The Wilbur Aalfs Library Renovation
Renovation: Week of Dec 5 - 10
Reference, Genealogy, Local History and Back-issue magazines are the first collections to return from storage.
Shelves are going up on the carpeted Upper Level.
Renovation: Week of November 14 - 18
The grid-work of metal channels will support the Ground Level suspended ceiling.
A conference room fits into the former newspaper alcove - the newspapers will remain nearby.
Renovation: Week of November 7 - 11
A service desk in the making
Upper level near the skywalk entrance
Renovation: Week of October 7 - 21
Library Director Betsy Thompson and architect Matt Basye check out the progress on the Ground Level.
Library Trustees tour the renovation after their October Board meeting.
The beginnings of a service desk.
Any guesses as to what this will be?
Renovation: Week of September 26 - 30
New flooring on the Upper Level
Renovating the atrium floor
Renovation: Week of September 19 - 23
Good-bye blue railing.
The steel is in place for new flooring on the Upper Level.
Renovation: Week of September 6 - 9
What's missing? Index tables, microfilm reader/printers, local history, genealogy, back-issue magazines and wall paper.
What's missing? World languages, the entire nonfiction collection and carpeting.
Light fixtures and shelving stacked in the carpetless reading room.
Good-bye reference staff workroom.
Renovation: Day One - August 30, 2011
Nothing but empty cases in the cd bins
Nonfiction shelves on their way out
Furniture ready for storage
The nearly empty Reading Room
Preparing for the renovation: Week of August 22-26
Say good-bye to 194 end panels and 388 range end signs
Paperbacks and spinners moving out
DVDs will go to the Branch Libraries
Part of the Youth Services desk is en route to the Morningside Branch