Library
Key Documents
Keep abreast of environmental and design aspects of the building and track progress with these key project documents.
Development Application
- Project Approval [pdf 95kb]
- Major Project Declaration [pdf 27kb]
- Director General's Assessment Report [pdf 266kb]
- Director General's Requirements for Environmental Assessment [pdf 34kb]
- Application Letter and Preliminary Assessment [pdf 426kb]
Environmental Assessment Report & Appendices
- Environmental Assessment Report
Macquarie University – New Library Project
JBA Urban Planning Consultants & TCW Consulting
November 2007 [pdf 1117kb]
Architecture & Design
Publications & Papers
- Watch this space! Designing a New Library for Macquarie University, Maxine Brodie, Macquarie University Librarian, presented at VALA 2008 Conference
- Creating a New Library for Macquarie University – are we there yet?, Maxine Brodie, Macquarie University Librarian, and Meredith Martinelli, Macquarie University Library Development
Factsheets
What's the Latest?
We're getting ready for the new Library Moving the Library to a new building is a huge challenge. The new Library offers a fresh environment with great potential to re-shape the way we do things to better serve YOU. Read on ...[pdf 831kb]
Trees, Shrubs & Wildlife: What's happening?
Ecological assessment of the biodiversity,
flora and fauna of the new Library site has been
carried out by a number of specialists and no
threatened habitats or species have been
identified in this area.
Your Library on the Move: tagging 1.4m items
As the new Library takes shape, Macquarie
University Library is already ' on the move' gearing up for the massive task of ...Read on [pdf 782kb]
blog@library2010
Have your say ! Join our blog and make a contribution on what you think is important regarding the New Library
Library Stories
Share your story ! As part of the Library 2010 project, Library Friends are collecting Library Stories to commemorate the 40 year history of the current building. If you are interested in sharing your recollections, reflections or remembrances of our Library contact us at librarystories@library.mq.edu.au

This pathway has now been replaced and renamed Wally’s Walk. The saplings on the edges of the pathway have grown to magisterial proportions. These impressive, leafy plane trees now mask the concrete architectural brutalism of that original design. A green canopy that shields the eye and the sky. Read on…
