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By Tedd Roseberry, Upper School Head Librarian
The dramatic new structure rising out of the site where the Dickson-Sanger Dining Hall once stood is hard to miss as you walk across campus. But equally important— and far less obvious—is the work happening behind the scenes to prepare for the August 2020 opening of the John and Claudia Belk Upper School Learning Center. Here’s a glimpse at what librarian Sarah Richardson and I are doing to prepare for the big move, which will bring Country Day’s tradition of excellent libraries into a new era of providing college-ready research skills for our Upper School students.
Similar to a college or university setting, the Belk Learning Center will include flexible, multiuse space for collaboration, creativity, and student relaxation, as well as traditional library space for quiet study and research. This year, our primary task has been to adapt our existing resources to work in the new space. When complete, the Belk Learning Center will have shelving for about 12,000 volumes. Our existing collection was considerably larger than that, closer to 18,000 books. SUMMER 2020
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