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Transformation planned for Baker’s main hall

Posted on 14.12.2005 by Regisseur

Less expensive than the chance to rename the Medical School is the chance to rename the main hall of Baker Library, at $10 million. The hall will be refurnished as a “Scholars’ Green,” a sort of slightly busy study room. Since the card catalogs were moved out, the place has seemed rather empty, and having something like another Tower Room would be nice. With Novack just downstairs, there would be no need to put in a screaming espresso machine.

Baker post-renovation

Posted on 07.10.2005 by Regisseur

Three views of the renovated Baker Library:

The welcome desk above follows almost exactly the form of the earlier circulation desk, but with paneling depicted rather than attached. Now patrons enter the Berry addition through the librarians’ old passage to the stacks. Note the new colors for the library’s main hall, presumably based on historic colors.

The reflection prevents this photo from showing that one of the display cases has been removed to make a window onto the passage leading back to Berry.

As another local instance of outside becoming inside, an exterior wall of the original Baker stacks now lines the passage to Berry. VSBA installed a door here.