Actually, no. The first year, classes were held in the old electrical engineering and mechanical engineering buildings. Then Mary Gates Hall for the rest of the time. No classes in Suzzallo. In fact, the reading room at Suzzallo (as well as other significant portions) was closed nearly the entire time I was in school due to a giant seismic retrofitting project.

Well pooh then.

So the lib school was permanently moved over to Gates Hall or just during the retrofit. I did notice on my last visit the ugly results of the retrofit. Sorry to here that you didn't enjoy your time there. It does sound like I would have some issues with the leadership as well (and it sounds like they were taking their lead from Berkeley, which changed their program so much that they lost accreditation, not that they cared). That was one nice thing about the Hawaii program, about half of the people in the program were in the school and children's library track so it didn't lose itself entirely in the technology.

It's now permanently in Mary Gates Hall. Also, they're now doing a new Dean search (internal candidates only, for some reason), and the candidates are: the chair of technical communications in the college of engineering, a professor from the department of medical education and biomedical informatics, and the current "iSchool" (damn cutesy name) associate dean for research.

So as you can see, they're really focused on librarianship. :rolleyes:

That is a gorgeous library! Great pictures Alex!

Alex, that's one gorgeous library. </drool>

Of course, once they completed the reading room retrofit we did go hear a Christmas concert there performed by the Medieval Women's Choir. That was cool. Great setting and swell accoustics.

Oooh! Looks like they're doing it again! And on my birthday! And after finals! And this year my arm isn't broken! Oh BunnyTravolta.....

Such a pretty library. Such a pretty school.


I want to co canoeing again.........

Canoeing?

Well, actually the canoe rental is in the arboretum which is next to or connected to the campus.

Or, I may be waay off in my geography.

You've done this? The reason I ask is because in the same flickr gallery as the two photos I posted are photos of Lani and me canoing on Lake Washington. But I didn't (don't) think there was any way for you to navigate and see those other photos.

The canoe rental isn't actually at the Arboretum (unless there is another rental place I'm not aware of, but down below Husky Stadium (another of the Seattle areas hallowed tradition of building things that fall down) on the opposite side of the channel from the Arboretum.