Jul 062012
Jul 062012
As part of the summer refurbishment, we will be creating a simpler shelving sequence in the Robinson Library. Books with shelfmarks between 000 – 599 will be shelved on Level 3, while the 600 – 999 material will be on Level 4.
This week has seen the last ranges of shelving being moved and reconstructed and the 800 books have begun to be moved from Level 3 to Level 4. At present, books shelved between 800 – 824.7 have moved to their new location on Level 4; books at 824.8 – 899 are still in temporary locations on Level 3.
We are also currently moving the books between 300 – 339 to their new locations on Level 3.
As always, if you can’t find the books you need, please ask a member of library staff for help.
Jul 062012
Level 1 of the Robinson Library was affected by the floods last Thursday. Due to the quick response of many library staff, no stock was damaged but some areas remain inaccessible.
The Hope and Tees clusters are open, giving access to over 40 PCs. YourSpace remains closed at present.
Print Services and Special Collections are open as usual.
Jun 262012
As part of the summer refurbishment, we will be making it easier to find books in the library by creating a single (Dewey) sequence of books, with shelfmarks 000-599 being shelved on Level 3 and shelfmarks 600-999 being shelved on Level 4. We have started rearranging the shelving layouts on Levels 3 and 4 to accommodate this and library staff started moving books to their new locations last week.
Books at shelfmarks 700-799 (Fine Art, Architecture, Music, Performing Arts) are currently being moved to their new location on Level 4.
Books at shelfmarks 100-199, 200-299, 340-399 have been moved to a temporary location on Level 4, before being moved to Level 3 when shelving becomes available later in the project. Books at shelfmarks 500-570 are also being moved today.
This is quite a complicated process which involves moving every book in the library. If you need help finding the books you want, please ask a member of library staff.
Jun 192012
Jun 182012
Library staff who work in many of the offices on Level 3 and 4 of the Robinson Library have temporarily moved for the duration of the refurbishment works.
The following staff are located in Room 201 on Level 2 (which you might also know as the Maths Aid office). You can use our existing extension numbers and email addresses to contact us.
- Jenny Campbell
- Moira Bent
- Lucy Keating
- Louise Gordon
- Yvonne Davison
- Julie Dalgetty
- Christina Taylor
Other Liaison staff have moved to rooms in other parts of the building, but can still be contacted on existing extension numbers (unless stated otherwise) and by email.
- Linda Kelly
- Aimee Cook (please use ext.7591)
- Jackie Dunn (please use ext.7662)
- Susan Millican
- Julie Quick
- Angela Horn
You can find a full list of Liaison Librarians by Faculty on our web pages.
Jun 182012
Building work is starting on Level 3 and Level 4 in the Robinson Library today. Contractors are putting up hoardings around the study spaces that are going to be refurbished this summer.
Our Reference (and Research Reference) books are being moved temporarily to Level 1. Our Study Skills books, Academic Practice books and our printed collection of Engineering Standards will remain on Level 4 at present.
All the books in the Robinson Library will remain accessible throughout the refurbishment period. If you need help in finding the books you need, please ask a member of library staff.
May 312012
May 302012
As part of the Robinson Library refurbishment, we will be creating a single (Dewey) sequence of books, which we hope will make the whole collection easier to use. This book move will only begin after the examination period is over.
We will minimise the disruption as much as possible, but staff, researchers and dissertation students who are continuing with their studies and research through the summer may wish to consider borrowing essential books before this major move begins.
In addition, if you would find it helpful to extend your borrowing limit to allow you to borrow more books this summer, this can usually be arranged. Please contact your Liaison Librarian in the first instance.
May 152012
We’re making the Robinson Library a better place to study in (watch this space for news as we start work this summer). This is how you have helped so far –
In May /June 2010 we asked HASS and SAGE postgraduate students, via an online survey, how they used the Library and what they wanted from it in the future. In 2011, we recruited two students to carry out observational research and gather feedback into how and where students study, both in the library and in other study spaces on campus. They held focus groups and interviews with postgraduate and undergraduate students.
We’ve also had discussions and received feedback from lots of University Staff / Student Committees, Boards of Studies and Faculty Teaching Learning and Student Experience Committees.
Finally we regularly receive formal and informal feedback and suggestions thorough our Tell Us What You Think forms and also via conversations with our staff on our Service and Information Desks and during workshops and teaching sessions.
We hope that our plans for the refurbishment of Levels 3 and 4 of the Robinson Library will address many of the issues raised. We aim to provide
- More desks in designated silent study areas
- Improved heating, lighting and ventilation
- More PCs
- Power supply to every desk
- New Information Desk area
- A more comfortable café
- Refurbished toilets
Work begins after the examination period in June. There will inevitably be some disruption to library services during the summer, so we’ll keep you up to date with changes as they happen.