Rockville Library Renovation

The Office of Facilities is embarking on a new project for the Macklin Tower library on the Rockville Campus, transforming it into a vibrant hub of social and academic life for the MC community.

Hord, Coplan, Macht (HCM) architects has been engaged to design the renovation of the library and we invite you to take a virtual 3-D tour of the future Library, courtesy the designers at HCM.

3D Walk Through of the New Design:

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Current View:

entrance to the rockville campus library

students looking through books at the rockville campus library

study spaces, including tables, chairs, and computers, at the rockville campus library

Renovation Timeline Library

Embark: Spring 2024
- Commission the design team.
Engage: Fall 2024
- Engage the College community for the most desired amenities.
Design: Fall 2024–Summer 2025
- Design a vibrant new hub of social and academic life.
Renovate: Fall 2025–Fall 2027
- Construct a reenvisioned intellectual hub where inclusivity, technology, and creativity converge.
Unveil: Spring 2028
- Celebrate the grand opening to the College community.

During the renovation all departments in Macklin Tower are relocated with the exception of the English and Reading Department, and MBI Finance Lab.

DEPARTMENT RELOCATION LIST DURING THE RENOVATION:

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to Mannakee Building (MK) 335
Deans' Offices to Campus Center (CC) 017
English Language for Academic Purposes (ELAP)/COMM to Campus Center 232; South Campus Instruction Building (SB) 115 and 008; Theatre Arts Building (TA) 128, 129 & 131; and Homer S. Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education (GU) 147
Library to Academic Annex (CB) building
MCTV to Technical Center (TC) 246
Paul Peck Humanities Institute (PPHI) to Campus Center (CC) 004
Psychology to Campus Center (CC) 217
World Languages to Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong Student Services Center (SV) 217D & 105C
Writing, Reading, and Language Center (WRL) to Humanities (HU) 003

DEPARTMENTS REMAINING IN MACKLIN TOWER DURING THE RENOVATION:

English and Reading Department
- Public access is at the Macklin Tower, Writing, Reading, and Language Center (WRL) Suite 020.
- No access to offices on 4th and 5th floor except for staff and faculty of this department.
MBI Finance Lab and offices, in Macklin Tower, Suite 101 and 102 is open to the public.

HOW TO ACCESS TO DEPARTMENTS REMAINING IN MACKLIN TOWER DURING THE RENOVATION:

The Ground Level doors underneath the bridge facing the Humanities (HU) and Computer Science (CS) buildings.
The 1st Floor doors across the bridge facing the quad.
The 1st Floor doors from the terrace facing West Campus Drive.