 | With the renovations nearly complete, a workman puts the final touches on the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library. |
The newly renovated and renamed Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library (formerly
known as the Cross Campus Library) has opened its doors after undergoing extensive
renovations. It features new group study rooms, individual study carrels and custom-designed
furnishings. The library will house intensive-use and reserve collections needed
by readers on a daily basis.
T H I S
Newly renovated and renamed library reopens
Members of the Yale community got their first glimpse of the Bass Library at
a preview event on Oct. 18. At that event, participants also had the opportunity
to sample refreshments from the new Library Café, which offers a sustainable
menu of locally sourced food.
At midnight, a group of students, faculty and staff carried the first 20 books
from the Wright Reading Room (also newly reopened) in the basement of Sterling
Memorial Library to the shelves of the Bass Library. The ceremony was designed
to recall both the meeting of the ministers who in 1701 gathered to donate books
for the creation of a college and the procession of books in 1930 that marked
the move from Yale’s Old Library (now Dwight Hall) to Sterling Memorial
Library.
The remainder of the library’s collections will be moved to the Bass Library
in the next few days, and finishing touches will continue over the coming months.
Named to honor the generosity of Ann T. and Robert M. Bass ’71, the library
has been completely renovated and redesigned to better serve the needs of Yale
students, teaching faculty and staff.
It will also be home to the new Collaborative Learning Center, an evolving
partnership between the Yale University Library, the Instructional Technology
Group, the McDougal Graduate Teaching Center, the Yale Center for Language
Study and Yale Information Technology Services.
The Library Café will be open to the public as well as to the Yale community.
The renovation of the Bass Library began in May 2006. For more information and
a history of the renovation, visit www.library.yale.edu/renovaxn/phase2a/.
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
New facility is place where ‘future of medicine’ can unfold
Facility balances researchers’ needs with environmentally friendly features
Alumnus’ gift supports ‘critical’ work at F&ES
Yale affiliates to exhibit photographs, games and paintings at art festival
Yale’s United Way fundraising goal set at $1.2 million
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS
Yale to take part in national study examining children’s health
Three members of faculty elected to Institute of Medicine
Dr. David Fiellin receives NIH grant . . .
Chronic Lyme disease does not exist, researchers report
Spouses follow suit in health behaviors, study reveals
Museum honorees to ponder ‘The Future of Life on Earth’
‘The Greening of Yale and Beyond’ is topic of symposium
Symposium to examine the intersection of faith and politics
‘21st Century Democracy’ is the theme of Law School reunions
IN MEMORIAM
Deno Geanakoplos: One of world’s foremost Byzantine scholars
Felix Zweig: Former dean’s impact still felt in Yale engineering today
Exhibit examines post-war effort to halt the spread of communism . . .
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