Level 4 opened last Friday. Please see the photos to prove it is back up and running.
Photos of level 4
On level 4 e have tried to leave good clear spaces around the core so that furniture will not block access to the stairwell in an evacuation. One of the reasons I put the shelving the other way between the lifts was that if it collapsed it would not collapse towards the stairs. Please note when I made this decision I was advised that there would not be a problem changing the direction of the lights. However since the shelves have been up it has been decided that it will cost too much to change the direction of the lights at this time. So yes the lighting is terrible on the shelves between the lifts. I hope to achieve some improvement in the coming weeks.
It may be a few weeks before the permanent signage goes up. I have used the standard library of congress terms on the temporary signs so these may change once Rosie has had a look at them and compared them to what will go in the bay ends.
The bay ends are temporary as there are no subject headings on them yet but they are a guide.
We will probably have about 300 boxes in sequence on the floor. This isn’t great but right now I am not going to consider adding more shelving. The items in the boxes should be in sequence so finding them should not be possible.
We still need to shelf check and dust many of the shelves.
I think level 11 could be finished by the end of next week. We are now using staff from Enterprise services rather than students on a casual basis. People find the work demanding and really don’t last all that long.
There is still further remediation work to be completed in the James Hight Building. Basically it is only the emergency repairs which are finished. I don’t have dates etc but there will be more disruption of access to floors to come. When speaking with library users please assure them that any damaged concrete they see around the building is non-structural. There are no concerns regarding the structural integrity of this building.
Joan Simpson