Visit theatrium.ca

Want to know more about The Atrium and everything it will offer? Want to find out more about the relationship between the Atrium and the Library? Want to know what a "living wall" is?

Then all you have to do is go to http://www.theatrium.ca/. This brand new site is full of information on the many different resources and services which students (and faculty and staff) will be able to enjoy once it is completed (the finishing touches are scheduled for late January/early February). By the way, the "living wall" has already been installed and it looks great!

As you know, the Global Learning Commons will dominate the Atrium's first floor and visitors will pass through that space to get to the library. Right now the guys in hard hats are pulling out all the stops to get the area ready so that our new entrance can open on October 1. All of the furniture and computers for the Commons should arrive just a few weeks later. Once that's done, with our new service desks straddling the Library and the Global Learning Commons, we'll be able to provide more than 100 computers and all the help you'll need (we're even bringing an IT person on board).

Actually, the artist's rendering at theatrium.ca shows it better than I can explain it - another reason to pay it a visit....

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