Massachusetts Institute of Technology
It sounds like a prank – a tent pitched under the Great Dome in the middle of the Barker Library Reading Room. But this tent was all library business, erected to provide the Institute community access to materials critical for teaching and research.
Last August, after MIT Distinctive Collections was displaced from Building 14 to Barker Library due to the Hayden Library renovation, they set up work spaces along the perimeter of the Great Dome to allow staff to adequately social distance – all except for one large copy stand, which was too tall to fit. Of course, the Dome has plenty of ceiling height, but it also has a 27-foot oculus, which made it difficult to control the lighting and reflection necessary for imaging work.
Scene at MIT: Setting up camp under the Dome
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