The stacks are closed during Robarts' extended hours. Once you get to the right floor, look at the labeled ends of each shelf row to find the section that has your item.
Find an available computer in the stacks and log on with your UTORid. All of our computers have Microsoft Office except those that only access the library catalogue.
Connect to the UofT wireless network on your laptop or mobile device. Construction first began on the new structure in and its arrival marks the first major addition to the iconic library. Essentially, it is a tabletop building that straddles an active shipping and receiving facility, with its steel legs anchoring down on either side of the loading dock. The glass-filled addition adds more than 4, square metres of new space to the library, adding 6, seats via 1, study spaces over four floors in a range of configurations.
According to Diamond Schmitt, this includes large communal tables in reading rooms, group study rooms with glass walls and media connectivity, private carrels in wooden enclosures that overlook the campus, and an informal amphitheatre that also overlooks the campus. Learn More. University of Toronto's Robarts Library is going to be almost unrecognizable for students in the academic year. The massive 'Robarts Common' addition of over four floors, 1, study spaces, an informal amphitheatre and more enclosed in a glass pavilion is going to give students a whole lot of new study spots on campus.
The addition will run along Huron Street and feature mass amounts of glass windows and natural light. Diamond Schmitt. The four storeys of study space will include "spacious communal tables in reading rooms; group study rooms with glass walls and media connectivity; private carrels in wooden enclosures overlooking the campus, and an informal amphitheatre overlooking the University of Toronto campus ," according to the Diamond Schmitt website.
Robarts Common will also pay homage to the original design plans for the space from the s when the idea of a pavilion was initially introduced. Finally, nearly fifty years later, Diamond Schmitt Architects has realized the third pavilion as Robarts Common," reads the release. According to a U of T news release , the university will get rid of direct investments in fossil fuel companies within 12 months and divest indirect investments by Along with these financial measures, U of T has also committed to making its St.
George campus "climate-positive by The climate-positive campus will "curb more emissions than it emits" and plan to do this by "transformation of energy and utility infrastructure, adoption of cutting-edge building design and retrofit, expansion of renewable energy generation and other measures.
To achieve a climate-positive campus U of T has released goals for growth, renewal and resilience to change its infrastructure. When it comes to expanding the St. George Campus, U of T says they will focus on responsibly managing growth and "the new Spadina-Sussex residence will be one of the first buildings on the St. George campus designed to meet the University's new rigorous carbon intensity target," according to the plan, by using a geoexchange system underneath Robert Street to lower carbon output.
The campus also plans to switch its central power plant from gas to electricity and utilize geoexchange technology to "regulate building temperature," and reduce the campus's carbon footprint. Now that's impressive! Canada's best universities have been ranked by their reputation and the top spots are located all over the country.
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