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Old Library Redevelopment Project: Updates for Readers
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Old Library Redevelopment Project: Updates for Readers

Source: https://libguides.tcd.ie/olrp Parent: https://www.tcd.ie/library/

About the Old Library Redevelopment Project

The Old Library Redevelopment Project is an ambitious restoration project that will draw on 21st-century design and technology to safeguard the Old Library building and conserve its precious collections for future generations. It includes urgent structural and environmental upgrades, and the redevelopment of facilities in line with the best libraries and museums around the world.

The Old Library Redevelopment Project commenced in 2021. Restoration and construction works are due to start mid-2027. The newly conserved Old Library will include a new Research Collections Study Centre on the ground floor. The following stages are key components of the project including the decant of collections which will involve their relocation:

Continuity of Service: Ussher Library Basement

Since February 2023, renovations had been underway in the Ussher Library Basement to make way for the new interim Research Collections Study Centre. This work was completed in May 2024. The basement level re-opened on Tuesday May 7th 2024 and includes the interim Research Collections Study Centre and the Glucksman Map Library Reading Room.

Joint Research Collections Reading Room

The Research Collections Reading Room in the East Pavilion of the Old Library is now closed. The new interim Research Collections Study Centre is located in the basement of the Ussher Library. The centre includes the joint Reading Room for Early Printed Books, Special Collections, and Manuscripts & Archives collections.

See our Opening Hours page for details of our current hours and any forthcoming closure periods.

Please see our Research Collections page for more information or for queries contact Research Collections at rescoll@tcd.ie

Keeping our Readers Updated

For more information on the Old Library Redevelopment Project see the Old Library Redevelopment website.

Please see our Research Collections page for more information or for queries contact Research Collections at rescoll@tcd.ie

Glucksman Map Library

The Glucksman Map Library reading room is open alongside the interim Research Collections Study Centre. The Map Library is open 10am - 4pm (Monday - Thursday) and by appointment on Friday. It is not open on Saturdays.

Contact: email: map.library@tcd.ie or telephone +353 1 8962087 or 8961544.