 Hey guys, it's Shagan here with all the series. We have two special guests. He's going to discuss with us the renovations That's going on and answer some of your questions. So hi guys. How are you? Good, we'd like to introduce yourselves and tell us what you do here in Alden I'm Robin Kervesti and the facilities manager and do project coordination and maintain the building I'm Ryan Spelman. I'm a library support specialist So I do a lot of work on those service desks and I help to schedule staff on desk And I also back up Robin on facility stuff. Awesome. So could you guys tell us a little bit about what's going on on the second floor with the renovations? This renovation should have happened about two years ago And it is bringing the academic advancement center from the first floor of Alden up to the second floor of Alden because it is a service student service and second floor is the hub for most student service activities and when Tutoring and so forth is an in session the labs will be open for students to go in and use for study spaces as well So what other type of renovations are going on right now, or is it just second floor? Part of the second floor renovation, which will be gutting an area that has been empty for a couple of years now We'll also include adding tutoring areas out here on the north side We will be adding restrooms a family restroom and And then same women's restroom opening up the back side of the elevators So there's a walkway and then on fourth floor will be adding restrooms as well during the summer And we're also updating the fifth floor with new furniture and carpeting and As we've reduced our stacks of government documents because it's available electronically We have a lot more floor space up there. So there'll be more study space for students And then I have a question it might be for you So I heard that next year the fourth floor is supposed to be open 24 hours. Yeah, people are pretty excited about that Yeah, I really wish that I would have been here for that You get so crowded on my second floor when everybody's down there I want so tell us a bit about how the heating in the cooling works here Because when we like kind of filter through the social media we see somebody to like it's so hot in here This and this and that's like, how does that work when you cut it all when you cut it off? This is even one of those days. Yeah, it doesn't always work perfectly. We have nine air handling units in the building Each are devoted to different areas of the building. Of course, there's seven floors of Alden library We've updated four of the nine your handling units two of them are still original to the building So as capital funding and priorities and the university and so forth come Come up for us. Hopefully we'll get two more Which will help The building and as we've restructured over the years sometimes the air handling has not been able to keep up with the The walls being built and the way we're changing the use of the space And it's it's a timeline Determined by the university when our heating and cooling come on and shut off It is currently on but and we also have other Parts of the mechanical system that doesn't always work up to par like or chill or sometimes it's not working properly You guys plan on like renovating each and each floor or is it just whenever the Problem is brought to you guys. You just go off of that We have a long-term plan. However, it usually depends on funding We can get to do those activities So with all these, you know renovations and things like that. That's all things going on the library So what are you guys doing to make sure that students have both the individual? Quiet space and then like space that they can work with your groups and teams things like that While the renovations are happening It's gonna be a bit of a challenge one of the things that we are doing is we're gonna be opening the Rollins room as a Quiet study space Starting at midnight so the students are coming in late because it gets really noisy in here Especially on the second floor since it's the only 24 five space at the moment during finals Although I mean the other floors are up until 2 a.m. Which is nice But you'd be surprised our students here pretty much all night trying to get things done So we're doing that to offer more quiet study space Is that gonna be starting this year? Well, just for the 20 starting the 21st We're gonna be doing that clear up through the end of finals We're gonna put up a sign and try to keep it as quiet as we can back there Because with the renovations where they put up the container wall, we lost that quiet study area in the second floor So and this is about the same size. It'll be nice substitute. I think for students And and for other group study areas We we've got a lot more whiteboards and so forth for flexibility in space and for people to be able to to make their own little Corner or group group area for collaboration. Yeah, we also open this lab up in the evenings Awesome. So, you know Working, you know really closely with like the students in the the building. Do you guys have any like Surprises or anything like random that you learned about the building or seeing any ghosts or anything Fun facts cool stories. I've heard people say that the freight elevators haunted When the building was originally built in the 1960s the yep This security and safety of construction areas isn't what it is today and like student a student wandered in and actually fell down the shaft And I found out about that. There's information about that in our archives So that's interesting. I Find it very interesting to know that they are handling units and so forth that take care of this huge building Several of them are original to the building. So they were put in like 1969 And that's kind of like segues into our next question. I was gonna ask like what are One or two things that you wish people knew about the building Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of control Area-wise of what we can do about the heating and cooling and even when they do make adjustments or fix something It's such a large building it doesn't happen instantaneously like at your house when you turn on the furnace You can feel the heat and it takes some time And we try and facilities tries their best To get to us in an orderly fashion, but we're one of a gazillion buildings two hundred and some buildings on campus So we're not always the priority And you didn't mention that is it the Alton is a very large building So if you had to pick what would be your your favorite spot Take your lunch break your highway My favorite spot Probably to take a lunch break would be up on the sixth and seventh floors You can get out in the way where you have that nice view of campus the big windows It's a really nice spot Looking at it from a student perspective before I was just a student and not working here I have to say the third floor probably my favorite spot, especially now if you have the Macintosh computers in there with creative cloud on them It's just a really nice comfy space. There's a lot of airflow a Lot of different areas you can go and I like the little exhibits they put it down there, too And I like I like being here at night and looking out into the wolf gardens With the lights on out the fourth floor entry Yeah, all the glass and like him I like being on the upper floors where you can see all over campus I also get access to places other people can't go to see out which is which is nice sometimes To just get away for a minute I do like the new for the floor of innovations like those Circle chairs feel like I'm just like I don't even know How to describe the theme like vintage ish like the kind of the couches like the long black couches I like just the whole the whole set up up there. It's cool to me Awesome. Well, thank you for letting me interview you and if you guys have any questions in regards to you know The renovations and the thing that's coming up next year. Just drop by and ask us and let us know So, thank you