Oklahoma: Tulsa’s Central Library $48 Million Renovation Shows Progress
From Tulsa World:
It’s kind of exciting as Tulsa gets its 21st-century library,” said Tulsa City-County Library CEO Gary Shaffer.
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The library closed in the fall for a two-year, $48 million renovation project that will replace the building’s mechanical system, add a parking garage and open a new entrance on Fifth Street, among other things.
A few delays have pushed the projected completion to the spring of 2016.
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The five-floor library will be divided into “zones” of activities, with the most active floor on the ground level where visitors will enter. Glass-enclosed study rooms will line the balcony. And a garden will be added between the library and the parking structure, which will be on the east side of the building.
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Shaffer said traffic at Central is expected to double after its reopening.
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Past Present and Future: The Tulsa City-County Library from Ryan Siemers on Vimeo.
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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