{"id":198,"date":"2016-08-18T15:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/?p=198"},"modified":"2016-08-18T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T15:10:32","slug":"main-library-summer-improvements-2016-update-18th-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/2016\/08\/18\/main-library-summer-improvements-2016-update-18th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Library Summer Improvements 2016 \u2013 Update 18th August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work is continuing in the Main Library on a programme of works to bring significant improvements for library users through increasing the number of study spaces by 350 and providing additional power and data facilities at study desks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work underway this week (22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 31<sup>st<\/sup> August) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> \u00a0floor \u2013 <\/strong>construction and electrical enabling work will now begin in what was the \u2018New Book Area\u2019 and \u2018Reception Desk\u2019 to transform these area into new study spaces. In addition to these works, study desks adjacent to accessible study rooms 8 \u2013 11 will also undergo upgrade which will include desk top power being installed to these desks. Please be aware that whilst these works are being carried out, \u00a0temporary diversions will be put in place to both the meeting room suite and south side study area.\u00a0 Directional signage providing alternative access to these areas will be placed on 1<sup>st<\/sup> floor to assist you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lower Ground Floor<\/strong> \u2013 construction work has also now started in this area and will continue throughout the rest of August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apologies for the continuing noise and disruption \u2013 thank you for your patience while work is underway.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is continuing in the Main Library on a programme of works to bring significant improvements for library users through increasing the number of study spaces by 350 and providing additional power and data facilities at study desks. Work underway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/2016\/08\/18\/main-library-summer-improvements-2016-update-18th-august\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/libraryredevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}