During the summer vacation, there will be a series of changes at the King’s Buildings as part of the estate development plans for the College of Science and Engineering. 

The Darwin Learning and Teaching Cluster

The Darwin Learning and Teaching Cluster will close at 5.00pm on Friday 22 May, to allow major building work to commence.  The cafe and study spaces will be moved to the ground and first floors of the new Mary Brück Building and will open for the start of the new semester.  The new study space will consist of three distinct study zones:

silent study

quiet study with Open Access PCs

group study with Open Access PCs, group study room and two group study pods

An accessible study room will also be located on the ground floor.  All study desks will have user power outlets and there will be wireless network throughout the space. 

KB Centre - Level 2

Level 2 of the KB Centre will also close for refurbishment on Friday 22 May and will re-open for the start of the new session.  This refurbishment will provide improved quiet study space with Open Access PCs; and nine group study rooms equipped with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) connectivity, both cabled and wireless to the display screen, and additional whiteboards. 

KB Centre – Levels 1 and 3

Levels 1 and 3 of the KB Centre will continue to be available throughout the summer, but users should be aware that there will be noise from the redevelopment work elsewhere in the building, and additionally booked sessions by Summer Schools also using the space. 

KB Library Store

The KB Library Store will also close and the print journals and older book collections will be moved to the Library Annexe:

Library Annexe

Theses will be scanned and made available in the Edinburgh Research Archive:

Business as usual

The Open Access computer area in JCMB room 3210 will be available throughout the vacation, as well as Murray Library and KB Café which will operate as normal throughout the vacation. 

Study space No.  of seats Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library 330 KB Centre 300 Mary Brűck Building 214 JCMB Learning and Teaching Cluster 417