Show New Library To Be Ready By By Next Fall FallEn En Engie and Medical b Libraries Also In Building b According to Miss Esther Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son librarian the construction of the he new George Thomas Library ry j is nearly a month ahead of its schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule and should be completed and ready for occupation before the he heend end of school next spring The building wilding will not be used however until next fall as the work of transferring the books to their new abode will not be undertaken unil until until un- un til il the summer months The books of the engineering library library li- li will also be removed at that time ime to the new structure structure ture ure and will be located on the west vest side of the basement floor On the first floor will be two large arge rooms for lor reserve books instead instead instead in in- stead of the one reserve book room of the old library However there will vill be but one desk to handle both oth rooms A new into school library institutions contained contain contain- ed also on this floor will be a special special spec- spec ial al treasure room for rare and valuable books Besides the medical medical medi medi- cal library in the northwest corner the first floor will ll also house houserooms houserooms houserooms rooms to be used by the library staff for various purposes The big reference library room will cover most of the second and third rd stories being two floors in height The periodical room and the main circulation desk will also be ie on the second story The v wings of the third floor will contain two large reading rooms for graduate work together with five seminar rooms and about a dozen little cubicle studies The recent donation of of Mrs Harriet Rosenbaum former former former for for- mer member o of the Board of Regents Regents Regents Re Re- gents to purchase books dealing with economics history political science and sociology will provide many volumes to fill part of the extra shelf space of the new structure structure structure ture which will store more than volumes After the removal of the library to its new quarters the site of the present library will be remodeled for the use of the law school and will contain the law library as well as several class rooms The medical and engineering schools will also be benefited by additional space as asa asa asa a result of the moving of their libraries There will be but one class room in the new building that to to be used by Miss Nelsons Nelson's library instruction instruction instruction tion class |