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Murdoch Campus Library Refurbishment 2006-07

Progress Updates

Wednesday 13 June 2007

The IT Service Counter has now located to the North Wing Level 2, opposite the door into Sir Walters Courtyard. The autoloader and quota transfer reader have also relocated to the same location. There are still two autoloaders in the main library, one on North Wing 3 and one on North Wing 2.

Friday 4 May 2007

Link Level 3 is scheduled for completion on Friday 11 May. The Reference Collection will be available again the following week.

The stairs between North Wing Levels 2 and 3 will be closed from 11am today until late afternoon while new doors are installed on level 2. North Wing level 2 can be accessed during this time via South Wing Level 1, through the Sir Walters Cafe courtyard.

The PCs beside the Reference Desk on North Wing level 3 will be moved today to a temporary location in front of the Reference Desk. the new furniture will then be installed in the open computer lab between the Reference Desk and into Link Level 3.

The floor to ceiling panels that are being erected in Link 3 are for the proposed ‘Art Walk’ which will display works from the Murdoch Collection and form the aisle between the reference collection, the new journal display and seating.

Thursday 19 April 2007

Work has started on the remodelling of Link Level 3. The reference collection is being boxed, and the PCs will be relocating to the newly completed area next to the Reference Desk, North Wing Level 3 today. Access to the South Wing via the Link Level 3 will be maintained during the remodelling.

Link Level 2 is currently closed. Access to the South Wing is available via Link Level 3 only.

Access to Sir Walters Cafe from North Wing Level 2 will be restricted from today due to works in this area. You can still get to Sir Walters from South Wing Level 1.

The New Books Display has temporarily moved to the area near the entrance to the Library, opposite the Enquiry and Loans desk.

Wednesday 11 April 2007

The new front entrance to the Library has opened. The Enquiry, Reserve and Reference Desks have moved to their new positions, and the entrance to Reserve has moved to its final location near the Reserve Desk.

With the opening of the new entrance, work has now begun on the learning support office and student spaces at the western end of North Wing 3.

The stairs between North Wing level 3 and North Wing level 2 have been closed today while they are being carpeted. To get to North Wing Level 2 and Walters Café use the stairs in the South Wing or the lift in the North Wing.

The video/DVD viewing rooms have moved to North Wing Level 2. There are also two temporary tables next to the DVD/Video shelves on North Wing Level 2 which have two video/DVD players with a two headphone jack to allow two students to view together if required. A further video/DVD room is available in Reserve on North Wing Level 3.

The computers previously in eLibrary 2 have been relocated to South Wing Level 3, room 3.013. The Murdoch Print Copy Centre will relocate to this space this week.

The New Journal display for Arts and Science is now temporarily located on the foyer of South Wing level 3.

The microform cabinets have been shifted from Link level 2 to South Wing Level 1. The reader/printers are still in a temporary location on South Wing level 2 just outside room 2007.

Remodelling of Link Level 3 starts next week. The computers in this area will be moved to the new eLibrary1 space between the Reference Desk and Link level 3. The Reference Collection will be boxed and temporarily unavailable, apart from selected resources which will be located near the Reference Desk.

Monday 5 March 2007

The first section of the new Learning Common space on North Wing Level 2 is now open for students. Currently there are workstations with 13 PCs, with an additional 50 PCs due to arrive within the next few weeks. There are spaces to plug in laptops and areas to sit. The new area has been well patronized all week and everyone is enjoying the new spaces.

Monday 19 February 2007

The Reserve Collection has moved to its new permanent location on North Wing Level 3.

Tuesday 13 February 2007

The new Reserve area on North Wing level 3 is expected to be handed over to the Library this week, and the Reserve collection will move from its temporary location to its new location ready for the begining of Week 1. Access to the new Reserve will be via the temporary door in the hoarding next to the Enquiry and Lending Services desk.

The new computer area on North Wing level 2 is also expected to be completed by the end of the week. New furniture will be installed, and new computers for this area should be available sometime next week.

The collection moves are also expected to be completed this week

Monday 5 February 2007

Work commences on Tuesday 6th February 2007 on the upgrade to the Library frontage North Wing Level 3 Bush Court. This will result in some noise and dust but this will be kept to a minimum as far as practicable.

The IT Service Desk has moved temporarily to room 1.013, South Wing Level 1 of the Library. It will remain here until the new service counter is completed on North Wing Level 2.

