Book Exchange

Posted by Hawie Reyne Veniegas in Campus

A telephone booth turned into a book exchange shelf. Photo by: Hawie Reyne Veniegas

When entering Fogelson Library, the very discreet “Book Exchange” shelf can be found on the right side of the entrance. The shelf is for patrons who like to leave a book for other people’s use and take a book that piques their interest. According to Margaret Van Dyk, Fogelson’s director, the little shelf used to be a telephone booth until it was removed a few years ago. Van Dyk says the shelf wasn’t her idea but her former colleague’s, Morgan Light, who had the idea to repurpose the shelf.