Phase III: Summary
- Merged periodicals and microforms services (PMRR)
- Additional Milstein Undergraduate Reading Rooms
- 6 group study rooms
- Completion of the Philip L. Milstein Family College Library
- First of eight subject-based research reading rooms with non-circulating collections to expand existing pilot program:
- Latin American Studies (Room 503)
- Moral & Political Theory (Room 504)
- U.S. History and Literature (Room 502)
- Graduate locker & copy center
- Libraries administrative offices & meeting rooms
- Expanded offices for the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC)
- Collaborative work environment for Columbia Center for New Media Teaching & Learning (CCNMTL)
- Balance of expanded subject-based research reading rooms program in:
- African Studies (Room 607)
- Ancient & Medieval Studies (Room 603)
- Islamic Studies (Room 602)
- Papyrology, Epigraphy & Paleography (Room 604, which includes a projection screen and hook-up for AV presentations)
- South Asian Studies (Room 601)
- Two additional research reading room collections are being created:
- Early Modern Europe
- Modern & Comparative Studies
- Upgraded lighting
- Wireless communications
- New mechanical and safety systems
- Improved seating & service areas
- Expanded access points from adjacent Reading Rooms
- All books individually cleaned
- Refurbish 3 passenger elevators (2 on East side, 1 on West side)
- All new machinery and controllers
- Cab interiors completely replaced
- Floor indicator dials replicated, 2nd & 3rd floors
- Digital floor location displays added
