{"id":7476,"date":"2021-05-21T13:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:53:05","slug":"the-healthcare-library-of-northern-ireland-at-qub-medical-biology-centre-is-closing-for-refurbishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/2021\/05\/21\/the-healthcare-library-of-northern-ireland-at-qub-medical-biology-centre-is-closing-for-refurbishment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre is closing for refurbishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/YourLibraries\/\">Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre<\/a> will be undergoing a refurbishment during summer 2021. To facilitate this work, this Healthcare Library branch will be closed from 7th June to mid-September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"7477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/2021\/05\/21\/the-healthcare-library-of-northern-ireland-at-qub-medical-biology-centre-is-closing-for-refurbishment\/biomed-refurb-twitter-post\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=75%2C42&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/healthcarelibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/Biomed-Refurb-Twitter-post.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The refurbishment will result in several improvements for users including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Group study rooms will be increased from 1 to 5<\/li><li>2 individual study rooms will be created<\/li><li>Reader spaces will be increased to 145 including 17 study carrels<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Study space remains available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/TheLibrary\/Locations\/TheMcClayLibrary\/\">McClay Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/YourLibraries\/\">Healthcare Library at RVH<\/a>, as well as other <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/YourLibraries\/\">Healthcare Library branches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Print stock anticipated to be high in demand has been identified and will be made available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/TheLibrary\/Locations\/TheMcClayLibrary\/\">McClay Library<\/a> on Floor 1 from the week beginning 14th June. Users can access these items as normal and borrow them using the self-service facilities in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/TheLibrary\/Locations\/TheMcClayLibrary\/\">McClay Library<\/a>. Unfortunately no other stock from this library branch will be accessible during the refurbishment but please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/\">library catalogue<\/a> in case the text is available in another library branch or is available as an electronic book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books can be returned to either the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/TheLibrary\/Locations\/TheMcClayLibrary\/\">McClay Library<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/YourLibraries\/\">Healthcare Library at RVH<\/a>. It will not be possible to return books to the Healthcare Library at QUB MBC building from 7th June or collect requested books from this branch from 7th June. <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/RequestingMaterial\/\">Inter-Library Loan<\/a> requests can still be submitted as normal, though ILL books will need to be collected from the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/UsingtheLibrary\/YourLibraries\/\">Healthcare Library at RVH.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff are still available to help so please use <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/\">HSC Library Chat<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\">info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk<\/a> to contact a member of staff. Specialist Librarians are also contactable via their <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk\/TrainingandSupport\/SpecialistLibrarians\/\">direct emails<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre will be undergoing a refurbishment during summer 2021. 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