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 Window on the future
 Program
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Group Title: Window on the future
Title: 'Window on the future' booklet
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Title: 'Window on the future' booklet
Series Title: Library West dedication materials
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Language: English
Creator: UF Libraries
Publisher: University of Florida
Publication Date: 2007
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Table of Contents
    Front Cover
        Front cover
    Inside front cover
        Inside front cover
    Title Page
        Page 1
    Window on the future
        Page 2
    Program
        Page 3
    40 years of transition
        Page 4
    Inside back cover
        Inside back cover
    Back Cover
        Back cover
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WINDOW ON
THE FUTURE

The George A. Smathers Libraries'
dedication of the renovated
and expanded Library West






GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES:

WINDOW ON THE FUTURE





Library West is now poised to take its place at the very core of UF's scholarly life.
No part of a university is more the product of the intelligence of the past than its
library. It is best seen as the cumulative contributions of all those who have thought
and have \w written, and then of those who have made it their concern to preserve the
record and pass it on.
Dale B. Canelas
Director of UniL ,r' itv Libraries



GENERAL ARCHITECTS: Long & Associates i
Partner in charge of Design: Alexander Long
Project Architect: Paul Portal

LIBRARY ARCHITECTS: Ross Barney + Jankowski
Partner in charge of Design: James Jankowski, Michael Ross
Interior Design: Tiffany L. Nash

GENE RAL CONTRACTOR: Biltmore Construction
Project Manager: Bruce Schafer

ART: Painting and Metal Panels by Richard Heipp

UF FACILITIES PLANNING OFFICE PROJECT MANAGERS: Christene Eastman, Bahar Annaghani






Dedication Ceremony for the Renovated and Expanded

LIBRARY WEST

January 26, 2007
1:30 p.m.










Welcome and Acknowledgements Dale B. Canelas
Director of University Libraries

Remarks: Libraries in the University J. Bernard Machen
President of the University of Florida

Acceptance for Faculty Ralf Remshardt
Associate Professor and Chair University Libraries Committee

Acceptance for Students John Boyles
President of the Student Body

Address: On Libraries Michael Connelly
UFAlumnus & Bestselling Author

Conclusion J. Bernard Machen






Library, \\ est originally opened in 1967 with
600.000 volumes and 600 srudy spaces as the
Graduate Research Library the hrt in the
southeastern United States.

The lhbrarn Llosed in December 2003, following
many changes in allocation and use of its space.
Reopened in August 2006, the "new" Library
West is a campus center for study, collabora-
tion, intellectual exploration and access to the
world of electronic information. Design consid-
erations for the new building included integra-
tion of electronic and print resources, support
for new teaching methodologies, meeting the
needs of physically challenged students and
providing conditions required for the preserva-
tion of paper-based collections. Designed to be
the laboratory for teaching and research in the
humanities and social sciences, the aim was to
provide a comprehensive collection for
advanced work combined with electronic
support for the integration of digital technolo-
gies, and to meet the particular needs of both
undergraduate and graduate students.

Compact shelving can hold 1,700,000 volumes
from the humanities and social sciences and the
building can seat 1,400. The library has 20 group
study rooms, 84 graduate studies, 36 faculty
studies, study booths, a presentation area, digital
media center, two training rooms, a graduate
student floor and 139 general-use computers.


LIBRARY WEST-

40 years of transition










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