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New Collaboration announced between library and Restaurant
AMES – Local restaurant Hickory Park and Iowa State University’s Parks Library announced a joint venture today that would see each institution open a small presence at the other’s location.
The partnership will see the addition of a small barbeque restaurant inside the library, Hickory Parks Library, while a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf and exhibit area will open in the main entrance and waiting area of the restaurant titled “Hickory Park’s Library.”
Beth McNeil, dean of library services at Parks Library, said “This will be a wonderful opportunity for our students to get some Hickory Park barbeque while studying and a great way to get our resources into as many sauce and grease-covered hands as possible.” She added, “A Saucy Southerner pairs well with Chemistry, while the Hickory Park Grinder is more suited to Linguistics.”
A selection of books will be housed at Hickory Park, 1404 S. Duff Avenue, starting with a selection of TX call numbers and gradually expanding into the Animal Science sections. Researchers who need access to these resources can submit a request to have the book delivered to Parks Library with next-day service, or they can visit the restaurant and select it themselves.
In addition, a rotating exhibition that focuses on aspects of rural life and livestock will be offered; the first set will include the Meat Packing Ephemera Collection (1926-1977), the Carl Telleen papers (1979-1986), and the Temple Grandin papers (1973-2006).
Ed Goedeken, vegetarian, commented, “The new arrangement will save us space on collection development. We’re basically getting another offsite storage space,” though he did express concern at the massive amounts of meat being smoked just a floor below his office.
Citing concerns over the expected increase in fingerprints and drippings on materials, Conservator Sonya Barron noted she is developing a new and cost-effective way to get grease and BBQ sauce off pages.
Future plans in the burgeoning collaboration call for the restaurant to add a new menu item at both locations, “The Tiers,” a sandwich made with well-organized but slightly hard to find meats. It will come with fries.
The partnership will see the addition of a small barbeque restaurant inside the library, Hickory Parks Library, while a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf and exhibit area will open in the main entrance and waiting area of the restaurant titled “Hickory Park’s Library.”
Beth McNeil, dean of library services at Parks Library, said “This will be a wonderful opportunity for our students to get some Hickory Park barbeque while studying and a great way to get our resources into as many sauce and grease-covered hands as possible.” She added, “A Saucy Southerner pairs well with Chemistry, while the Hickory Park Grinder is more suited to Linguistics.”
A selection of books will be housed at Hickory Park, 1404 S. Duff Avenue, starting with a selection of TX call numbers and gradually expanding into the Animal Science sections. Researchers who need access to these resources can submit a request to have the book delivered to Parks Library with next-day service, or they can visit the restaurant and select it themselves.
In addition, a rotating exhibition that focuses on aspects of rural life and livestock will be offered; the first set will include the Meat Packing Ephemera Collection (1926-1977), the Carl Telleen papers (1979-1986), and the Temple Grandin papers (1973-2006).
Ed Goedeken, vegetarian, commented, “The new arrangement will save us space on collection development. We’re basically getting another offsite storage space,” though he did express concern at the massive amounts of meat being smoked just a floor below his office.
Citing concerns over the expected increase in fingerprints and drippings on materials, Conservator Sonya Barron noted she is developing a new and cost-effective way to get grease and BBQ sauce off pages.
Future plans in the burgeoning collaboration call for the restaurant to add a new menu item at both locations, “The Tiers,” a sandwich made with well-organized but slightly hard to find meats. It will come with fries.