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It came down to the wire and The Paley Perk is the winner of our cafe naming contest. For the last few days of November The Paley Perk and The Study Mug were running neck and neck towards the finish line. But it was ultimately The Paley Perk that took the cup. Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for their favorite cafe name. Look for more information about the grand opening of the cafe in the spring semester when we officially name it The Paley Perk - and we award the grand prize - an 8 gb iPod Touch to the student who came up with the winning name.

During the week of July 13 renovation activity will continue and expand. On the west side of the first floor carpet work will begin. As the carpet is removed and new carpet installation begins it will be necessary to close the front door entrance to the Library for several hours. During this time access to the Paley Library will be through the Tuttleman Learning Center entrance. The exact date and time of this closure is not yet known, so please check back or just look for sign postings on the building doors. As work continues on the construction of cafe, anticipate the usual hammering and drilling noises. Also, during this week the renovation project expands to the lower level. Mid-week movers will begin preparing the lower level for the new Media Services Unit. For now, the main disruption will be moving equipment. Construction activity will begin later on the lower level. Again, check back for more details soon.

Here are a few things you should know about the first phase of our first floor (west side) enhancement project. Much of our furniture and equipment will be moved out of the area starting Wednesday July 9. This will result in considerable disruption for many of our users. You can expect the following to happen this week:

Standup Computer Consoles will be moved out of the area

Self-Check Circulation Terminals will be moved out of the area

Computers and associated furniture will be moved out of the area

Reference Desk will be moved to a slightly different location in the same area

All of the Leisure Reading Collection books have already been relocated to the far end of the east side of the first floor (near the Reference Department Office), and all of the New Book Collection has been relocated to an area just opposite the Tuttleman Circulation Desk. While we will have far less computers available during this period, there will still be computers opposite the reference desk and on the upper levels.

Next week you can expect a fair amount of carpet removal in the west side of the first floor. During this period the front entrance to Paley Library on the Bell Tower side will be closed. The only way to enter the Paley Library will be through the Tuttleman Center entrance. We will also begin constructing walls for our future cafe. This will create some noise and possible dust in a small area.

We will continue to keep our user community updated on this project as the work progresses.

Starting with the week of July 7 a month-long project to enhance the west side of the Paley Library first floor will result in some service disruptions to the Temple University Community. While this will cause some short-term inconveniences to you, our library users, we greatly anticipate our ability to serve you better in what will be a more functional, comfortable and attractive space. During the next month we will be moving furniture, laying new carpet, creating a consolidated leisure and new book reading area, providing new computer workstations with updated computer equipment, additional scanners, more collaborative work tables, a new reference desk location, a new display area, adding a news/media area and creating a small cafe for beverages and refreshments. As a result there will be times when computers will not be accessible. To minimize the loss of some computer access we will be adding additional computer work areas on the upper levels of Paley Library.

These renovations and additions to Paley Library will result in an even better facility for study, research and collaboration. We do apologize in advance for any inconveniences this may cause for our user community. We greatly appreciate your understanding and patience so that we can achieve a better Paley Library. For daily questions about computer availability we recommend you call our Reference Desk at 215-204-8212. If you do have any questions or concerns about this project please contact Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services.

We are pleased to announce that Paley Library has two new state-of-the art self-check machines on the first floor of Paley underneath the portrait of Samuel Paley. The new machines now feature a two step procedure that allows all sizes of books to be checked out successfully. With the old check-out machines we found that many of our users were unable to use them for large books such as music scores and art history books. Size and barcode placement is no longer a problem.

The graphics on the screen make them very user-friendly and we hope that many more of our users will be able to take advantage of their convenience.

---Penelope Myers

A common question at the Paley Library reference desk is "Where can I print color pages from the computers?" and up till now the answer was "Not here." That's about to change. To respond to student requests for color laser printing in the library, Paley has recently added a color printer to its two black & white printer stations in the first floor computing area.

Owing to the much higher cost of color laser prints it is necessary to charge a fee for the color prints, and the cost is $.50 per copy, the same fee charged in the TECH Center. The procedure to print to the color print station is the same as for the black & white printers, but students must specify that they want to send their print job to the color printer. Students must then swipe their identification card in order to pay the copy fee with Diamond Dollars. We are unable to accept cash or coin as payment for color prints.

- Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian

As part of a larger plan to upgrade and enhance the Paley Library first floor computing area, new types of computer workstations are being considered. One prototype of a new workstation is currently on display in Paley Library, located in the center of the first floor computer area. Here are photos of the prototype:

We urge our students to visit the Paley Library to give this prototype a personal use. Try it out. Then let us know what you think of it. Does it provide enough space? Is it comfortable to use? Is there enough privacy or too much? What do you think would work better? Share your feedback by adding a comment to this post or use our online suggestion box. We look forward to providing a variety of new furniture that will make this area a better workspace for our students.

- Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian

We hear you. You've told us you want better study spaces - and as much of it as we can provide. To better accommodate the needs of our library user community we've recently upgraded several spaces on the second and third floors of the Paley Library. These areas are all newly carpeted and new, comfortable chairs, many with tablet arms, are available in several of the improved study areas. Here are photos of two of the nine enhanced study spaces:

These new study spaces will be found on the far ends of both the second and third floors of Paley Library. Look for them in center and/or corners of these areas. We hope you enjoy these improved spaces. If you would like to provide feedback or suggestions for additional enhancements, please use our suggestion form.

- Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian