This is the official opening day of the Library Collections Annex, the newest part of the Brown University Library system. Located at 10 Park Lane in Providence RI, about 4 miles from campus, the Annex is a high density storage facility with a capacity of 1.7 million volumes. Its opening marks a decade-long planning process, three years of development, and nearly a year of construction and renovation. A staff of four have been on the site this week, being trained and preparing the space, and the first shipment of materials previously stored at Harvard Depository have already arrived to be processed. It will take until mid-May for the move of all 250,000 volumes from Harvard Depository to be delivered and shelved. At that time, materials from campus libraries will begin to be shipped.
See the Annex web site.
For further information contact: annex@brown.edu