Print journals move as Library refurb progresses

blue crates on floor beside half-filled shelves of print journalsOur Library Refurbishment Project moved into another phase as we shifted around various print materials on the Library Building’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Floors. Throughout the Project, you will always be able to access print books here, but they will move location as work is carried out on different floors. We are creating space for books by moving print journals off site.

If you have any difficulty locating anything during the moves, please ask Library staff for help at the 2nd or 4th Floor Information Desks.

Journals move progress

Young man empties library materials from shelves into blue boxes, shelves recede into distance either side of him.We began to move print journals from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Floors off-site from the week of 22 May 2017 and completed the process by 27 June. A few print journals were identified as essential for study and teaching. Exceptionally, these remain in the Library Building at the back of the 4th Floor, next to legislation and European Documentation Centre (EDC) material, along with all new issues of current titles.

Using journals

Library staff have planned ahead to reduce the impact moving print issues might have had for those using journals:

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See our other post about arts and humanities books moving from the 3rd to the 2nd and 4th Floors. Find out more about the Library’s major £40 million refurbishment on the Library Refurbishment Project webpage (see FAQ 3 and 6 regarding journals) or email us at library@reading.ac.uk.

Rachel Redrup, Marketing Co-ordinator