University of Hull: Brynmor Jones Library redevelopment latest news
· The first
and second floors of the east building (at the front of the Library) are now
open. These spaces contain informal seating areas, three group study rooms with
AV equipment, and PCs
· The second floor of the east building
contains three rooms that will eventually be used for teaching. For the
time being they have been temporarily equipped as PC rooms. 70 PCs are
available in these rooms from today. This will help to compensate for the
loss of PCs on the ground and first floors
of the tower
· Access to the newly-opened parts of the
east building will be via the Reading Room for the next four months until the
new lifts and staircase at the centre of the Library become available.
Signage will be put in place and library staff will be on hand to guide users
· The ground floor
is now closed and the first floor of the tower will close on Wednesday 11
December. Access to the lifts and stairs will be maintained. There
will also be continued access to the Law books on the first floor.
· During this phase of
the redevelopment there will be fewer user spaces in the Library than at any
other stage of the project. To compensate for this, PC rooms and study
spaces are being booked elsewhere on campus for the use of students during the
examination period. Further details will be announced shortly. The
availability of space will improve rapidly once further floors in the tower
begin to re-open from the beginning of February onwards
· Users of the Library should note that
with the closure of the first and ground floors of the tower, no food or drinks
other than cold bottled drinks will be allowed into the Library. The
ground floor of the tower, where this restriction will not apply, will re-open
in April, along with the new 80-seat cafe
When’s it happening?
· The 1st and 2nd
floors of the east building are now open
· The ground and first floor of the
tower will close during the week commencing the 9th December