The compactus on South Wing Level 3 is almost complete. Primary legal materials on this floor are being rearranged and selected items will be placed in the compactus. Journals at J340-349 are still boxed, and will be unpacked once the rearrangement of primary materials has been completed.

Journals on North Wing Level 2 are available again, with the exception of the JZ 650s, which are yet to be moved from South Wing Level 4.

Thursday 18 January 2007

The Library main entry off Bush Court will be operational again from 19 January. The temporary entrance from the ECL Courtyard will no longer be available for public access. The return book chute adjacent to the main entrance will als be operational.

The Reserve Collection will be temporarily relocated to Link Level 2. Normal Reserve access and borrowing will apply. Current expectations are that Reserve will be moved to its new location on North Wing 3 the week beginning 12 February.

Books
All books are now shelved in their final locations with the exception of Zs (large books) and Ps (pamphlets). The library catalogue has been updated to reflect the new locations.

001 – 339; 350 - 499 in order on SW4
340 – 349 in order on SW3
500 - 999 in order on SW2
Government Books and Pamphlets on SW4

Journals
J001-339; 350-499 in order on SW1
J340-349 boxed
J500-699 in order on NW2, but unavailable during the roof replacement – will be available from Friday.
J700-999 boxed
JZs shelved on NW2 or SW1
GJs shelved on SW1

Thursday 11 January 2007

What�s happening at the moment?
Re-roofing the North Wing of the Library is well underway though it will probably be sometime next week before we can resume using the entrance to the Library off Bush Court. In the meantime there is a temporary entrance to the Library from the ECL courtyard. The closest car park is number 7; there is also a �safe walkway� through to the temporary entrance from the west side of Bush Court. This is accessible from Chancellery car park 3. During the re-roofing there is no access to the North Wing, however most Library services are available with staff service points being temporarily located in the South Wing. These include the Enquiries & Loans and Reference Services, and Library staff are on hand to provide assistance with relocated services.

Loans and other services
The temporary Enquiries and Loans service desk is just inside the temporary entrance to the Library. Books can be borrowed or returned to this desk (after hours please return books to the special bin located on the eastern veranda of Bush Court). Reserve services also operate from the Enquiries & Loans desk, staff will collect required items from the relocated Reserve collection.

Other service relocations include Newspapers to South Wing 2; New Book Display and New Journals to foyer of South Wing 3; and photocopiers to South Wing Level 3.

Collections
Relocation of collections to the South Wing is continuing and most have now been shifted to the floors on which they will be finally located; though many journals are still boxed and some books are still being shifted on the floors. Current status of collections:

Books
001-306C in order on SW4
306 � 329 in original location on SW1, will resume moving to SW4 once government books have been relocated
330 � 339 in order on SW4
340 � 349 in order on SW3
350 - 399 in order on SW4
400 - 499 in order on SW4
500 - 999 in order on SW2
Government Books moved to their new location on SW4

Journals
J001-329 in order on SW1
J330-499 boxed
J500-699 in order on NW2, but unavailable during the roof replacement
J700-999 boxed
JZs shelved on NW2 or SW1
GJs partially shelved on SW1, but many still boxed

Details of final locations for the collections are available here

Friday 15 December 2006

The excellent progress continues.

Books
All of the 500s and 600s have now moved to South Wing 2. South Wing 2 is now completed (apart from permanent shelf markers). This is a considerable achievement. Thanks to the shelving teams, the coordinators (Lauren Davies, George Young and Ferdinand Gomes) and Pam Mathews the floor coordinator.

000- 305’s have been relocated to South Wing 4. Early next week the 340s will be brought down to South Wing 3 (currently shelving is being finalised in the area for the 340 books). Then the remainder of the 305 - 329s will be brought up to South Wing 4, and the remaining 330s to 399 and G collection redistributed on the floor.

Journals
All have been boxed and will start to be unpacked once there is sufficient space on South Wing 1. A reminder that during the re-roofing the 500s and 600s on North Wing 2 will be collected for patrons. Please enquire at the temporary Enquiry and Lending Services desk.

Newspapers
The newspaper display will soon be relocated to South Wing Level 2 (outside the Arts Librarians offices). Patrons can read papers on the first group of study tables located towards the windows.

Reserve
Next Wednesday the Reserve collection will be moved to the Collection Services work area so that it is accessible during the re-roofing when the North Wing will be out of bounds.

