Reflections of Aberdeen 2007 - 2013
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The document provides an overview of the planning and construction process for a new library building. It describes staff visits to the construction site, planning meetings, demonstrations of new facilities, shelves being installed, and moving books into the new building. Photos show various stages of construction from initial site visits through demolition of the old building and shots of the new interior and exterior.
Reflections of Aberdeen 2007 - 2013
- 1. ROOM WITH A VIEW
- 3. STAFF “ORIENTATION” VISITS TO THE SITE
- 5. ROBIN WORKING OUT WHERE HIS DESK WAS GOING TO BE
- 14. ONE OF OUR MANY PLANNING MEETINGS
- 16. GEORGE DEMONSTRATING THE NEW FACILITIES
- 17. ANOTHER TEAM VISITING THE SITE
- 18. SIOBHAN GETTING VERY EXCITED AS THE NEW SHELVES WENT IN
- 19. LOTS OF SHELVES TO GET EXCITED ABOUT
- 20. MAN WITH A VACUUM CLEANER……
- 21. THE WINNING DONOR WALL DESIGN TEAM
- 23. THESE ARE NOW ROUND THE ATRIUM
- 25. The fetching service was in full swing during the move so that QML users could still get access to books that had been moved
- 26. We moved 26 miles of books between August and December 2011
- 28. The first books in the new library; The Big Book of Concepts
- 34. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ALL THOSE STICKY PADS THAT PROTECT GLASS WHILST IN TRANSIT!
- 66. Things that excite librarians…..
- 68. Fun inside and outside the library
- 70. Ever wondered what is on the roof?
- 71. Ever wondered what was on the roof?
- 74. SOMETIMES GETTING UP EARLY FOR A FLIGHT WAS WORTH IT…..
- 75. REFLECTIONS
- 76. PROFESSOR GANE ON 7TH FLOOR (BEFORE THE WINDOWS WENT IN)
- 77. THESE WERE TURNED INTO COLUMNS
- 78. One of our “seat testing” trips
- 80. QML JUST BEFORE DEMOLITION
- 81. BEFORE AND AFTER
- 82. DURING AND AFTER
- 84. EN ROUTE TO EDINBURGH
- 87. PROFITS WARNING?
- 92. THE VIEW FROM THE LIBRARIAN’S OFFICE ON DAY ONE
- 99. TRUSTY CYCLE
- 107. OUR MILLIONTH VISITOR (JAN 2013)