Libraries

Campus transformation

Boots Library - City site

Boots Library is undergoing a £4.2 million refurbishment to make it an even better place for students to study, with more study spaces, more computers and better group study provision.

The library is already located in a modern purpose-designed building and has an extensive range of facilities and resources, including more than 300 open access computers.

The improvements will take place over the next two years, and when completed the library will provide additional study spaces in a variety of configurations, be easier to use and navigate around, and, through improved decoration and furniture, be a more welcoming and pleasurable space to study in.

Work has already started on the fourth floor where the study environment has been transformed with new contemporary desks and brand new computers.

All of these improvements, combined with the award-winning customer service, will provide a learning and study environment that will be sector leading.

New Library at Brackenhurst – opening this summer

Construction is now well underway on the new library at Brackenhurst campus which will provide a modern and flexible study environment for our students.

View a time lapse video of the construction so far.

What to expect from your new Brackenhurst Library:

Open 24/7
Plenty of soft seating and a social space
172 study spaces, including 84 PCs and 20 laptops for loan
Two group study rooms, and two silent study rooms
Open space for collaborative and individual study
Built to the highest green standards and heated by a new biomass boiler, which will be partly fuelled by waste from around the campus
Additionally, all the materials for the new building have been sourced from environmentally ethical suppliers.

The library is due to open summer 2013.

Clifton Library

Over summer 2012 Clifton library was given a face-lift in the form of brand new furniture, making it a much more comfortable and pleasant space to study in.

Additional work on improving and extending Clifton Library is currently at planning stage and will be undertaken as part of the Clifton campus regeneration project. When we have more details we will post them here.