This morning the doors were open for access to Levels 2 & 3. At first it was only a trickle of people coming through the doors, however after the 9.00 a.m. lectures finished they started coming in droves. This is a fantastic turnout and worth all the ups and downs over the last few weeks. A huge thanks to Joan and her team for their extremely hard work to get us to this point in time. Thanks also to all library staff who have helped in so many different ways, your help has really been appreciated. We can not forget the debt of gratitude that we owe to the other Learning Resource staff members, the Hawkins and Beca crews, and the many other sub-contractors who have been working and will continue to work to remediate the James Higth building.

On Saturday afternoon the Vice Chancellor popped into see how progress was going. He was very pleased with the work that had been done to date. He asked me to pass on his thanks to all the Library staff. He commented on the size of the job left to be done and hopes that we will get this done in good time. I was taking empty boxes up to Level 4 at the time of his visit and he helped me out by carrying a load.The Vice Chancellor is very aware that there is still a mountain of work to be done.

Sue McKnight was in the Library this moring at opening time and also passed on her thanks to the Library staff. Sue was later joined by the Vice Chancellor and they were both heartened to see the students repopulating the study spaces.

I am sure that there are going to be many cliches over the next few days that Joan and her team will need to deal with, however it is a joy to have the space open.

Also thank you from me to those staff who have offered to cover Joan and her team members who will be attending Pat’s funeral tomorrow.

Heather