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Babbidge Library Begins New Chapter with Renovation - UConn Today
Within a day of commencement festivities wrapping up, renovation work at Homer Babbidge Library had already begun. The library is open as usual, but don’t be surprised by the sound of chattering jack hammers when you walk through the front door.
The transformation of Level 1 is expected to be complete by August 15. Students returning in the fall will find an open floor plan with moveable furniture, ample space for working in groups, and all sorts of high-tech tools that support both traditional and digital learning and collaboration.
The work is the first phase of a five-year, $20 million upgrade of the roughly 395,000 square-foot building, says Martha Bedard, vice provost of the library. All but a small section of Level 1 will be completed over the summer, with a final section on the east side of that floor expected to be finished in October.
“What we want to accomplish as a library, our vision, is to quite simply be the knowledge and inspiration hub of the campus,” says Bedard. “While the collection is important and will still stay a very important part of this facility, we are transforming the facility itself to promote more partnership, more collaboration, and more effective ways for students to study and work together.”
There is a blog you can read to keep up with the progress being made here: Babbidge Building Blog
Within a day of commencement festivities wrapping up, renovation work at Homer Babbidge Library had already begun. The library is open as usual, but don’t be surprised by the sound of chattering jack hammers when you walk through the front door.
The transformation of Level 1 is expected to be complete by August 15. Students returning in the fall will find an open floor plan with moveable furniture, ample space for working in groups, and all sorts of high-tech tools that support both traditional and digital learning and collaboration.
The work is the first phase of a five-year, $20 million upgrade of the roughly 395,000 square-foot building, says Martha Bedard, vice provost of the library. All but a small section of Level 1 will be completed over the summer, with a final section on the east side of that floor expected to be finished in October.
“What we want to accomplish as a library, our vision, is to quite simply be the knowledge and inspiration hub of the campus,” says Bedard. “While the collection is important and will still stay a very important part of this facility, we are transforming the facility itself to promote more partnership, more collaboration, and more effective ways for students to study and work together.”
There is a blog you can read to keep up with the progress being made here: Babbidge Building Blog