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Circulation Office Area: 

Staff will begin moving back into offices next week (week of September 10).  Date for resuming service at the front desk has yet to be determined however. 

Melrose entrance/Mary Greer Room

Work will begin once Circulation has move out.

Commons North:

Getting close.  Furniture, including services desks, scheduled for installation to begin on September 14th. That process could take a week or so to complete. 

Study Lounge behind Starbucks:

The area will close and work will begin after Commons North re-opens.  

Commons South :

Goal for furniture installation is still September 24th.  Staff office areas are the first priority. 

First Floor: 

Move-in date is still holding at September 24th.

Current DMS and future Scholars Commons area:

Construction is set for October 1.

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The Stat Lab is offering tutoring services in the 1st floor Reference room in 135B.  They start today and their hours will be:

Monday – Thursday 9:40AM to 4:55PM

Friday 9:40AM to 1:55PM

Circulation Service area and staff work area
Friday, August 24 – begin furniture installation
Friday, September 7 – punch list walk thru with architects, contractor, and fire marshal
Monday, September 10 – Staff move in contingent upon CO (certificate of occupation) issue by fire marshal

Commons North
Friday, September 7-punch list walk thru with architects, contractor, and fire marshal
Monday, September 10 –Furniture installation begins
Staff move in when above is complete and then open services contingent upon CO (certificate of occupation) issue by fire marshal

Commons South
Friday, September 14 – punch list walk thru with architects, contractor, and fire marshal
Tuesday, September 18 – Furniture installation begins
Staff move in when above is complete and then open services contingent upon CO (certificate of occupation) issue by fire marshal

Commons “Southwest” — Staff office area and former room 245 areas
Wednesday, September 19 -punch list walk thru with architects, contractor, and fire marshal
Monday, September 24 – Furniture installation begins
Staff move in when above is complete contingent upon CO (certificate of occupation) issue by fire marshal

First floor: rooms 170 (future DMS) room 171 (DPS)
Wednesday, September 19 – punch list walk thru with architects, contractor, and fire marshal
Monday, September 24, Staff move back in contingent upon CO (certificate of occupation) issue by fire marshal

Study Lounge behind Starbucks, Melrose entry, and Mary Greer Room:
Work will being in study lounge on September 4 and in the Melrose and Mary Greer room as soon as the staff are moved out of the area and back into Circulation area.

Estimated completion no later than September 28.

Digital Media Services area
Work will begin in October with completion date TBD.

If you have visited the Hodges Library lately, it will come as no surprise that the much-anticipated renovations to the Commons will not be completed by the beginning of the fall semester. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we promise it will be worth the wait! Get more information about where things are and stay tuned for updates at: library.utk.edu/news/.

Below is a list of the temporary offices of some of the people in IUS.  The people not on this list can usually be found in the Mary Greer Room.

IUSStudyLocations

If you have walked around the 2nd floor lately, it will probably be no surprise that the renovations will not be completed by the beginning of fall semester or even by the September 3rd date that was in the contract. Commons South and North and Room 245 areas will remain closed. 

 It is a complex project and delays do happen when dealing with infrastructure like lights, ceiling, electrical and networking issues. But I know it is going to be worth waiting for. Today at the construction progress meeting I came away with some estimates on when various areas may be ready.  These are estimates and can change quickly if something doesn’t work out the way it has been planned or plans have to be changed as the construction progresses.  

 We are expecting that the new Circulation front service desk area and back staff office area could be ready to move into — that is furniture installed and staff moved back in— by the last week of August.  That is pretty good news.

 Commons North and the first floor areas in Room 170 and 171 could be ready for occupancy by mid-September.  

 Commons South including room 245 most likely will be ready for occupancy by early October.   

 In the meantime we are preparing to offer library and OIT services normally located in the Commons and room 245 in other locations.  Library and OIT service managers met last week to work on those plans.  Circulation services, the Studio, and the OIT Help Desk will remain in their current temporary locations until they can move into their new spaces.  Most computer access will be provided in the first floor reference room and we do have 75 laptops for check out. Staff whose offices are not completed will remain in faculty studies throughout the building.   More specific information will be communicated next week when we work out all the details. 

 Thank you for your continued patience during the project.  And please let me know if you have questions. 

Rita

Here is a photo of the paving project on Melrose. The street should be re-opened next week:

New Melrose Street asphalt.

 Traffic into Lot 12 has become a bit trickier these days. Please see a photo montage of the changes going on as a result of this closure.