With the re-opening of the Law Library building this week, congratulations to Coral and her team plus the many others that helped out to get this Library to this stage, I thought I would summarise the status of Library buildings. I have compiled this list from the Library Research and Information Services viewpoint, however I thought other Library staff may well be interested in the information.
Central Library
Levels 2,3,6,8,9, and 10 are open for general access.
Levels 4 and 11 are still being remediated and will be granted general access once the work is completed.
Levels 5 and 7 are not accessible to Library staff.
Level 5 is having plans drafted at the moment to house Library, Digital Media and Student Suppot International staff. I do not know the schedule for when these plans will be completed.
Level 7 is being returned to the Library for housing library stock. I do not know at this stage when the planning for this floor will begin.
Education Library
All areas of the Education Library are fully functioning and are open for general access.
EPS Library
Access has been given to Library staff to retreive from this Library.
The EPS Library building has passed the UC 5 step process, however it is the buildings on either side of this structure that are causing an issue.
Until this is resolved, general access to this building will not be granted.
Law Library
All areas of the Law Library are fully functioning and are open for general access.
The Law Basement area is accessible for retreival and shelving purposes as per normal for Library staff.
Library Warehouse
All areas of the Library Warehouse are fully functioning and are open for Library staff for retreival and shelving purposes as per normal .
Macmillan Brown Library
All areas of the Macmillan Brown Library are fully functioning and are open for general access.
Access includes the storage areas in the basement which are Library staff only areas.
Entering library buildings is voluntary. If you are asked to enter a Library building and you do not wish to do so, you are encouraged to talk to your Manager and explain the reason why you are unable to do this. Your Manager may be able to offer you further support and resources e.g. more information about the building, access to the Recovery team or access to EAP which may well help you. This information is also vital for your Manager as they create the daily/weekly rosters for both desk and off-desk tasks and activities and they need to know who is available to undetake various duties.
Library buildings have gone through the 5 step process set up by the University and all buildings are rechecked after each major event over 5.0.
If there are any issues that I have not covered or if you have a specific question about a building please contact me or
Coral Black, Branch Libraries and Learning Hubs (Education, EPS and Law libraries)
Joan Simpson, Central Library and Learning Hub (Central Library)
Heather Jenks
Associate University Librarian