Funding for long-awaited new library announced
Plans for a new library and resource centre at MIC took a significant step forward in May following the confirmation that the Government has agreed, in principle, to co-fund the project up to a maximum state contribution of €30.88 million.
This project being advanced will be supported under Project 2040, and envisages a co-funded development of 4,955m2 Library/Learning Resource Centre, to include a combination of learning resource spaces, teaching facilities, study spaces including relaxed, open, group, computer, in addition to areas housing specialist collections.
The 4,955m2 building will be situated in the heart of the MIC Limerick campus and will replace the existing outdated structure. The new building will deliver a future-proofed Library/Learning Resource Centre, centrally located within the MIC campus, and addressing the recently constructed TARA building as well as the protected Foundation Building and Residence Block.
Internally the building will feature a range of learning settings from silent study areas to lively group work rooms. It will have over 550 study places, and will accommodate over 170,000 volumes. The Library/Learning Resource Centre will also contain, in its current design, a 288-seat lecture theatre, media editing suites, a media studio, seminar rooms, staff offices and all the ancillary spaces necessary for a higher education library.
