The R.P. Bell Library Centre for Innovation and Learning is a major renovation to Mount Allison’s Ralph Pickard Bell Library. The newly renovated space will serve as a home for teaching, learning, and research services. In addition to library staff, collections, and resources, it will house academic support for students, teaching and learning support for faculty, and spaces designed to facilitate the variety of ways in which students study, learn, and innovate.

The renovation will follow the Green Globes certification system. Green Globes is a comprehensive, science-based, three-in-one certification system that evaluates the environmental sustainability, health and wellness, and resilience of buildings. This project will achieve energy and water efficiency, sustainable site development, reduced emissions, and improved indoor environment quality using a variety of design, construction, and operating strategies.

The Project prioritizes Mount Allison’s core values of excellence and integrity. These values must underpin the program development, design process and implementation of all project components, and be integrated throughout all stages of design thinking, stakeholder engagement, planning and construction.