{"id":3546,"date":"2026-10-09T10:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:42:18","slug":"refreshed-study-space-in-the-templeman-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/10\/09\/refreshed-study-space-in-the-templeman-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Refreshed study space in the Templeman Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to share a redevelopment at the Templeman Library in D1 on the south side.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, we redesigned the area into an inviting space to study and to engage with our library collections.\u00a0You will find a 360-degree view of this space on our <a style=\"background: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/virtualexperience.kent.ac.uk\/tile\/templeman-library-new-open-plan-space\/\">University of Kent campus map!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This area has always been a popular study space, despite being a bit dated.<\/p>\n<p>We asked students earlier this year what kinds of furniture and materials they would like to see in the space and incorporated this feedback to offer a range of seating and desk options, including study pods, group tables and comfy armchairs.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a range of diverse seating options, we will have changing displays of books, journal and magazines for you to browse and borrow.<\/p>\n<p>These will support specfic subjects, modules and skills development. In all displays, we link to connected digital resources using QR codes for quick discovery.<\/p>\n<p>We also welcome the opportunity for students to be co-creators in this space so if you would like to suggest theme or curate a display, then do let us know at <a href=\"mailto:academiclibrary@kent.ac.uk\">academiclibrary@kent.ac.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This redevelopment is part of a wider project to create engaging and inclusive spaces in the Templeman Library and we welcome your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library\/feedback-on-library-services\">comments and feedback<\/a> to this and future renovations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to share a redevelopment at the Templeman Library in D1 on the south side. Over the summer, we redesigned the area into an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/10\/09\/refreshed-study-space-in-the-templeman-library\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56317,"featured_media":3547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,205698],"tags":[150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3564,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/3564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}