10 things you should know about the new templeman library

10 things you should know about

The new Templeman LibraryFrom September 2017

The Library becomes one

• A, B, C and D blocks define the

new layout

• Joined up Library becomes

accessible throughout

• No more Templeman West and East

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Four entrances give easy access

• C Block opens with new Welcome Hall

• Four entrances give easy access from

across campus

• Templeman East entrance closes


• Service desks move to C Block

• Welcome Desk on Ground Floor

• IT & Library Support Desk

on Floor 1 co-located with Loan

Desk services

Key services move


Books in new places

• Core Text books are merged

with Main Collection

• Some subject areas move for

ease of access

• Find your book now even easier with

online link and unique row numbers


Borrowing books changes

• Books will auto-renew, unless they’re reserved

• Bring them back when you’re finished

• If a book is on loan, reserve it

• No fines unless a book has been reserved and

you don’t return it in time

• Up to 40 items can be borrowed


LibrarySearch

• Similar functionality, improved interface

• Collaborative service with Drill Hall Library,

Canterbury Christ Church University and

University of Greenwich


Takeaway cups and secure containers allowed

• You can now bring take away

drinks into the Library, as well as

secure containers eg. keep cups

• Library Café offers take away cup

option

• Cold food only allowed in the

Library


• Designated silent study

on the upper floor(s)

• The rest of the Library is

for quiet or group study

• Library study spaces to suit

all types of study

• More bookable group study

rooms / spaces


New furniture to suit all typesof study

Find free study spaces

• New ‘Find a study space’

service coming soon

• View Library screens or online

for free study spaces and PCs


New teaching spaces

• 6 new seminar rooms in A Block

• 2 digital classrooms in A Block

• Lecture Theatre


Planning for further improvements

• Creating more accessible

collections

• Adding quality study spaces

• More self-service facilities

• Upgrading study hubs


10 things you should know about the new templeman library

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