Within the next month, the Alumni Library will reopen in Beatty Hall as the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons. Consigli is working around the clock to make sure that the Library opens in time for the upcoming fall semester. The new circulation and reference desk is being built… The high-density shelving installation is […]
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The Schumann Library & Learning Commons will use and showcase technology. On the blog we are highlighting the various technologies in the new library, made possible in partnership with DTS. To start, we’ll talk about the digital room scheduling and the raised flooring, two infrastructural technologies that will change a lot in the library space. Digital Room Scheduling Our partners in […]
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A sample of the new static library shelves arrived at our temporary library at 610 Huntington. The static shelves will be scattered throughout the main floor in the renovated library. What is so special about a library shelf? The ones we’ll have in the new library are specially designed for holding the weight of library materials, […]
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Libraries are notoriously quiet places, and what better way to represent a librarian in a game of charades than to mime a “Shhh”. Well, we want you to know that librarians rarely shush these days, and enjoy hearing conversation and collaboration going on in the library. That said, we know that quiet spaces and good sound […]
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We aim to provide a technology-rich environment when the newly renovated Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons opens. Of course, the number one priority is many more power plugs, which you’ll find available in floor boxes, in tables, on walls, in couches, on the walls, and even on special power stanchions near some furnishings. […]
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As the workhorses for studying, tables and chairs can’t be ignored in a library renovation. The interior design team at Perkins + Will is working with Wentworth students, faculty, and staff to find the right tables and chairs for our library, while echoing iconic design elements that Wentworth students will appreciate. Here are some of possibilities… Eames table, Herman Miller […]
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Libraries have always been at the heart of the college campus, and a central place in the lives of the students & faculty. In renovating our library, we’re looking back to remember what the Institute needed in a library in 1967… And we’re looking forward to a new library which embodies our contemporary library needs […]
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