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Library to offer more study space over the weekends

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Library@URS

Additional study space will be available in the Library@URS over the weekends.

Starting this Friday (17 November), students will be able to make use of additional study space in the URS building over the weekends.

Rooms 2s14, 2s21, 2s25, 2s26 and 2s27 will be open for use from 18:00 on Fridays until 08:00 on Mondays, during term time.

These rooms had to be closed when the Large Lecture Theatre in URS was reopened in September. They will still be inaccessible on the weekdays during term time, but will be open for use over the weekends and also during vacations and summer terms when the lecture theatre is closed.

The Library also has arrangements in place to open up space in the Chancellor’s Building on Saturdays and Sundays between 10:00 and 18:00 if the Library@URS reaches capacity. Users are requested to talk to Library staff at the URS Ground Floor Information Desk  if they are having difficulty in finding a space.

Refurbishment

Work began this week on the installation of the cladding towards the front of the University Library. Over the next weeks, the contractors will be installing cladding brackets and rails on the exterior walls, which will involve heavy drilling. Occupants of Edith Morley, Whiteknights House and URS buildings may experience a higher than usual noise level, but are advised that the drilling work will finish by 10 am every day.

Meanwhile, work continues inside the Library with the focus on the internal and service works on the basement, ground and 1st floors; surveying and ductwork on the 4th floor; works to the roof and 5th and 6th floor plant room; and, weather proofing of the North, East and South sides. 

The diversion in place outside the Library will continue and we will keep you updated on the progress.

Stay up to date

Keep checking the Library blog for the latest refurbishment news and updates.  

For more information on the Library refurbishment, please see our dedicated project page: www.reading.ac.uk/library/refurb.