3 Days to go

Over the last three days the library has moved on massively. With half of the shelving being installed, and those shelves being stacked with books. So far the completed sections include, photography, literature, film and most of the craft section.

Here are some images to show you how far we have come, in the last few days.

The shop, stocked and nearly ready for customers

The library, at the end of yesterday, the circle is complete....

But there are still lots of boxes to unpack

Thanks to everyone who has helped so far in creating the library!

6 days to go

With only 6 working days left, the library is starting to take shape and there is a real buzz around the college about what is happening, as the staff slowly come back to work after a long holiday. Hopefully this enthusiasm will continue on to the students, when they have returned.

Yesterday the shelving arrived and is currently being built and installed in to place. The counter has been installed and the shelving for the new journals is half finished.

                                                              6 Days to go....

7 days to go

With only 7 working days to go until the new library and shop need to be up and running, here is the latest picture of what is happening.

Today the plan is for the shelving to start being installed, this should take them until Wednesday. Also on Wednesday the books and other physical resources will be arriving back on site, after leaving the college in July. Leaving 5 days for a small team to put the books back on to the shelves, ready for next Thursday FE inductions.

More photos are to follow as the countdown is now a single figure of days.

Library and Shop.. the latest news

With only weeks before the new academic term starts the shop and library are still being completed. For the last week or so the majority of the work that has been happening has been to do with the cables, so nothing actually looks different. But with the electrics and WiFi being sorted, the room will start to take shape. There is definitely a more polished look about the rooms, with fresh plaster and a coat of paint. Considering the amount of work that needed to be done, it's looking great. Converting 4-5 rooms and a corridor in to one has been an impressive journey.

The general timeline should be:
18th August- room completed and the shelving being installed.
20th August- Books and resources return to the library and a team of library elves put these on the shelves ready for students.
28th August- first FE inductions are scheduled for the library.

As you can see the timetable is pretty tight but hopefully we should be ready on time.

As for the shop, the shelving is being installed over the next few days, then there is the fun task of ordering more stock to fill the shelves, ready to sell on the 28th.

At the same time as all of this happening the Mac suite is being created with the same deadline.

No pictures this time, but I will ensure to include some on my next post as the count down begins.