Tuesday, September 14, 2010
We're off
We have moved the Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company and all the bound volumes of the Charlottesville Daily Progress to the Ivy Annex in Alderman Library, and the first truck load of materials has left the building, heading to the Records Center.
Welcome!
Welcome to the web site for information, news, photos and more regarding the Ivy Stacks Retrofit project. My name is Paul Rittelmeyer and I will be your humble reporter during the time the University of Virginia Libraries off site shelving facility is completely renovated. Along with my colleague Renee Reighart we will be updating this site with news and images of the facility as it transforms from a simple and serviceable warehouse into a state of the art 21st century library shelving facility.
A few words about the project:
This is a project of the entire University of Virginia and involves not only Library staff from all the libraries but also folks from Facilities Management (including architects, engineers, and all manner of really smart and experienced construction managers), the departments of Procurement, Real Estate, and Legal Council as well as representatives from the Provost's Office and myriad other University experts that are being consulted as needed. The project manager is Taryn Harrison from Facilities Management. Lori Ponton in Procurement Services is managing the multiple contracts that have been, and will be, awarded over the life of the project.
A few words about this site:
The design and hard work of beginning a new web site is being done by the very capable and awesome Renee Reighart. She works in Alderman Library in the Department of Interlibrary Services. Renee will be doing most of the work in the Photos and Videos pages. We have started with showing what Ivy Stacks looks like before the project began. We will be posting images during all phases of the project. (I can’t wait to see how they install railroad lines into the concrete floor and then pour 10,000 square feet of concrete to make them flush to the floor. We will definitely be documenting that part.) While we have tried to offer information in different formats and styles, feel free to contact Renee with any suggestions or comments regarding the site.
As the Director of Interlibrary Services, and therefore the manager of Ivy Stacks and a part of this project’s management team, I will be adding content to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, the News page and updating the Timeline as needed. For a lot of background on Ivy Stacks including its history and some details of this project go to the FAQ page. The Timeline page will have the actual timeline as graphically displayed using some pretty neat software that UVa’s Facilities Management folks use in all their construction projects. And the News page will feature updates on how the project is going. As momentum develops I will update this page frequently.
A few words about the project:
This is a project of the entire University of Virginia and involves not only Library staff from all the libraries but also folks from Facilities Management (including architects, engineers, and all manner of really smart and experienced construction managers), the departments of Procurement, Real Estate, and Legal Council as well as representatives from the Provost's Office and myriad other University experts that are being consulted as needed. The project manager is Taryn Harrison from Facilities Management. Lori Ponton in Procurement Services is managing the multiple contracts that have been, and will be, awarded over the life of the project.
A few words about this site:
The design and hard work of beginning a new web site is being done by the very capable and awesome Renee Reighart. She works in Alderman Library in the Department of Interlibrary Services. Renee will be doing most of the work in the Photos and Videos pages. We have started with showing what Ivy Stacks looks like before the project began. We will be posting images during all phases of the project. (I can’t wait to see how they install railroad lines into the concrete floor and then pour 10,000 square feet of concrete to make them flush to the floor. We will definitely be documenting that part.) While we have tried to offer information in different formats and styles, feel free to contact Renee with any suggestions or comments regarding the site.
As the Director of Interlibrary Services, and therefore the manager of Ivy Stacks and a part of this project’s management team, I will be adding content to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, the News page and updating the Timeline as needed. For a lot of background on Ivy Stacks including its history and some details of this project go to the FAQ page. The Timeline page will have the actual timeline as graphically displayed using some pretty neat software that UVa’s Facilities Management folks use in all their construction projects. And the News page will feature updates on how the project is going. As momentum develops I will update this page frequently.
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