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The perfect study spot

Posted on by Cailin Riley

Now that floors 1 through 4 of Hale Library have officially been open to the public for more than a month, students and community members are getting more familiar with the new spaces and finding their perfect study spots.

A picture of Zixuan Wang.
Zixuan Wang, a vet student in her second year, said that she loves the collaboration rooms and technology. “My favorite is this big monitor and the study room,” she said. “And I like that it’s quiet, it’s spacious, it’s bright…it’s perfect, I think.”
A picture of Josh Morgan in one of the study rooms.
Josh Morgan, a senior studying kinesiology, said he appreciates the variety of different study spaces. “You have the study rooms, you can have sessions by the whiteboards, you have the other side where there are walls and comfy chairs…basically whatever you think is best for your studying is here.”
A picture of Brooke Crawford studying the the second floor living room area.
Brooke Crawford a sophomore studying kinesiology, prepares for an upcoming exam in the bright living room area on the second floor.
A picture of Kinde Ketema.
Kinde Ketema, a graduate student studying agronomy, said that the renovation far exceeded his expectations. “I love the Libraries…I love these study rooms. With the renovation, the library looks pretty nice. And everything is like, completely different now. It’s amazing.”

We’re especially excited about the opening of the Virginia Carlson Family Reading Room on the first floor of Historic Farrell Library. This space features the juvenile literature and curriculum materials collections and offers plenty of seating for study purposes.

A picture of full shelves in the Family Reading Room.
The Virginia Carlson Family Reading Room on the first floor of Historic Farrell Library offers visitors a naturally bright and open space to browse children’s literature and curriculum materials.

Current periodicals are also now available for browsing on the second floor of Historic Farrell Library in room 240. Items from the juvenile literature and curriculum materials collections can be checked out, but current periodicals may only be browsed.

In other exciting news, the media studio and equipment checkout are scheduled to open to the public the first week of April in the Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab. This is just the first phase of several installments of advanced technology including makerspaces, video production studio, virtual reality room and more. The Innovation Lab is scheduled to be fully open next fall.

A picture of the current periodicals space.
Current periodicals, including scholarly journals and trade publications, are available for patrons to browse on the second floor of Historic Farrell Library. The room can be accessed from the west side of the building.

We also want to invite fans of the K-State Libraries to join us on April 15 at 6:30 p.m. for the Tale of Hale, a virtual ribbon cutting and official re-opening celebration of Hale Library. This storytelling event will feature narration by proud K-Staters, including Dean of Libraries Lori Goetsch and K-State President Richard Myers.

A graphic promoting the Tale of Hale event.

You can RSVP online for this event at ksufoundation.org/rsvp/libraries/ or by calling (785)775-2040. The viewing link and details will be sent following your registration.

Even better, as a special thank you for attending the Tale of Hale, you will receive a commemorative bookmark! (Everybody needs more bookmarks.)

We can’t wait to celebrate our new, 21st century, next-generation library with you!