Correction appended

Renovation of Gelman Library’s first floor, which was slated to begin this spring, will be pushed back to the fall due to technological complications, University Librarian Jack Siggins said.

While the library is currently raising money for a $5 million overhaul of the aging building’s ground level, Siggins said he hoped to put $125,000 toward renovations to a portion of the first floor this spring to encourage prospective benefactors to donate to the project.

Siggins said that the project would be delayed, as he is waiting to resolve an issue over wireless technology with the University.

“I am waiting to hear from the University Administration about whether we will get funds to improve Web connectivity on the first floor,” Siggins said in an e-mail. Until then, Siggins said they will not begin the renovations.

The project slated to begin this spring would have created “micro-commons,” a portion of the first floor with group study areas.

Correction (April 23, 2009)

The Hatchet erroneously reported that construction of the “microcommons” on the first floor of Gelman Library were pushed back until the fall. Renovations to the seventh floor of the library were delayed until fall, while renovations to the first floor begin over the summer.