Category Archives: ceiling project

The plastic sheeting no longer hangs from the ceiling, and visitors can see clearly into the new offices on the second floor. Once HVAC adjustments and the final inspection are completed, library faculty can finally move into new offices! While we have referred to this as a recent remodeling project, it actually began in the [...]

Installation and assembly of the final section of compact shelving section has begun. Hopefully we will have all of the books moved downstairs by mid-January.

Our library building officially re-opened to the public on Monday, August 23, 2010. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to get it ready so quickly — Public Services, Tech Support, etc. Tables and chairs have been arranged to restrict access to the stacks due to earthquake safety regulation while on the lower level [...]

Furniture continues to arrive on the main floor from storage while contractors are speedily installing the ceiling tiles on the lower level.

On this beautiful spring day the flowerbeds outside the library are full of color. Inside the library bookshelves have been reassembled and filled with books from the lower level.

The Summer issue of eSynapse, the newsletter of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, is now available online. Issue highlights include: From the Director: Lessons Learned Library Champion – Linda Tyler, PharmD Kathleen Digre Receives ULA Special Service to Libraries Award Introducing . . .  Sophia Edwards Arbuckle NOVEL Presented at NANOS 2010 Retracting [...]

Recently the Eccles Health Sciences Library conducted a survey via email of its student-patrons from the University of Utah’s Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health. We received over 220 responses which provided valuable insights into how our services are perceived and utilized, as well as how we can improve. To encourage participation we offered [...]

The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library building has now closed to allow the Ceiling Project to move forward. We, the library staff, are still here to serve our patrons’ needs. Our Public Services department (the first folks you see when you walked in the front door) has moved to the Health Sciences Education Building, [...]

Check out our Flickr slide show documenting the progress we are making in our Ceiling Project!

Under the auspices of fire safety, the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library has been selected by the Asbestos Protocol program at the University of Utah for removal of asbestos containing materials. The ceiling tiles on all three levels of the library are slated for removal later this Fall 2009. In addition to the removal [...]