Late last fall, over 1,200 under­grad­u­ates at the UW responded to a sur­vey ask­ing about their pref­er­ences in a ren­o­vated Ode­gaard Library. A large major­ity of respon­dents wanted nat­ural light and more quiet study spaces. A major­ity also asked for more group study spaces, brighter col­ors in the library and flex­i­ble spaces. Tech­nol­ogy remains crit­i­cal, with many report­ing using desk­top com­put­ers or mobile devices that ben­e­fit from access to out­lets.  The ongo­ing ren­o­va­tion will pro­vide qui­eter study space on the third floor, addi­tional group study rooms on the first floor, and an atrium flooded with nat­ural light. Read the sur­vey results sum­mary here: OUGLStu­dentSur­vey­Sum­mary

New pho­tos of the OUGL stair­case demo­li­tion have been added to the OUGL Ren­o­va­tion Pho­to­stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouglrenovation/. The next major step is to con­struct scaf­fold­ing that will extend from the 1st floor to the roof. Con­struc­tion of the sky­light will begin soon after the scaf­fold­ing is in place.

The Ode­gaard Library is on sched­ule to re-open on Sep­tem­ber 24; the 1st floor and mez­za­nine will remain under con­struc­tion, but the 2nd and 3rd floors will be open. The Media Cen­ter is now located on the 3rd floor of the Suz­za­llo Library; course reserves for Sum­mer Quar­ter and Early Fall Start are at the Media Cen­ter. Course reserves will move back to Ode­gaard on Sep­tem­ber 24.

The OUGL Ren­o­va­tion Poster nicely sum­ma­rizes the addi­tions and improve­ments that will result from Odegaard’s ren­o­va­tion. The poster was pre­pared in May 2012 by the project archi­tects at the Miller Hull Partnership.

New pho­tos have been added to the OUGL Ren­o­va­tion Pho­to­stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouglrenovation/.

Thomas Sens, AIA, iden­ti­fied 12 major trends in aca­d­e­mic library design. Read his widely-cited ideas here.

Move week at the Ode­gaard Library was busy! Fur­ni­ture, com­put­ers, the Media

Cen­ter, and staff offices all moved out of the first floor and mez­za­nine. See some

pho­tos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouglrenovation/

The Media Cen­ter is now located on the 3rd floor of Suz­za­llo Library. Odegaard

Library admin­is­tra­tion and staff offices are housed in a con­struc­tion trailer

between the library build­ing and the Henry Art Gallery.  Staff phone num­bers have

not changed.

Com­puter labs on UW Seat­tle Campus

All UW Libraries have com­put­ers available.

The Ode­gaard Library is host­ing a jazz inter­lude on Fri­day, June 8 from 3:30 to 5pm. A trio from the UW’s School of Music (Mark Hunter, Sam Hyl­ton and Thomas Camp­bell) will play con­tem­po­rary jazz with a twist. Bid farewell to the OUGL stair­case, and cel­e­brate our future!

UW-IT’s online newslet­ter, IT Con­nect, describes where to find com­put­ing ser­vices on cam­pus when the Ode­gaard Library is closed in sum­mer 2012. See http://itconnect.washington.edu/itconnect/2012/05/alternate-computing-facilities-during-ougl-renovation.html

Email us at ouglreno@uw.edu.