Changes at Sheffield Central Library

Work will start soon on the reorganisation of service points at Sheffield Central Library. The current Business, Science & Technology (BST) and the Arts & Social Sciences (ASS) Libraries will merge and become Reception, Reference and Information - a single access point for reference services and a reception /information point for the central library. It will be located in the current BST room on the ground floor. The current Sheffield Information Service and reception will close.

The Local Studies library will move to the current ASS room on the first floor. The current Sheffield Information Services room on the ground floor will become the Computer and Internet Centre. The current Local Studies room may become an exhibition/activity area. Sheffield Community Information Unit will move to a new office.

The lending library will not be affected.

The timetable is as follows:

• Current BST Library: closes Saturday 25th April. Reopens as RRI Thursday 28th May.
• Current ASS Library: Closes Thursday 21st May. Reopens for People's Network service only Thursday 28th May. Closes Wednesday 24th June. Reopens as Local Studies Library - to be decided.
• Current Sheffield Information Service: Closes Wednesday 27th May. Reopens as ICT suite Monday 29th June.

Further information and updates will be available on the Sheffield Libraries website.