Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library completed

The University of Alberta Health Sciences Library facility is realizing an opportunity to relocate from its current location at the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (WCMHC) to a new location in the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) building. This will ultimately reduce the volume of space and costs that the University of Alberta pays to lease space, all part of the Integrated Asset Management Strategy.

The Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences library project involves selective demolition along with substantial reconfiguration and internal renovation within the north end of the ECHA building at both the main and lower levels.

On top of enclosing several offices, classrooms, lecture halls, seminar spaces, support desks, quiet or group study spaces and more, the new Health Sciences Library will include an Indigenous gathering space, a multicultural traditional medicine collection and a historical dental collection including dental instruments, documents and other artifacts.