Art & Music update February 2025
Final works relating to hail remediation work are now occurring at the Art & Music Library branch.
The Art & Music Library is likely to be available to students and staff in Semester 1 2025, and Library staff continue to work with staff from the School of Art and Design as the space progresses to reopening. We will keep you advised on the Art & Music updates webpage as reopening timeframes are finalised.
In Semester 2, 2024 as part of the hail remediation works the large compactus units in the Art & Music Library were dismantled to enable essential ceiling works to be completed. The compactus were relocated to the offsite repository enabling new, accessible fixed shelving to be installed in place in the Art & Music Library.
Unfortunately, there have been unavoidable delays in the installation of shelving due to supply chain delays and long lead times for delivery.
Work to install fixed shelving has now commenced, with the shelving installation having commenced last week. The reshelving of over 60 metres of collection material will commence from next week, noting that significant clean-up is required of over 2500 works borrowed in protest in 2023 and returned during 2024. We will seek to do this as promptly as possible.
- During the period until shelving can be installed:
- collection material will be available, with library staff retrieving material as promptly as possible
- for physical materials we are unable to access due to their storage conditions, we will strive to obtain digital or interlibrary loan alternatives
- materials that have been moved to Chifley (higher-use and requested items) will remain at Chifley where they are accessible 24/7
- library support services will continue to be available online, by phone, or through the Chifley Library.
The Art & Music Library is likely to be available to students and staff in Semester 1 2025, and Library staff continue to work with staff from the School of Art and Design as the space progresses to reopening. We will keep you advised on the Art & Music updates webpage as reopening timeframes are finalised.
We are very grateful to Campus Environment and Construction Control staff for all they are doing to progress work in the library.
We look forward to making the Library space at the School of Art and Design available once again for the University community.
