New shelving was added to three areas of the Library: the east wall where
the painting of John C. Fremont hangs; an entire new bank of shelves on the
main floor; and additional shelving along the south wall, totaling 476
lineal feet of new shelf space. This expansion is in addition to
improvements completed in 2003 where the large room on the second floor was
refurbished and converted to book stacks containing 560 linear feet of new
shelving. Mark J. Denger was instrumental in the design and layout of the
shelving and work area.
Thirty lineal feet of work surface was installed at the front of the library
replacing old tables, increasing the amount of useable workspace for
processing and repairs of books. A five-drawer map case was purchased to
hold oversized maps, chart and posters, many of them rare. Two additional
computer workstations were installed to provide additional accessibility to
the library catalog.
New work and display cabinets near entrance of the Library.
Display cases near the Washington Parlor.
All of the tables located on the main floor have been refinished and glass tops installed to protect them.
On the first floor, each row of shelves on the main floor was lengthened and a entire new row added to provide additional shelf space.
An entire new row of shelving was added to the main floor.
View of some of the second floor book stacks.
Each row of shelves beyond the first row was lengthened by one 6-shelf
unit to make room for an additional row of shelves at the rear of the main
floor.
Each lengthened row provides six additional shelves which, combined with an entirely new row in the rear of the library, added a significant amount of additional shelf space which has already been filled with books.
Special UV protection film was added to the windows along the south wall
to protect the collection. A donor is urgently needed to provide
approximately $4,000 in funds to permit similar coating to be installed on
the north and west walls.