About the Fisher Library Renewal

The Fisher Library is about to get a new lease on life through a major redevelopment project. Along with upgrades to the building infrastructure – such as lifts, electrical services and air conditioning – the redevelopment will offer staff and students an exciting new range of learning and research environments. You’ll have access to better facilities, enhanced layout and use of space, and significant improvements to the way collections are housed.

Construction will start in 2011 and is being funded from a mix of University resources and contributions from the Australian government through the Better Universities Renewal Fund and the Teaching and Learning Capital Fund. We are very lucky to have Ken Woolley, the Fisher Library’s surviving design architect and distinguished graduate of the University, as a consultant on this project.

Join us as we open a new chapter for an iconic, award-winning building that each year welcomes over 1.3 million visitors. Revisit this website often to read the latest news on the renovation and submit your feedback.

Project vision

 

• Create a range of high quality, IT enhanced learning and research environments, available to the entire University community, which are capable of supporting individual as well as collaborative activity
  

• Integrate the Fisher Library into an extended hours learning precinct extending south to the Peter Nicol Russel Building
  

• Improve the utilisation of space, staff and other resources while recognising the heritage value of the building

• Implement an overall renovation plan progressively as funding becomes available and as priorities evolve.