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The Daily OrangeCake, math books make for a unique 100th birthday celebration
By Ronna Weyland
Posted: 10/5/07, 12:15 AM EST Section: News
One of the main goals is to acquire more space for the library.
"The collections within Bird Library have grown too large to fit in the building," Thorin said. "The solution is to build another site of campus."
She said the library is currently working in partnership with New York University to build a collections center at Research Park.
Graduate student Hilda Soltani said she was glad to be a part of the library's centennial celebration.
"The fact that the building is 100 years old is amazing," she said. "I love the architecture of the building. You don't see it very often." However, Soltani said she wished it had air conditioning because the classrooms get hot.
Also present at the celebration was Metod M. Milac, the first full-time music librarian hired in 1962. He said he hopes to see the statue of Diana the Huntress returned to Carnegie after the renovations are complete.
"I remember walking up the stairs into the vestibule, and there was Diana," Milac said. "When the collections were moved to Bird Library after it opened, the statue was put in storage. It was finally taken out of storage after a few years and placed on the second floor of Bird."
He said it became a tradition for students to rub the dog's paw for luck before exams, causing the statue to tarnish. The statue currently is roped off to keep patrons from touching the paw.
"The collections within Bird Library have grown too large to fit in the building," Thorin said. "The solution is to build another site of campus."
She said the library is currently working in partnership with New York University to build a collections center at Research Park.
Graduate student Hilda Soltani said she was glad to be a part of the library's centennial celebration.
"The fact that the building is 100 years old is amazing," she said. "I love the architecture of the building. You don't see it very often." However, Soltani said she wished it had air conditioning because the classrooms get hot.
Also present at the celebration was Metod M. Milac, the first full-time music librarian hired in 1962. He said he hopes to see the statue of Diana the Huntress returned to Carnegie after the renovations are complete.
"I remember walking up the stairs into the vestibule, and there was Diana," Milac said. "When the collections were moved to Bird Library after it opened, the statue was put in storage. It was finally taken out of storage after a few years and placed on the second floor of Bird."
He said it became a tradition for students to rub the dog's paw for luck before exams, causing the statue to tarnish. The statue currently is roped off to keep patrons from touching the paw.
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