Ah, the sweet sounds of construction!

Our little remodeling project is underway.  Nothing major, just returning what was the "Rayl Reading Room" back to its original use.  In the original 1949 plans, this space was set aside to be the place where you could go with your newspaper, magazine, or book, and read in relative peace and quiet.  Apparently, you could also smoke in there as well!

Over the years as the library expanded, the space was used for many other things.  For some time it was the microfilm room and most recently it was a staff workroom.  Now though, we need a place that is quiet.  So we have come full-circle and will return the space to a "quiet" reading room.

Today, we saw some samples for lounge chairs.  These are the ones we are currently considering:

Sauder "Reflect"

Sauder "Cavetto"

Sauder "Planar"

What do you think?  I didn't think I'd like a chair without arms, but the "Cavetto" chair was actually quite comfortable, and we saw the model that comes with a movable tablet arm attached, which was pretty cool.  No matter which chair we pick, we'll hopefully be able to add more of them around the library as well.  We'll also add a couple of these study carrels to the Quiet Room:

All in all, a good day for the library today, I think.  Of course, I'll probably be singing a different tune when I start back in on the annual report tomorrow!

But there's always Friday, when we'll be meeting with a web designer to start talking about redesigning the HPL website!