Centennial Library Construction Reveals Time Capsule

Doc­u­ments in Cen­ten­nial Time Capsule

Con­struc­tion crews remod­el­ing the Cen­ten­nial Library to accom­mo­date the new Math Learn­ing Lab have uncov­ered a time cap­sule placed in one wall by library staff in 1996. 

Cen­ten­nial was the first library on cam­pus to begin using email and the time cap­sule con­tained infor­ma­tion about how staff could be reached by email and other infor­ma­tion about library services.

The time cap­sule was placed in the wall dur­ing con­struc­tion to fur­nish one of the first areas set aside on cam­pus for stu­dents to use com­put­ers. Accord­ing to one library staff mem­ber, librar­i­ans thought it would be ironic to place the paper doc­u­ments then in daily use at Cen­ten­nial Library in the wall for future work­ers to discover.

Media con­tact: Karen Went­worth (505) 277‑5627; email: kwent2@unm.edu