Big move under way at Gippsland
Librarian Joanna Boast contemplates the task of moving the library to the new space this week.
The big shift has started at Gippsland Regional Clinical School’s Traralgon campus. In a major redevelopment, the upstairs area that was formerly accommodation is being transformed into a simulation lab, offices and other facilities for the clinical school and Latrobe Regional Hospital, which are co-located, and later Monash Nursing.
In one of the first significant moves, the LRH library is shifting from its current location on the ground floor opposite the Roger Strasser Auditorium, to its new home upstairs. The move is taking place now (from Monday 30 July) and the library has, of necessity, been closed for the week.
The upstairs area will soon house simulation labs for both the Monash students and the Hospital training programs, as well as office space for Monash and Latrobe Regional Hospital staff. The master’s program for the Monash University School of Nursing will also move from the Churchill campus in the months to come.
The next stage of the redevelopment is refurbishment of the Roger Strasser Auditorium, with planning for that now in progress.