Library refurbishment announcement

During the summer, the foyer of Newton Park Library is being refurbished to improve our services and facilities to the community.  Anyone who has visited us this week may have noticed that the current journals have moved to the Journals Room and most of the furniture and catalogue access points have been moved out in preparation.  The project aims to provide:

• Additional collaborative study space for students
• A bookable group study room for practising presentations, group work, library tutorials, etc.
• Improved location and visibility for the self-service machines
• New reception/help zone
• Laptop benching for short stay work
• Distributed Library catalogue access
• Improved décor, lighting and flooring

Obviously, we don’t have a lot of time until the new academic year but the Library and Estates are working very closely with our designers and contractors to achieve the majority of the changes in the time available.  The Library aims to remain open during the works but, inevitably, there will be noise and disruption in the foyer area for which we apologise in advance.

We look forward to welcoming you to a new look Library at Newton Park in the autumn.