Ceiling is going up, carpet is going down and books are being unpacked!

This has been an exciting week for our new JHS Library Media Center! A lot has gotten done and the Library is starting to take shape.

Ceiling being replaced in the Computer Lab.

The ceiling tiles were all replaced and the carpeting will be completed on Monday. I need to thank the Librarians and Techs who came to help me out this week unpacking the books and helping me redesign our new space. Erik Snyder (AHS), Andrew Robertson (HWES), Corrie Mitchell (ABMS), Pat Minarik (WPES) and Pam Reiter (MAMS). We have over 14,000 books to put back on the shelves! All of the Reference collection and Nonfiction has been unboxed and put back in their new locations, and we just started unpacking the Fiction section.

We have to sort all the boxes into the correct order to be put back on the shelves,
 there are over 1,000 boxes to go through!

This is where the new shelving is for the Fiction collection.

The new Mariner Purple carpeting being installed!

The ceiling is GONE!!!

Yes, it was a very difficult walk through the library last week! The asbestos plastic was still up, the electrician couldn't get to his work because the fireproofing (that is the blue stuff in the picture, honestly it looked like Smurfs threw-up everywhere!) was still being done and the insulating wasn't complete either. I wanted to cry, but everyone was very kind, helpful and encouraging. So I took a few pictures to share here and then headed out. I haven't been to visit this week but I hear things are finally coming along, thankfully. The plastic is down, the insulation is just about finished as is the electricity for the new computer lab and computer area in the front of the library. I'll be back to visit next Monday 8/15 because if all goes well that's when the new carpet is supposed to be installed :-) I'm looking forward to much better pictures to include then.....but until then, here's how things looked.....