Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, redevelopment update
· The west (tower) end of the ground floor will open at 2.00pm today,
Monday 29 September. At the same time the 2nd
floor of the east building will also be re-openin.
·
The west end of
the ground floor contains 30 PCs, informal seating and two centrally bookable
teaching rooms, an information point, and printing and recycling facilities. It
also contains the new book sorter. This is where all books will be
returned in future, and where they will be automatically sorted for
distribution to the various locations around the Library. Until the book
sorter is fully tested and operational books will continue to be returned at the information point on the first floor of the tower.
·
The 2nd
floor of the east building contains three centrally bookable teaching rooms, 16
PCs, informal seating, group study rooms, an information point, and printing
and recycling facilities.
·
External works
are nearing completion and access to the new south entrance has been simplified
and made more visible. Brynmor Jones Library hopes to open the old main entrance and the rest
of the ground floor, with the exception of the gallery and exhibition spaces,
in the second half of this month.
