Tag: Activity Room

• In Defense of “Aggressive Ductwork”

  A Totally Tubular Story from 1981 Woah … Hold up. I’m not aggressive. I’m a connector, man. I know how to listen, and I like to just hang out. I’ve been doing that for over 40 years now. I’m the ductwork in the Russell Library, and I’ve come to correct the record. The architects who…

  Kim S.

  August 17, 2026

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Secrets of Russell Library

  Activity Room, AggressiveDuctwork, CharlesSaltsman, CheSeraSera, Ductwork, HardyHolzmanPfeiffer, LobbyDesk, MIT, NavalArchitectureAndEngineering, RaymondEngineering, SpiralStaircase, VirginiaHatchRoom

• Dark Academia is Coming to the Library

  We did a lot of cleaning and painting during the pandemic. Although the library was closed to the public and we only had a skeleton staff in the building, we made some big changes. Anyone who has been to Russell Library since the end of the pandemic knows how much we have spruced the place…

  Mary

  May 19, 2025

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Trending

  Activity Room, ColorPalette, DarkAcademia, DeadPoetsSociety, HarryPotter, LibraryMakeover, Pandemic, TheSpace