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Contemporary library opens at Parkville

18 February 2009

Students working at Parkville library
 

The library refurbishment marks a fifth milestone for the Monash University Library's efforts to provide library spaces that respond to changing teaching and learning styles.

Library users at Parkville now have a modern facility almost double the previous size, with 40 computers and a training room (making 67 computers in total).

The refurbished facility features new furniture and improved signage and wireless access, within an open plan layout.

The library has also been rearranged to better separate areas for quiet and collaborative group work. Monash University Librarian Ms Cathrine Harboe-Ree said she was extremely pleased with the resulting facility and the enthusiastic response of students.

The Pharmacy Library will continue its research focus as the premier source of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences information within Australia.

Services have expanded with information research and learning skills classes helping Monash students and staff to save time and be more effective in their learning, teaching and research.

The library, which originally opened in 1972 as part of the Victorian College of Pharmacy, traces its roots back to 1873 when the Pharmaceutical Society founded a library in Swanston Street, Melbourne.

It is named in memory of Charles Leslie Butchers, a pioneer who was a driving force in pharmacy for over 40 years and a generous library supporter.