SCF Celebrates National Shelfie Day as it Prepares New Library

Staff and students took turns this month shelving books and taking photos for National Shelfie Day as they prepare for the ribbon-cutting for the new Library & Learning Center at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF).

National Shelfie Day falls just one month before the ribbon cutting and staff and students are getting a head start with a Feb. 5 book brigade of students, staff and faculty passing books at 10 a.m. from the old library to the new learning environment that features high-tech resources in an open, inviting environment filled with sunlight filtering through huge windows overlooking the campus, and, of course, SCF’s extensive book collection.

The Feb. 22 ribbon-cutting will include a time capsule, hourly tours, a time-lapse video of construction and refreshments. The SCF community will get in on the fun starting in the first week in February with the pass-the-book event and the opening of an exhibit on former U.S. Rep. Robert Smalls, who served in Congress from 1884-1887, as the first black representative from South Carolina.

For more information, contact Meg Hawkins, director SCF Library & Learning Center, at HawkinM@SCF.edu or 941-752-5307.