Concept drawing of the new home for archives & special collections
Summer improvements to Milne Library are well underway! A new glass enclosure is being built to house our special collections, college archives and the Genesee Valley Historical Collection on the lower level of the library. The enclosure is equipped with UV resistant glass to better protect the collections from damaging light, while making them more accessible to library users.
In order to make way for the new special collections area, the print journals that are currently shelved on the lower level outside classroom 105 will be relocated to the upper level of the library. Before the glass enclosure goes up, new carpeting will be installed during the first two weeks of June.
Journal train: carts of print journals ready to be moved to the upper level
The move will provided two new group study areas inside the glass enclosure and an additional group study area just outside the enclosure.
On the main floor, both the Center Academic Excellence and the Digital Media Lab will move into spaces with a bit more leg room. Once the Genesee Valley Historical collection is relocated to the new glass enclosure on the lower level, the Center for Academic Excellence will move into that space on the main floor. The Digital Media Lab will move into Milne 210 which once housed the Center Academic Excellence.
On the upper level, the room that once housed our college archives will house the new Census and Copy Center and provide a space for group study on the upper level. In addition, a new study room will be available by reservation in the room that once held the X collection. We’re sure that both of these study spaces will be popular with our students.
It is our hope that all of these changes will improve library services for our users, so pardon our dust during this exciting time!
