Does anybody know how to get to the "Doe Core?" in Doe Library?

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<p>Is it open to the public? It’s where books used to be stored before Main Stacks was built.</p>

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<p>Can’t be harder to find than getting the Ring to Mordor.</p>

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<p>"Phase II: Demolition of old Doe Stacks and seismic upgrade of the Doe building core
Beginning in October/November 1996, Phase II of The Library’s seismic upgrade began. This project has a target for completion in early 1998. The goal of Phase II is to bring the seismic rating of Doe Library from “poor” to “good” and to meet all regulatio ns of the State Fire Marshall. Phase II will be accomplished in steps, as follows:</p>

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<li>reroute utilites to allow for subsequent work;</li>
<li>demolish old book stacks in the Doe core (a step made possible by the completion of Phase I and the subsequent move of all books to the underground Main Stacks);</li>
<li>excavate the Doe core area to the level of the existing Doe basement; build new foundation footings and pour a new concrete slab;</li>
<li>build new shear walls in Doe core in accordance with current seismic requirements. (These new shear walls will both improve the seismic strength of Doe Library, and serve as the base for future seismic strengthening of the historic North Reading Roo m);</li>
<li>strengthen existing column-to-beam connections throughout Doe Library."</li>
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<p>That’s all I can find.</p>

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<p>Hmm…thanks for the find! Maybe there’s an entrance somewhere in the basement?</p>

<p>Now that I think about it…If you take a look at Doe Library on Google Maps, there’s a huge skylight in the middle of the building that I don’t think I’ve ever seen while inside the library (<a href=“http://imageshack.us/m/109/964/corep.jpg[/url]”>http://imageshack.us/m/109/964/corep.jpg&lt;/a&gt;). I think that’s the core. Now to find it.</p>

<p>By the way, I’m bored and procrastinating in Main Stacks.</p>

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<p>If you find it, do tell me. I get confused navigating in Main Stacks already - if I tried to find the core I’d never find my way out :P</p>

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<p>I found it! It’s accessible through the basement, where the newspapers and microforms are stored. It’s room 40. If you enter Doe through the south entrance and take a left, you can take one of the two elevators near the student employment center and the south/southeast Asia library. It’s a pretty bizarre place. There are tables to study at, too.</p>

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<p>ooh I’ve been to the South/SE Asia library. so you take the elevator there and go down?</p>

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<p>I heard studying at the core brings good luck on midterms.</p>

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<p>I heard studying and understanding brings good grades on midterms.</p>

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<p>I heard studying and understanding, while at the Doe Core, brings the best grades on midterms and finals.</p>