Dear Fellow Safranim/ot: In response to inquiries about the new Spertus building project I thought I'd post a brief update, along with a link to additional info found on our website.
Crews are currently preparing the site (located in the lot immediately north of the current building) to dig the foundation for the new building. G-d willing, we hope to open the doors of the new facility in the summer or fall of 2007 (AJL is currently scheduled to be in Chicago in 2009). The architectual firm, Kruek and Sexton, a local Chicago firm with an international reputation, has created a bold design featuring an all-glass facade and atrium that runs throughout much of the buildng. The library will occupy two floors of the 10-story structure, and will include several new features: --compact shelving for the majority of the circulating collection and for all of the objects of the Chicago Jewish Archives, rare books and maps. --self-contained special collections reading room --separate special collections workroom for processing archival material --expanded conservation laboratory For additional information about the building project in general, including an artist's rendition of facade, please click on the link below. http://www.spertus.edu/aboutspertus/newbuilding.php Glenn P.S. The current building has been sold to our neighbor, Columbia College. _______________________________________ Glenn Ferdman director, Asher Library Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 618 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 322-1753 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.spertus.edu/library.html Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
