Construction Continues as We Finish Moving the Adult Collection

We've spent most of the day finishing up our move to the Community Room.  We now have almost the entire Adult Collection in there!

This first picture is in the old part of the building.  You can see the stacks of boxes we've taken down, waiting in piles for the recycler.  One of our volunteers is carrying boxes for others to take apart.

We used a lot of boxes!

Here we have Cathy, one of our librarians, and a volunteer breaking down boxes.  They had a lot of work to do with this!

Stacks and stacks of boxes!

Here's what was left of yesterday's move - the Audio Books, the Oversized and Reference collection.  For the summer, we'll have to put the Oversized books and most of Reference in storage.  The Community Room couldn't quite hold it all.

Down at the other end of the building, the Community Room saw continued work.  Here is a volunteer working with our librarians, Cathy, Lorna and Anette, to move boxes packed with books to their appropriate shelves.

And here's the room almost completely filled!  The aisles are tight, and a bit claustrophobic, but will be fine for three months while the renovation is completed on the old part of the building.

While the move was continuing, the construction crew worked on.  Here we see the shelving team working on the shelves for the new Young Adult area.

The bins you see behind the construction team member are for our DVD collection.  Patron Holds will be on the other side of that shelf unit.

This photo gives you some idea of the cozy Young Adult space created by the shelves.  In front of the windows, you see the desks that will hold the YA computers.  The yellow door to the right of the photo is our old staff room door - and the new entrance to the Janitor's closet.

Our children's librarian, Vivian, got her desk installed today....

....and the end caps and tops arrived for the Junior shelving.

Finally, our staff room desk and storage units were completed as well.  I think we can move into our desks tomorrow!

Moving Shelves, Part II

While the library staff and some of the construction crew was busy packing books and taking down shelves, other members of the construction crew were putting up new shelving in the addition.  The new shelves are a pretty whitish-gray color, and are going to be really lovely!

Here's a photo of the new shelving going up in the Junior section.

This picture shows the shelving still in boxes waiting to be unpacked and assembled.

Here's a few more photos of the shelf assembly process.

Other parts of the construction process are still progressing as well.  The redwood ceiling that we've had in the old part of the building is in the process of being assembled in the new addition.  Part of the ceiling in the Young Adult area will have this wonderful wood.

The cabinets are being worked on in the circulation area.

And they're working on the doors throughout the building.  Here, they're working on the front entrance doors.

The yellow shelving from the old part of the library now needs to be installed in the Community Room.  As these need to be bolted to the floor for stability, we will only have a concrete floor in there for the summer.  Once the Adult Collection moves to its permanent home, carpet will be put down in the Community Room.

Here are a few photos of the shelves that have been moved over thus far.

And here are the members of the library staff milling around in the Community Room at the end of a very long day!

More Progress to the Interior

The interior is seeing some exciting additions.  Some of the carpet has arrived and is in the process of being installed. The installation of the ceiling tiles is almost finished.  Its starting to look like a completed building!

These first two photos show the atrium.  The paint and ceiling tiles give it a finished appearance.  The first photo shows the lighting fixtures as well.

This second photo of the atrium area is pointing east.  The unfinished wall you see is where the Library Foundation Book Store will be.  There will be a corridor leading back to the older section of the building.  The older section, after its remodel, will house the Adult collection.

This next series of pictures shows the beginning installation of the carpet in the Junior and Young Adult areas.  Its quite a stretch of ground to cover!

This next photo is of the staff processing area.  The work here is on hold for a few days - the Ph ballance of the concrete is preventing the crew from laying the flooring here.  We'll have a rubber-type floor for utility purposes, and if the Ph ballance is off, it ruins the glue.

Here are some views of our staff break room.  We've had lockers and a coat rack installed.  The second photo shows the lovely cabinetry in the room.

 

These last two photos show the progress on the Community Room.  The ceiling has now been completed.

Updates to the Interior of the New Addition

Things continue to progress at a nice pace. We're starting to have some cabinetry installed, and the grid for the ceiling tiles is up. 

This first picture shows the atrium.  Its all painted and finished with all the windows installed:

This next photo shows the circulation area, from the perspective of the librarians.  We're inside, looking out into the lobby area:

With this next photo, you can see the new ceiling lights are now finished.  They have an LED track around the outer rim.  We'll be able to program different color of lights with this system.  You can also see the grid for the ceiling tiles is now installed.  The ceiling tiles are in the packages on the floor:

This next picture was taken in the new Junior Activity Room.  The cabinets have been installed.  Robin, one of our librarians, is posing by the cabinets to show how they are all "kid friendly" sized!

This photo shows the completed lights in the Junior Activity Room.

This photo was taken from the Junior Activity Room looking east back to the older part of the building.

I had to include this next photo!  It shows the stalls in the women's restroom.  Its a little difficult to tell from this photo, but there are privacy guards installed on the edges of all the doors.  Nice!

This photo is looking from the Community Room into the new kitchen area.  You can see the new cabinets through the serving window.  The kitchen is located in the north west corner of the Community Room.

Our staff break room is shown in this next photo.  We really like the cabinets!

The last photo for today shows the staff processing room.  All the walls are finished, and the grid is installed just waiting for the ceiling tiles:

The Work Progresses Inside

We're now to the second week of April, and our BIG MOVE is slated for the final two weeks in May - May 17th through the 31st, to be exact.  The work is progressing right along, and it looks like the crew is on schedule.

Here's a few photos to show how nicely the interior of the building is looking.  The construction crew is still working in the atrium.  As you can see, we've got the clerestory windows installed, and the drywall mudding is progressing.

Here's a veiw looking south to the front door area.  We expect the doors to arive and be installed any day now.  You can see the area that will be our new display cases:

This is the north corner by the old yellow door that used to be our staff entrance.  Its all finished and painted!

Here's a view of our new staff processing area.  Look how nice and big and bright is is!  The lights have been installed and are working nicely.

The Community Room still needs a bit of work, but its right on target as well.  Here's a veiw looking into the southeast corner of the new room.  You can see the space where the doors will be installed:

Here's a first peek at the public restrooms.  All the tile has been installed, and the sinks are in as well:

And, finally, here's a view looking east through our long and lovely Junior section back the Young Adult corner by the old staff room door: