An initiative undertaken by the Administrative Streamlining Program plans to save the University up to $16 million by June 2014 through improvements implemented in the campus’ facilities department.

The news of Olin Library’s renovation, which is set to begin in 2009, includes plans to update the building’s fire safety system and has stirred discussion on campus, raising questions as to how safe University buildings actually are.

That Olin Library does not meet fire codes brings into question fire safety systems in other buildings on campus.

Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Anne R. Kenney did not explicitly say whether or not Uris Library, built in 1891, meets fire codes. The building has never been completely renovated despite “numerous renovations [and] improvements to portions of the building,” according to Kenney.