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A view from the loft of the (unfinished) second floor archive room.
In 1964, the Conservatory Library moved quarters to the Conservatory's new facility designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The facility's most recent milestone, the 1988 addition designed by Gunnar Birkerts and Associates, which stands to the south of Warner Concert Hall, nearly tripled the library's space. Although only one of the addition's two floors was fully completed, future plans provide for the completion of the second floor. Presently, planners are investigating the possibility of installing compact shelving on the second floor, reconfiguring the library's Electronic Resource Center, and adding an elevator and small conference room, in addition to converting its seminar space into a smart classroom.
"Although it would appear that 'space' for the Conservatory library is the 'final frontier,' the future is much more," says Deborah Campana, Conservatory librarian. "Libraries everywhere are pondering the significance of MP3 and other means of sound files travelling over the Internet, eRocket, or digital book-like transmission for text and images, and netLibrary or other electronic text delivery services."
Campana believes that even though technology will continue to influence library use, "new means of information transfer will supplement -- but most likely not replace -- existing modes in the near future. Musicians will continue to place music on their stands and researchers will continue to read books on paper."
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