education Building.

Work crews will install new electrical conduits below street level as part of the construction of the new Student Union, at the site of the current University Center.

From June 20 to June 30, traffic on the side of Volunteer Boulevard closest to Hodges Library will be reduced to one lane. From June 26 to July 3, traffic on the side of Volunteer Boulevard closest to Claxton Education Building will be reduced to one lane as well.

The work is scheduled to be completed by the July 4 holiday.

Latest communication on Melrose street project from George McGhee in Facilities Services:

1st grounds will be finishing the topcoat on the parking lot at the west end of I/H early this week. When this is done if Parking Services wants to start their remarking of this lot they can.

2nd we have some handicap spots next to Hess we need to move on a temporary measure to I/H lot, they will be put back on the street when that work is done.

3rd the lot at Hess needs to be closed so that construction crews can start work by mid-week on the taking up of the old asphalt and old sidewalk. The new north side sidewalks will done and open for use so will open parking on the street. The south side will have one lane closed for safety at the construction area.

The entrance to the lot at Melrose near the I.H. –east to the end of the sidewalk area is to be closed briefly Thursday morning. The concrete trucks and the men working are going to need extra room, so they can pour and work the sidewalk on that end. With the area already tight with the dumpster, it will not be safe with cars trying to pass also. The road would be closed from 7:30 AM to 12 NOON this Thursday 6-14. Thanks again for your cooperation!

Next week’s work on Melrose Place will closure off the west end of the lot. Eleven spaces will be temporary closed during the work for eight to ten working days. The new entrance will be open to use.

The work on the sidewalk will be finished by early next week (at least the section directly across from the Library).  The entire portion of the project affecting the north side of Melrose would be finished in 10-14 days, then work will begin on south side. 

The end of lot 12 will be closed soon since asphalt is going down today. The upper end, west side, will finish off the sidewalk section for the north side. Work on the walkway, at Hess, will start mid week next week.

Special Collections (121 Hodges Library) is expanding into the former quiet study area in 120 Hodges Library. Students are encouraged to seek out the library’s other designated quiet study areas, which include the remainder of the 1st floor and the entire 4th and 5th floors.

The Staff Room is now re-opened!