The Ode­gaard Writ­ing & Research Cen­ter (OWRC) will open in an excit­ing new space on the first floor of the library in late June and with a new and inno­v­a­tive pro­gram. The library’s ref­er­ence ser­vice and the OWRC’s writ­ing ser­vice will work together in the space to pro­vide stu­dents easy access to expert help in com­plet­ing their writ­ing and research projects.  The OWRC will have cafe-height coun­ters, round tables for tutor­ing ses­sions, a meet­ing room, a small ref­er­ence library, and a wel­come area with com­fort­able seat­ing. It will be a wel­com­ing space for stu­dents! See pho­tographs of the new OWRC and the rest of the first floor at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouglrenovation/.

Ode­gaard Library will be chang­ing rapidly as we approach com­ple­tion of the ren­o­va­tion.  On Wednes­day, the remain­ing con­struc­tion wall on the 2nd floor will come down, open­ing up a clear view of the atrium from all sides and all the way up to the sky­light. The new stair­case is get­ting wood trim and the new wood ceil­ings are being installed. Car­pet lay­ing has begun today on the 3rd floor where there has been cement floor. The 2nd floor will get new car­pet on the cement floors next week.

Two active learn­ing class­rooms are being con­structed. New tech­nol­ogy, instruc­tor podi­ums and stu­dent tables will be installed begin­ning on April 15. You may also notice the case­work painted a warm poppy color. One of these units will have six com­put­ers; another will have print and scan sta­tions. The case­work will be get­ting inter­ac­tive signs and wood slats later in April or early May.

Ode­gaard Library will be open 24 hours from Fri­day, March 15  until Fri­day, March 22 at 5pm. This is a new tra­di­tion begun just last Autumn Quar­ter when ASUW  requested that the library be open 24 hours the week­end before finals week.

Dur­ing the week­end of March 15–17, only UW stu­dents, fac­ulty and staff with a cur­rent Husky Card may enter the build­ing dur­ing the fol­low­ing time peri­ods:  Fri­day, March 15 at 6pm to Sat­ur­day,  March 16 at noon; and Sat­ur­day, March 16 at 6pm to Sun­day, March 17 at noon.  Dur­ing finals week, a cur­rent Husky Card is required for entry between 8pm and 8am.

The hours of all the UW libraries can be found at http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/.

Ode­gaard Library will close for spring break from March 23, 2013 — March 31, 2013.  The clo­sure will allow the con­trac­tor to com­plete the per­ma­nent entry lobby, which will be located just south of the tem­po­rary lobby.  We will re-open at 8am on Mon­day, April 1, the first day of Spring Quarter.

When we are closed March 23–31, 2013:

Print­ing and scan­ning is avail­able at all other cam­pus libraries. Instruc­tors can send us reserve lists online at http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/course/instructors/request or drop off print lists at the Media Cen­ter, 3rd floor of Suz­za­llo Library.  For LMS sup­port (Canvas/Catalyst/Tegrity), UW-IT can be reached at 206–221-5000 or help@uw.edu.

Ode­gaard Library is on Twit­ter, @ougluw. Fol­low us to get news about con­struc­tion, new books, writ­ing tips and lots more!

Ode­gaard has re-opened after our win­ter break clo­sure. Lots of con­struc­tion progress dur­ing the clo­sure, most dra­mat­i­cally the addi­tion of new glass walls on the 3rd floor and the instal­la­tion of the wood sculp­ture ceil­ing. We are begin­ning to see the new stair­case take shape, too. View pho­tos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouglrenovation/.

Here’s a quick sum­mary from our con­trac­tor, Morten­son, of the mile­stones expected over the next few months:

3rd floor: Steel rail­ings, wood/glass into the rail­ings, light­ing, dry wall, door frames installed.

2nd floor: atrium stair treads/landings, steel rail­ings, wood/glass into the rail­ings, wood ceil­ing under the stairs installed.

1st floor: atrium stair treads/risers, dry­wall, wood ceil­ing, inter­ac­tive walls, slid­ing doors, atrium seat­ing, a/v equip­ment installed.

Also on the 1st floor the new vestibule will be built.

