On today’s show, we hear from Mount Allison’s Dean of Libraries Rachel Rubin, and Director of Facilities Management Kris Kierstead about a major new project at the university which involves a new building on Lansdowne Street to serve as a temporary library while the school undertakes a complete renovation and redesign of the existing Ralph Pickard Bell Library.
The school will break ground this summer behind the Athletic Centre for the new interim library building. Library services are slated to move into the new building in 2026, when the renovation of the Ralph Pickard Bell will begin. The renovation is expected to wrap up by 2029, at which point library services will move back to the Ralph Pickard Bell, and the new building will be outfitted as a multipurpose athletic facility.
