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- Exeter's new central library development
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- Bristol's Junction 3 library opens
- Atkinson Centre library opens in Southport
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- New library for Finchley housing development
- SLA Library Design Awards shortlist announced
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- £37m campus library for Birmingham University
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- University of Hull releases first transformation images
- New library opens in Derby
- Refurbishment for Carnegie library
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- Library users pitch for their ideal library
- Take the library design survey
- More services for libraries on the move
- First bookless public library to open this year
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- Rotterdam Central Library gets its own 'hive'
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- A library for bike and book lovers
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- Upgrade for Blackpool Library
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- Libraries in the digital age
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- Redevelopment of Elmer Square
- New library for Southsea
- Walsall installs RFID
- Callaghan Library for Ruskin College
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- D-Tech wins Blackpool tender
- Pods for hire at Northampton Library
- New step-by-step guide to planning a library relocation
- Cowbridge Library designed for changing times
- Royal opening of university library
- Refurbished Cardiff library reopens
- £157k Briercliffe Library revamp begins
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- Swindon library gets fire safety upgrade
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- Didsbury Library set for overhaul
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Redevelopment of Elmer Square
Planning permission has just been granted for the development of a new combined municipal and academic library at Elmer Square, Southend-on-Sea.
The redevelopment of Elmer Square is a partnership between Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, the University of Essex and South Essex College of Further & Higher Education. The £26.9 million scheme will include an integrated municipal and academic Central Library and digital gallery, a modern teaching facility for South Essex College, and a stimulating research and learning environment for the University of Essex.
The 9,450 sq.m. building will include a 203 seat lecture theatre, a new café, teaching space for approximately 600 students at any one time with study space for a further 450 students and will also be the new home of the Focal Point Gallery.
The new integrated public and academic library will include a main reading area approximately 40% bigger than the existing central Library, over 100 ICT stations and over 200 other seats. The Children's Library will be located on the ground floor providing enhanced access whilst the building will be located in a new public square.
The new building will be funded jointly by the Council (£12.5m), the University of Essex (£10.4m) and South Essex College (£4m). The building is being designed by ADP Architects.
