Futuristic Library script

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FUTURISTIC LIBRARY (running time = 1:48)

SUGGESTED INTRO: LIBRARIES HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE BOOK-LADEN DUSTY SHELVES OF NORMAN ROCKWELL'S AMERICA, AS EVIDENCED BY THE OPENING OF A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE IN CLEVELAND. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VIDEO: Kelvin Smith Library (misc. interior shots).

VOICEOVER: THIS MAY BE THE MOST TECHNICALLY ADVANCED LIBRARY IN AMERICA. IT BEGAN AS A VISION FOR FUTURISTIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND BECAME REALITY AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING AND ALMOST 30 MILLION DOLLARS.

VIDEO: Kelvin Smith Library exterior.

VOICEOVER: IT'S THE NEW LIBRARY ON THE CAMPUS OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND.

VIDEO: Shots of exposed floor tiles showing fiber-optic cables. Also, shots of interior furniture and study carrels.

VOICEOVER: FLOOR TILES HIDE FIBER-OPTIC CABLES. CUSTOM-DESIGNED FURNITURE FEATURES CONNECTION PLATES THAT CONNECT LAPTOP USERS TO THE WORLD THROUGH THE INTERNET FROM VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE IN THE BUILDING.

VIDEO: Tilt-up shot of library atrium space; space-saver book shelf units being operated.

VOICEOVER: DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSROOMS OFFER LIVE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. OF COURSE, FOR THOSE WHO STILL READ BOOKS, THE LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE HAS COMBINED THE HOLDINGS OF TWO OF THE SCHOOL'S FORMER LIBRARIES, THANKS TO MOVEABLE SPACE-SAVER BOOK SHELVES THAT OPEN AND CLOSE AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON. RAY METZ IS THE UNIVERSITY'S DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
RAY METZ,
CWRU DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

OUTCUE: "... it's a great field to be in." (:40)

VIDEO: Library exterior pan shots

VOICEOVER: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE KELVIN SMITH LIBRARY, WHOSE NEIGHBORS INCLUDE THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA AND THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, IS BOTH MODERN AND CLASSIC.

VIDEO: Misc. library interior shots with students.

VOICEOVER: AN IDEA REFLECTED IN ITS APPROACH TO EDUCATION -- THAT NO MATTER HOW ADVANCED THE TECHNOLOGY, THE VALUES OF LEARNING NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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