
Idea Corner – ready for use
The Idea Corner in Learning Commons is now a big “whiteboard”! You can use whiteboard markers on the colored area, including the big pillar. Borrow whiteboard kit at the IC Help Desk (G/F) or LC Help Desk (LG1).
The Idea Corner in Learning Commons is now a big “whiteboard”! You can use whiteboard markers on the colored area, including the big pillar. Borrow whiteboard kit at the IC Help Desk (G/F) or LC Help Desk (LG1).
This week, the Library was able to extend the overnight study space to include all of LG1. The plan is to try this out for the study and exam weeks to reduce the pressure on the existing 24-hour LC space. We are able to do so through a lot of work and planning by Library…
We need your comments on some furniture samples for the 1/F and LG1 renovations! Please visit the furniture samples area on LG1 behind the Media Counter, and write your comments on the posted sheets of paper. So far, we have several low and high chairs for you to evaluate. More furniture samples will be coming…
All of 1/F, and part of LG1 will undergo some renovation during the next couple months. We will work with the contractors to reduce the disturbance, especially as the exam period approaches. Please be understanding as we work to improve the Library’s study environments.
The Library’s Learning Commons was highlighted in the recent 2013 issue of Design Space Magazine, republished here with permission of Design Space and Interface® Special emphasis was placed on Goudie Associates design choices, and on the selection of carpeting for the different zones, all from Interface®’s Syncopation range.
You may have noticed that the front doors of the Learning Commons are temporarily closed. The contractor is now installing some overhead elements linking the outside red fins to the inside zones of the Commons. The work should be done in about a week, after which the whole entry area will have a much improved…
The Library is starting to receive samples of furniture under consideration for the Learning Commons. The furniture samples area is near the front of the Library, around the corner from the Reference Desk. If you have time, please take a look and let us know which furniture you prefer – or which you hate…
As part of the Learning Commons construction works, the contractor will be erecting some hoarding on LG1 to block off most of the floor. Please note the following impacts: For access to Media Resources, users should continue through to the far end of the Ground Floor, and travel down in Lift C. ALL of the LG1…
It’s not just books One artistic Library user was doing some lovely watercolor painting in a quiet corner of the Library over the weekend. It’s beautiful, and we also appreciate how carefully they kept the furniture clean. 🙂
Dear Colleagues and Students, _*Open Forum on Learning Commons*_ You are cordially invited to join the Library Open Forum to give us your ideas on the development plans for the Learning Commons (LC) which will be created on Library LG1 floor in 2011. Details of the Forum are as follows: / *Date: Monday, 27 September…