News from the Library – get the feed!
The Library’s Lift B will be renovated over the next several months, during which it will be out of service. Please use Lift A and Lift C, or the stairs, for your movement between floors.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused, but now is the best time to do the renovations to the lift to minimize disturbance to staff and students.
We are glad to let you know that the Library has been able to convert another space into a Group Study Room for you – and it is in the 24-hour Learning Commons!
The new room is “LC-18” and you can now see it on the library floor plan. For now it just has a table and chairs and a white board. We will add some color and a monitor screen later.
We have rearranged some of the furniture on the ground floor, creating a new large study room towards the back and an expanded casual reading area near the entry gates.
In cooperation with several University departments, the Library has taken action to ensure your safety in the Learning Commons.
Some of these may cause you inconvenience. Please be understanding and cooperate with our efforts, and with instructions from Library and Security staff.
Thank you!
As part of a toilet renovation plan, FMO has just upgraded some of the water taps in the first floor toilets to touchfree motion sensor models.
Try them out, and let us know what you think – both of the sensors and of timing and the water flow.
A Library user recently made a request:
“I am looking for the services of Paper Shredder. As a matter of fact, some of the documents, after printing and/or photocopying inside the library, have personal information. It is no[t] a good idea to put them into paper recycle bag. Thus, I would like to ask whether it is possible for library to provide paper shredder.“
Yes – let’s give this a try! We have repurposed a small paper shredder and made it available for you to use.
The Library has purchased a few new power strips with USB charging ports installed. Should we get more of these for other locations? Or are they a waste of time and money? Try them out and let us know what you think.
They are located on the tables in the back hall of 1/F:
The Library is always working to improve services and facilities for your use. Recently, we have been able to convert 3 more rooms into group studies!
Back in May, we added room LG4-02. And this week we rolled out LG3-04 and LG3-08! We still need to add some artwork to them, and the computer monitor in LG3-08 is a temporary one on the table – a proper 32″ wall-mounted monitor will be added later.
During the exam period, the Library provides an additional women’s toilet during the examination period.
This will be done by converting the G/F Men’s Toilet to Women’s use from 19-29 May.
So there will be two Women’s Toilets on G/F during exams, as well as one on each of the other floors. Men’s toilets will continue to be available on the other floors.
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 in a week or so, including a table or two.
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.
As part of a set of Learning Spaces Enhancements, several collections are moving back to the ground floor from LG1.
The Newspapers and Current Periodicals are moving during th next ten days.
This will bring them together with the Popular Books collection in a pleasant environment overlooking the Library Garden. The back issues of the Newspapers will be available in the Garden Lobby, along with some sofas for reading.
During the exam period, the Library provides an additional women’s toilet during the examination period.
This will be done by converting the G/F Men’s Toilet to Women’s use from 19-29 May.
So there will be two Women’s Toilets on G/F during exams, as well as one on each of the other floors. Men’s toilets will continue to be available on the other floors.
During the exam period, the Library will be providing an additional women’s toilet during the examination period.
This will be done by converting the G/F Men’s Toilet to Women’s use from 9-20 December.
So there will be two Women’s Toilets on G/F during exams, as well as one on each of the other floors. Men’s toilets will continue to be available on the other floors.
At your suggestion, we are currently adding a door from the lift lobby to the LG4 back terrace.
This way, you will not need to walk through a class in the Multi-Function Room to go to or from the terrace.
