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Barr Smith Library. The Barr Smith Library is home to the Reading Room, one of the most beautiful scholarly spaces in Australia. Generations of students have spent many hours studying in the Library, poring over its extensive collections.
Rest, refresh, re-energise: sleep pods at the Barr Smith Library. The Barr Smith Library has just become the first library in South Australia to introduce sleep pods, providing our students with an innovative way to recharge during their busy schedules. These state-of-the-art EnergyPods, are designed to offer a quick and effective way to ...
Barr Smith Library. The University of Adelaide Library originated in the Mitchell Building in the 1890's. Robert Barr Smith provided a number of gifts, totalling 9,000 pounds over the years 1892-1911 for the purchase of books.
Oct 15, 2020 · For almost 130 years, the Barr Smith Library has been treasured by students past and present as the University of Adelaide’s iconic centre. From the serenity of the Barr Smith Reading Room, to the ever-helpful staff, the Library is more than a place to study and access resources, it’s an opportunity to escape the pressures and noise of ...
The original library complex dominates the main university lawns opposite the Victoria Drive Gates, enhanced by mature trees, and blends with the various other buildings also in red-brick and of this century. The Barr Smith Library is a memorial to Robert Barr Smith who from 1892 bequeathed large sums of money to purchase books for the ...
May 18, 2017 · Bookings are for all University students and staff. Minimum booking time is 30 minutes, maximum is 3 hours. Please be prompt and arrive on time. If a room is still vacant after 15 minutes of the booked time, it may be taken by another group or user.
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The Barr Smith Library is of high historical significance as the direct lineal descendant of the first library established by the University of Adelaide (the State's first university) in 1882, and for its long association with the Barr Smith family, a prominent and successful South Australian family whose interest and philanthropy was largely ...
