“Georgia Southern University celebrated the expansion and renovation of the Zach S. Henderson Library with a ribbon cutting Jan. 21 in the library atrium. The ribbon cutting hosted by President Bruce Grube culminated a major capital project that began in the summer of 2004. The $22.75 million expansion/renovation added 101,000 square feet to the library’s original 132,000.”  Please see the full story here!

*Update:  Here’s a video report from the Statesboro Herald!

**Update 2:  Here’s a series of photos showing the transformation of the library.

Thanks to Allison Cliatt for posting her lovely new photograph of Henderson Library on Flickr!  Check it out here.

Gourmet Food & Wine Pairing with special guest Damon Lee Fowler
benefitting the Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University

What: Five-course gourmet pairing*
When: Wed., 21 Jan 2009, 6:30-9pm
Where: Christopher’s Restaurant
$85 per person, $150 per couple
To reserve tickets for the dinner or associated events, contact ddupont@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-5115 or 478-0093 (fax).

Enjoy a musical serenade by the exceptional Dr. Michael Braz & a sumptuous,
five-course gourmet meal & wine tasting* with guest speaker Damon Lee Fowler for the inaugural Friends of the Henderson Library Annual Fundraising Dinner.

Associated Events

Book Signing: Fowler, chef & culinary historian, will sign copies of his current work, The Savannah Cookbook, which can be reserved for advance purchase. A nationally recognized authority on Southern cooking & the feature food writer for Savannah Morning News, Mr. Fowler is the author of 6 critically acclaimed cookbooks & has been nominated for two Julia Child cookbook awards & a James Beard Foundation award. Recipes from his new book include Savannah’s “signature drink” Chatham Artillery Punch, Savannah Flatbread, which dates back to the city’s colonial days, and Sherried Shrimp, one of Fowler’s favorites.

Raffle of Limited Edition, Signed Frank Fortune Photo: The Friends of the Henderson Library are also hosting a raffle for a brilliant, limited edition, signed Frank Fortune photograph of the newly renovated Zach S. Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University. Only ten copies of this 16″ x 20″ high-resolution photo are available. The framed copy for the raffle is valued at $250; nine unframed, signed copies are available for purchase for $125 each.

To reserve tickets for the dinner, a signed copy of The Savannah Cookbook, or to purchase a raffle ticket or an unframed copy of the photo, please contact ddupont@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-5115 or 912-478-0093 (fax).

*A specially prepared pairing by the chefs of Christopher’s. No substitutions. If you have a food allergy, please indicate this when you reserve tickets.

Have you checked out the newly renovated and expanded Zach S. Henderson Library yet?  We’ve uploaded lots of photos to Flickr.  Thanks to Steve Hooley, Kendria Lee, Lori Lester, and Sonya Shepherd for their work on this photo gallery!

Flickr Gallery:  Learning Commons Soft Opening, Sept. 22, 2008

Thanks to GSU’s own Richard Chambers for sharing his photograph of Henderson Library, taken last night.  He’s released it into the public domain via Wikimedia Commons.  Mr. Chambers is the Project Manager for Eagle Informatics.

“Heaven” is the title of one of two lovely photos of Henderson Library that we spotted on Flickr.  The photographer has graciously given us a thumbs-up to our sharing links to her lovely photos of our library.  (Thanks, Heather!)

Check them out here:

Heaven

The new library at GSU

Ms. Debra Skinner, Catalog Librarian, serves on the editorial board of Zach’s News. She has been building a digital gallery of images from Henderson Library. Check out the “before” picture of the building, photos of the construction project, behind-the-scenes shots of building the ARC collection, and more to come. Also remember our live webcams of the construction are here. Our growing image gallery is here; feel free to add your own tags and comments! We’ll be featuring various images here in Zach’s News from time to time. Thanks, Debra!