Transformed Perkins First Floor - Fall 2006

After the new Bostock Library and von der Heyden Pavilion opened this fall, the first floor of Perkins Library closed for renovation. When the re-envisioned and renovated first floor of Perkins Library opens in the fall of 2006 as an information commons, it will be the center of the Library’s public services and instructional activities. Library users will find workstations for search and retrieval as well as information creation and management. The information commons, complementing technologically rich spaces in Bostock, will be under the direction of staff who will offer content knowledge, technical assistance, and instruction and guidance in the integrated use of resources -- print, electronic, and digital.

Planning is currently underway for future renovation of other parts of the Perkins Library building. These ongoing renovations will begin in Summer 2006 and continue for several more years.

Some facts about the Perkins Library First Floor Renovation

• Project supported by a generous gift from The Duke Endowment
• Total size: 40,353 gross square feet
• Collection capacity: 6,876 linear feet of shelving
• Open seating: 134
• Workstations: 63
• Group study rooms: 5