Join the Fleet Library team for a whirlwind tour of their spaces in the RI Hospital Trust Building, a beaux-arts banking hall completed in 1917 by New York City architecture firm, York & Sawyer, and adapted into a library by Office dA, Boston, in 2006. Starting with an overview of the magnificent first floor reading room, we then journey through Technical Services into the library’s specialized areas. Visit our pioneering materials library and well-loved picture collection in the Visual & Material Resource Center. Join Special Collections and RISD Archives for highlights from our artists’ books, rare books, and archival materials documenting RISD’s history. Throughout, attendees will enjoy exclusive peeks into areas not often included on tours, such as processing facilities, storage areas, and hidden bank vaults. We look forward to opening our doors to colleagues who might not be able to visit this space in person, and will offer a 30-minute Q&A after the tour.
