{"id":326,"date":"2012-05-11T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/?p=326"},"modified":"2012-05-11T12:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T17:52:35","slug":"huge-makeover-coming-to-rodgers-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/2012\/05\/11\/huge-makeover-coming-to-rodgers-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Makeover Coming to Rodgers Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s going to be a busy summer in Rodgers Library, even with most of the students away.\u00a0 For several months, the library has been planning for a major makeover of the public areas on the 1st floor.\u00a0 Actual work will begin in about mid-May and last until early August. \u00a0\u00a0With this project, we will completely transform much the area at the south end of the building.\u00a0 After removal of the book stacks and demolition and removal of the existing reference desk, new carpet will be installed.\u00a0 Once this is done, new furnishings will be added along with lots of new technology.\u00a0 Our goal is to increase technology and accommodate more users, while at the same time create spaces which are more conducive to learning and research.\u00a0 We aim to make the library more suitable for collaboration, recognizing that many students work on teams to complete assignments.\u00a0 The addition of two new dedicated group study rooms are part of the project.\u00a0 \u00a0This is a huge development and the outcome, as distinguished by enhanced appearance and functionality, signals an auspicious beginning of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century in Rodgers Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s going to be a busy summer in Rodgers Library, even with most of the students away.\u00a0 For several months, the library has been planning for a major makeover of the public areas on the 1st floor.\u00a0 Actual work will begin in about mid-May and last until early August. \u00a0\u00a0With this project, we will completely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/2012\/05\/11\/huge-makeover-coming-to-rodgers-library\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Huge Makeover Coming to Rodgers Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/rlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}