{"495371":{"#nid":"495371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Withdraws Library Budget Request","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this week, Georgia Tech withdrew its request for fiscal year 2017 state bond funds for the renovation of the Price Gilbert Library and Dorothy Crosland Tower.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA recent review of the project status revealed that more time is needed for work to be completed in the areas of building preparation and remediation. This time will also provide an opportunity to raise additional private funds to supplement the state\u2019s investment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresident G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson stated that, following these additional preparations, Georgia Tech plans to resubmit the project for funding in fiscal year 2018.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe renovation project is part of Tech\u2019s Library Renewal Project, which re-envisions the role and design of a 21st century university library. The long-term project began in 2015 and progressed last month with the opening of the Joint Library Service Center with Emory University. The center is located near the Emory campus and has daily deliveries to Georgia Tech to fulfill requests for books and materials from the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library also recently launched a new search system for all of its print and online materials. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/search.do?vid=01GALI_GIT\u0022\u003EPRIMO\u003C\/a\u003E serves as a single search access point to all of Tech\u2019s scholarly content.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the Library Renewal Project at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/renewal.library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erenewal.library.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will take additional time to prepare the site for construction, and will also pursue private funding sources to offset the cost of the project for the state.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will take additional time to prepare the site for construction, and will also pursue private funding sources to offset the cost of the project for the state."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-04 12:29:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:35","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256941":{"id":"256941","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Library","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1475894936","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:56","alt":"Georgia Tech Library","file":{"fid":"198241","name":"library_front.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/library_front.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/library_front.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5494627,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/library_front.jpg?itok=GpD-tQGm"}}},"media_ids":["256941"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/renewal.library.gatech.edu\/","title":"Library Renewal project"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4195","name":"budget"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"87991","name":"Library Renewal Project"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}