Ode­gaard Library is closed for Win­ter Break, Decem­ber 15, 2013 through Jan­u­ary 6, 2013. The library will re-open on Mon­day, Jan­u­ary 7 at 8am.

Our con­trac­tor, Morten­son Con­struc­tion, and sev­eral sub-contractors are mak­ing great progress on the ren­o­va­tion dur­ing the break.  Glass walls on the third floor are being built.  What the con­trac­tors call the “dance floor”  will be removed; it pro­vided access to build the sky­light and the wood slat ceil­ing.  Sof­fits on the 2nd and 3rd floors are being painted (and repaired where needed.)  The ren­o­va­tion of the entry lobby on the 1st floor has begun. The lobby is being divided approx­i­mately in half with the north side planned to be a com­fort­able seat­ing area. For now, that side of the lobby will con­tinue to be used as the entry lobby.

Michael Kutz, ASUW Direc­tor of Uni­ver­sity Affairs, approached the Ode­gaard Library with a request to expand library hours dur­ing the week­end before finals week. We are happy to announce that we will be open 24 hours from Fri­day, Decem­ber 7 until Fri­day, Decem­ber 14 at 5pm.

On the week­end before finals, only UW stu­dents, fac­ulty and staff with a cur­rent Husky Card may enter the build­ing dur­ing the fol­low­ing time peri­ods:  Fri­day, Decem­ber 7 at 6pm to Sat­ur­day,  Decem­ber 8 at noon; and Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 8 at 6pm to Sun­day, Decem­ber 9 at noon.  Dur­ing finals week, a cur­rent Husky Card is required for entry between 8pm and 8am.

The hours of all the UW libraries can be found at http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/.

The fol­low­ing con­struc­tion activ­i­ties will be start­ing next week,  Novem­ber 26 — Novem­ber 30

 - Fram­ing of walls and ceil­ings on mez­za­nine level.  Nor­mal con­struc­tion noise lev­els.
– Tap­ing and fin­ish­ing of dry­wall sof­fits both inside and out­side of bar­rier. Work hours will be from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
 - Instal­la­tion of dry­wall at sof­fits on level 2 on both sides of bar­rier. Any work out­side bar­rier will be from 5:00 am to 9:00 am.
– Start of paint­ing on level 3 inside of bar­rier in prepa­ra­tion for wood ceil­ing instal­la­tion. Work hours from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
– Early morn­ing mechan­i­cal work and ceil­ing work on ground floor from 5:00 am to 9:00 am.

The main con­struc­tion activ­i­ties in the Ode­gaard Under­grad­u­ate Library for the week of Novem­ber 19– 23 are the fol­low­ing: (There will be no work on Thurs­day 11/22 or Fri­day 11/23).

-  Ongo­ing mechan­i­cal and elec­tri­cal sys­tem rough-in and instal­la­tion on floor 1 and mez­za­nine level. Nor­mal con­struc­tion noise lev­els.
 - Instal­la­tion of dry­wall at sof­fits on the 3rd floor both inside and out­side of bar­rier. Increased noise level for screw guns, etc. Work hours from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
 - Tap­ing and fin­ish­ing of dry­wall sof­fits both inside and out­side of bar­rier. Work hours will be from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
 - Com­ple­tion of fram­ing on floor 2 sof­fits on south side. Some early morn­ing work out­side of bar­rier from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.will be from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.

The fol­low­ing con­struc­tion activ­i­ties will be start­ing next week of Novem­ber 26 — Novem­ber 30

 - Fram­ing of walls and ceil­ings on mez­za­nine level.  Nor­mal con­struc­tion noise lev­els.
– Tap­ing and fin­ish­ing of dry­wall sof­fits both inside and out­side of bar­rier. Work hours will be from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
 - Instal­la­tion of dry­wall at sof­fits on level 2 on both sides of bar­rier. Any work out­side bar­rier will be from 5:00 am to 9:00 am.
– Start of paint­ing on 3rd floor inside of bar­rier in prepa­ra­tion for wood ceil­ing instal­la­tion. Work hours from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm.
– Early morn­ing mechan­i­cal work and ceil­ing work on ground floor from 5:00 am to 9:00 am.