Construction of the expanded and renovated library is underway!

Services, collections and staff have been consolidated to floors 1-3 and a portion of the lower level. A new temporary entrance has been created on the first floor. During construction, there will be some inconvenience but we are doing everything possible to minimize it under the circumstances. There will be several phases of construction.  Services, collections and staff will be relocated during each of these phases. The end result will be a state of the art facility at the heart of the campus. Expected completion is set for Fall 2012.

Isn’t it fantastic?

The UMass Dartmouth Department of Public Safety and Environmental and Health Services would like to advise the community of  an asbestos abatement project  that will occur during  Friday , June 10, 2011. Licensed abatement contractors will be working  in the first floor hallway adjacent to the main entrance of the Library on Friday June 10, 2011. The area will be sealed off and posted preventing access to the Library from the hallway .  Work is expected to be completed by the close of business on Friday.

The Library shall remain open for normal activities.  We regret any inconvenience that t is might cause.

If you have any questions concerning this project please contact Peter  Geldmacher in Facilities at 508-999-8938 or Robert Casparius at 508-910-8176.

TO: Faculty, Staff & Students
FROM: Peter Geldmacher, pgeldmacher@umassd.edu, ext. 8938
DATE: May 18, 2011
SUBJECT: Claire T. Carney Library Addition & Renovations

Consigli Construction will commence contract work at the Claire T. Carney
Library Addition & Renovation project in earnest beginning the week of
May 23, 2011.

During the week of May 23, 2011 the following activities are anticipated
to commence:

– The contractor will begin building a new temporary first floor entrance
to the Claire T. Carney Library which will be located facing the quad at the
end of the current circulation desk area. This entrance will be fully ADA
compliant and will be ramped into the building at this location.

– The site contractor and demolition contractor will mobilize. Initial
demolition will include but not be limited to the demolition of the existing
plywood walls, concrete walks within the fenced area as well as the removal
and disposal of the ceiling tiles and block at the columns located under the
lecture halls.

– Existing lighting within the contract fenced area will also be removed;
temporary lighting will be provided in various locations to help provide
adequate lighting for pedestrian traffic.

– Additional temporary fence and signage will be installed at the rear of
the Charlton Building so as to provide additional staging and storage area
for Consigli. This fencing will encompass the entire back side of the
Charlton Building which will require building occupants to gain access from
the South side (lot #13).

More information on this project’s schedule will be forthcoming shortly.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience that may be caused due to
performance of work under this contract. Please feel free to contact
Facilities, Planning, and Design & Construction at extension 9223 if you
have any questions regarding this announcement.

As reported on the campus UMDNotify listserv – April 11, 2011:

The library renovation is underway!  In order to prepare for the renovation
and expansion, we need to move some things around.  Furniture will be moved
to provide space for more books on the 1st floor.   Some tables and chairs
will be removed from the lower level to provide a staging area for the book
movers.  The computer labs will remain open for business.  Activity in the
lower level and at the loading dock will increase.  This will become a very
high traffic area for a few weeks.

The library collections move will start on Tuesday April 12.  There will be
activity on all levels of the building and at the law school.  There will be
some disruption to normal traffic flow and elevator use.  A core collection
of books will be relocated to the first and second floors. Another
collection of books will be moved to the law library (mainly call numbers
starting with HV, J and K).  Other books will be moved to off site storage.
The journal collection will remain on the 3rd floor until later in the year.

We understand that there will be some disruption and inconvenience but the
end result will be well worth it.  The new and renovated library will be
spectacular.

If you have any question or concerns, please contact Peter Geldmacher
(pgeldmacher@umassd.edu) ext. 8938 or Catherine Fortier-Barnes
(cfortier@umassd.edu) ext. 8665.

The library construction and renovation project is underway.  There was a temporary delay for a redesign issue, but we are now back on track.

In April, the core book collection will be relocated to shelving on the 1st and 2nd floors.  The UMassd Law Library will also hold some books from the Claire T. Carney Library for the duration of the construction project.  All of these books will be available for browsing and borrowing.  The remainder of the book collection will be moved to off site storage for the duration of the project.  The last day when the entire collection will be available in the Claire T. Carney Library building is April 3, 2011.

A careful selection process was conducted to keep the most requested books here on campus.  Interlibrary loan,  virtual catalog and other services will be available to meet your book borrowing needs for items that are not available here.   Every effort will be made to meets these needs as quickly as possible.

The journal collection will remain in the library in its entirety until late in the fall 2011 semester when the building project will move to its next phase.  Again, the most used print journals will remain in the building while others are removed to storage while the renovation is underway.

We realize that this is a change in the way we do business, but it is a necessary step in creating the new Claire T. Carney Library building.  We appreciate your patience and understanding during this process.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Terry Burton, ext 8664, tburton@umassd.edu or Catherine Fortier-Barnes, ext 8665, cfortier@umassd.edu.

Interested in knowing about the library expansion and renovation project?  The architects from designLab and Austin Architects will make a presentation on this $43 million project on Wednesday October 13 at noon in the Browsing Area of the Claire T. Carney Library.  The presentation wil include information about how the new design will fit with the existing Paul Rudolf architecture, the kind of spaces that are planned, sustainability issues, mechanical upgrades and more.  There will be an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation.  We hope you can join us for the preview of this very exciting project that will transform the library.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth handed-off the Claire T. Carney Library expansion and renovation construction site to Consigli Construction at 3 pm on Sept. 7th, 2010. The UMass Dartmouth African Drum Ensemble opened the event with lively drumming and chanting. The Dean of Library Services and Chancellor MacCormack gave brief speeches to note the occasion. Claire Carney was there to enjoy the celebration of the project that she helped to get underway.

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Library Renovations – Check out the furniture

A small batch of sample furniture is on display on the first floor of the library. Furniture like this might be chosen for the new library renovation. Go take a look and while your there fill out the furniture rating forms. Thanks for your help in making the library renovations become a success.