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Day 4: Physics, Biology, & Geosciences

Today, the movers have been at all three libraries. They began today at Physics collecting the rest of the books and journals. Other movers brought these physics materials to Biological Sciences and the storage facility. Then, the books and journals brought to Biological Sciences has to be put back onto shelves. Once the first crew was finished with Physics, they started moving the booksContinue reading “Day 4: Physics, Biology, & Geosciences”

Day 3: Recap

Today was another busy day.  The movers continued to work on Physics.  All the journals have been moved either to Heinz Road or to Biological Sciences.  The journals at the Biological Sciences Library are beginning to be put on the shelf. Library staff (Kai, Brandon, Christine, Jessica, and myself) have also shifted journal titles toContinue reading “Day 3: Recap”

Day 2: Physics Library

At 8 am, the movers arrived to begin hauling the journals to storage. Their day actually began at 7:30 with unloading of a truck from yesterday at the storage facility.    The movers have started with the journal titles Journals ready to go to the truck   Cross your fingers for another good day! 

Day 1: Biological Sciences Library

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e7Cfl9v0Dk[/youtube] At 8:30 Monday morning, the movers started to haul some of the books and journals from Biological Sciences Library to the storage facility called Heinz Road Annex. This will make room in the building for the Physics and Geosciences collections. Mishaps of the day: 1. Elevator at Biological Sciences quit working for about 20Continue reading “Day 1: Biological Sciences Library”

Beginning of the Sciences Library

Beginning on May 17th, 2010, the University of Iowa Libraries will be merging the Biological Sciences, Geosciences and Physics Library into one library called the Sciences Library. This library will also house the books, journals, reference, and reserve for each of these libraries as well as the reference and reserve for chemistry and psychology. TheContinue reading “Beginning of the Sciences Library”