The Beaufort District Collection Research Room has a brand new look!It was very difficult to move around the room when we had more than one researcher at a time. As anyone who's been in knows, our public area is long but narrow. Having 4 tables and chairs for individual researchers allows BDC staff to sashay among the tables to more easily share materials and research advice. It also puts us in compliance with ACRL/RBMS Guidelines.
The big desk has been replaced with a much smaller work station for Melissa and Amanda to help and monitor Research Room customers.Team Kathy Mitchell, Melissa Jacobs, Amanda Forbes, Jan O'Rourke and Ileana Herrick worked wonders on re-arrangement, shifting, and going through "stuff" to make the room more comfortable for researchers and staff alike. We thank Facilities staff for doing the heavy lifting.
We are hopeful that arranging the public computer, the photocopier, the microfilm reader/printer and regular printer along the same concave wall opens the floor space as well as better accommodates the activities that actually go on in the public space of the Research Room. In case you're wondering what happened to our previous furnishings, "Waste not, want not" is our standard rule of thumb. The big reference station desk originally donated by the Beaufort County Historical Society when the South Carolina Room was completed in 1992 is in process of finding a new home with another local cultural heritage institution. The large tables, also donated in 1992 by the BCHS, have been re-purposed as workroom tables for docents and staff to process collections. The club chairs are now being used in other parts of the Library system.
Visit Amanda, Melissa and me in the Research Room to see for yourself. We're ready to guide you to wonderful books, articles, files, videos, etc. about Beaufort District's long and storied history.Please note: The Library system will be closed Mon., Sept. 4th in honor of Labor Day. (Does anyone else appreciate the irony in this holiday?)
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