Kia ora koutou – below is an update, you will see boxes on Level 4 and Level 5 of PJH very soon.

For the first half of 2021 the Physical Collections project focussed on withdrawing journals from the Law Basement.  This was almost completed before we shifted focus to Level 4 of PJH Library, when an opportunity came about for funding to replace and update all the furniture on level 4.

We have almost completed all the agreed book withdrawals on level 4 and are about to move onto items being relegated to Store H.  This means boxes!  Books will be placed into boxes and temporarily stored on level 5, next to the subject librarians space. They will then be moved on to Store in batches.  The items will get a status of temporarily unavailable while they remain in the boxes.

The existing furniture on Level 4 will be removed  after exams end and the new furniture for Level 4 will then be installed.  We will also reduce and remove 20% of the shelving on level 4 at the same time.

Thank you to all the staff who have put a lot of time into this project and continue to do so.

Jenny