Staff moving
On Monday 18 December all Enquiry and Lending Services and Admin staff will be leaving their offices in preparation for the building of the Learning Common. Enquiry and Lending Services staff will move to Room 3.013 on South Wing level 3 (old Elibrary 3). Admin staff will move to the ECL work area. Phones will be transferred thought to the new locations. Collection Services staff with great relief will embark on their final move to their new desks.

Desks
The Enquiry and Lending Services, Reference and IT Help desks will remain on North Wing level 3 until 22 December. After that they will be relocated to the temporary entrance area adjacent to the door coming in from the ECL courtyard. Building work in the (old) Library Admin area will commence on Monday 18 th so there could be some noise and disruption on North Wing level 3.

Tuesday 12 December 2006

The move continues to go well. There has been excellent progress shifting the books.

Books
South Wing 4 now contains 000 – 155, and work is continuing to move the remaining books on level 1 (to 329) up to South Wing 4. Eventually South Wing 4 will contain all books from 000 – 499 (excluding Law 340’s).

South Wing 2 now holds 500 – 581.6 and 628 to 699. 581.7 to 627 is being rapidly moved onto South Wing 2.
Eventually South Wing 2 will hold all books 500 to 999.

Journals
Most of the journals that are being moved have been boxed and shifted onto their destination floors, where they will be unpacked when there is space to do this.

J 500 – J 699 is available on North Wing 2. Most other journals have been boxed.

We are offering free document delivery for all boxed journals. There is a form on our website or requests can be made at the Enquiries & Loans Desk.

Computers Moving
In preparation for the Learning Common renovations we are moving PCs out of the North Wing.
Email PC's from North Wing 2, and the CData and "Q" CDROM workstation from eLib1 have moved to Link 3.
A number of PCs will be moved to eLib3 and eLib4, and others will be moved into temporary storage.
Most of the eLib2 PCs and the standup catalogue PCs on North Wing 3 will remain in place until 22 December.

Friday 8 December 2006

Journals
J 500 – 699 are now integrated on North Wing 2
J 330’s have been boxed and shifted to South Wing 1
J 340’s are mostly boxed and shifted to South Wing 3
J 350’s – J 380’s are boxed
J 003 – 006 are boxed

Reference Material South Wing 3
GRs are boxed apart from Hansard which is still on the shelves on South Wing 3 for researchers.
ABS material on shelves is boxed and moved to South Wing 1, cabinets are still on South Wing 3.
Law Reference R 348.51 to R 348.71 are boxed.

Books
We are continuing to move the 500’s from North Wing 2 to South Wing 2, currently up to 581.
The 700’s have been relocated on South Wing 2.
The 650s are being moved from South Wing 4 to South Wing 2.
The 000s are being moved from South Wing 1 and North Wing 2 to South Wing 4, currently up to 005.

Thursday 30 November 2006

To help you find material, signs have been placed at the entrance to each floor describing where collections are moving to and from, and the current status of the moves. Temporary end of bay signs are also going up to describe where collections have moved.

North Wing 2
Staff are about half way through reshelving the journal collection.

South Wing Books
The 400s books have been boxed and removed to South Wing 4.
The 390s books have been moved to temporary shelving on South Wing 4, to the right of the entrance.
The 370s books are currently being moved to temporary shelving on South Wing 4, to the right of the entrance.
The 500s books have started being moved to South Wing 2. So far the 500-537.6 books have moved across.
the 700s books will move today across the aisle on South Wing 2 to their intended location, freeing up more space for the move of the 500s books.
We will soon be in a position to move all the 500s and 600s books into place on South Wing 2.

South Wing Journals
The boxing of journals on South Wing 2 is proceeding rapidly. These will be re-shelved on South Wing 2 once shelving is available later in the move.
The staff doing boxing will next move to South Wing 3, where they will box items on the shelving around the corner from the entrance, where compactus shelving will be erected in mid-December.

Shelving is currently being erected on South Wing 4.

Monday 27 November 2006

Staff will be boxing the 400s books and moving the boxes to South Wing level 4. Once they have completed this sequence, they willl start boxing the journals on South Wing level 2 and moving the boxes to South Wing level 1. While they are boxing, there will be empty boxes on the floor, so please take care while you’re walking though the building.

Contractors will also start erecting shelving in the south wing, starting on South Wing level 2, then moving to South Wing level 4. Again, please take care while you’re near the shelving activities.

Library staff will continue re-shelving the J500s and 600s on North Wing level 2, and will begin moving 500s books from North Wing level 2 across to South Wing level 2.