It’s spacious, with more than 20,000 square feet, and natural light pours in through the southern windows. Students are discovering it as the most beautiful contemporary space to work on campus. Since the library got its new gate counters on Feb. 1, more than 5,000 people have visited to look for music or books or to sit down at the new computers to do research.
At the grand opening today, the deans of University Libraries, Fine Arts and Architecture & Planning spoke about how they worked together to find space in the new George Pearl Hall for the library.
Over the years, university space planners explored every possible option for new library space, including a discussion of locating it under the visitor parking garage. Fortunately for students, the deans were able to convince planners that the top floor of the new architecture building offered the best possible solution.
The library is open to the community.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at February 14, 2008 04:58 PM