New ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Cruciform Hub officially opens
23 January 2015
The Cruciform Hub was officially opened by Professor Jane Dacre, President
of the Royal College of Physicians and Dr Deborah Gill, Interim Director of
the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Medical School, on 15 January 2015.
The Cruciform Hub opened following a year-long
refurbishment to create a new teaching and learning space for ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students
and staff, as well as NHS staff working at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
Hospital.
The hub provides a new medical library within the lower ground floor of
the Grade II-listed Cruciform Building, and includes a library, quiet study
spaces, group work space, computer clusters and teaching rooms. It also
features two exhibition walls, which showcase medical artefacts from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
Museums & Collections, together with medical illustrations from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
Special Collections.
Entertainment during the evening was provided by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Medical School
choir.
The project was a collaboration between ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Library Services, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Estates
and other Professional Services divisions, in partnership with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Medical
School.