New Sawyer Library - Construction Update

Construction of new Sawyer Library has been delayed at least a year due to national and international economic conditions.  This decision was made by the Board of Trustees and the President's Senior Staff as announced by President Schapiro on October 18, 2008.  Since then, the detailed Construction Documents have been completed and the latest project pricing exercise will soon occur.  At the present time, the best case scenario for project timing would be to break ground in the early fall of 2010 with building occupancy in late summer 2013. 

The new Sawyer Library will be a dynamic research center.  Home of the social sciences and humanities collections and the library's Learning Commons the new library complex will also house the College Archives, the Chapin Library and the Center for Media Initiatives.  The  co-location of collections, services and technology promises to  create an engaging space for learning and teaching. By melding historic Stetson with new construction, the new library will stand as a wordless metaphor representing the finest of old and new, a symbolic union of tradition and future.  more... 


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