John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio and Sorensen Family Reading Room

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OLD SCHOOL: In this "before" photo of the central reading room, students are shown working at computers. Because so much of modern technology is mobile, the need for stationary computers has been greatly reduced in the reading room. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
OLD SCHOOL: In this "before" photo of the central reading room, students are shown working at computers. Because so much of modern technology is mobile, the need for stationary computers has been greatly reduced in the reading room. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Owner:

Brown University

Architects:

Ed Wojcik Architect Ltd., Providence (Sorensen Family Reading Room), and Hweler + Yoon, Boston (Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio)

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General Contractors:

Shawmut Design and Construction, Boston and Providence offices

Cost:

$1.15 million, Sorensen Family Reading Room; $2.5 million, Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio

Use:

These recently completed renovations on the first floor of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library transformed spaces that had previously been the periodicals room and the central reading room. Taking the place of the periodicals room is the Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio, a collaborative and open space that features interactive technology, including a 3-D printer and large bed scanner. The new Sorensen Family Reading Room is an open study space with comfortable seating, upgraded wireless technology and laptops available for checkout by students.

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