NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 23 number 1 - Fall 2002

By Nancy Vaupel, Scholarly Communication and External Relations

Plans can make dreams come true. After many years of planning, the NCSU Libraries' Learning and Research Center for the Digital Age (LRCDA) is scheduled to open in spring 2003. The new LRCDA will enhance the library's national profile as a leading-edge digital library and help to make NC State even more attractive to faculty and students, as the center strengthens key aspects of teaching, learning, and research. Included as part of the new LRCDA space will be the Digital Library Initiatives Department, Digital Media Laboratory, Usability Research Laboratory, Learning Technology Service, Information Technologies Teaching Center, and Scholarly Communication Center. To learn more about the LRCDA, visit the Web at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/administration/LRCDA/LRCDA.html.

The design of the LRCDA, completed in 2001, placed the facility on the second floor, East Wing, of the D. H. Hill Library. Shortly after the bid process was completed, construction schedules were drawn up. The building renovations have progressed according to schedule.

Photographs tell the story of what is happening now. The center is under construction. To make way for construction crews, a large portion of the East Wing's second floor was cleared. Most of the furniture, equipment, and staff were moved. The staff are now working in temporary quarters and awaiting the LRCDA's grand opening this coming spring.