Below is the first in a planned series of video updates on changes to the Rolfing building.  Below the video is a transcript - sort of (it is what I would have said had I been reading the script).  Hope you enjoy.

Hi my name is Matt Ostercamp and I’m the Head of Technical Services here in the library.  We are excited to announce that the upper floor of the library is getting painted and much of it is getting new flooring as well.

Although we have yet to see the final paint colors we’ve been told that they won’t be blue!  I’ll be sure to share more with you as we learn about it.

The painting is scheduled to start on Dec. 7th and the flooring will be going in after the end of the semester.  We know this is a busy time for most of you and will try to keep out of your way as much as possible.  I’ll also be posting video updates on our website to inform you of our progress and changes in our building.

One change to look for soon is the moving of our current periodical collection from the front of the library.  We will be moving them back next to the bound periodicals.  You may have already noticed our staff hard at work moving and dusting tons of journals.  I’ll show you pictures of the new current periodical area after it moves.

Moving the periodicals is a first step in implementing a new master plan for our library space.  More information on the plan will also be forthcoming but for right now we have a lot of work to do.

Thanks for watching, Matt

Postscript - Rebekah Hall (the usual Thinc blogger) has been doing a lot of work on the master plan for the library amongst other tasks so the blogging has slowed for the time being.