Elinor Ostromgebouw
Elinor Ostromgebouw

Summer closure: working at the Elinor Ostrom Building

From Monday 20 July to Friday 7 August, due to the summer closure, a limited number of buildings on campus will be open: the Elinor Ostrom Building, the Huygens Building, the Gymnasion and the University Library. Staff and students may continue to work and study in these buildings. This summer closure coincides with the period of reduced teaching and study activity in the academic calendar.

Working at the Elinor Ostrom Building

From Monday 20 July to Friday 7 August, the Elinor Ostrom Building (EOS) will be your workplace on campus. You can come here between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm. In the entrance hall, you’ll find the reception desk, where a host will also be on hand to assist you. The receptionist and host are there to answer your questions and help you find your way around. On the ground floor, the second and third floors, there are floor plans showing where to find workspaces, meeting rooms, lockers, coffee facilities and so on. The available workspaces are marked on these floor plans as ‘blue zones’.

Workspaces and meeting rooms

  • On the signs showing room numbers, you can see from the blue round stickers that the workstations in this room are available for you to sit at.
  • Dedicated workstations are marked ‘dedicated work place’; this is displayed in a holder on the desks.
  • Most workstations are equipped with two screens, a keyboard, a wired mouse and a docking station. You can plug your laptop into these. 
  • The office chairs are adjustable, here’s how to do it.
  • Would you like to meet in person or have a video call? Book this room via FACE
  • In the EOS building, we follow the ‘clean desk’ policy: please leave your workstation tidy and clear at the end of the working day. 
  • You will find hygiene stations in the main corridors. You can use the supplies provided to clean your workstation before and/or after work. 

Campus card for catering and other services

You’ll need your campus card in the EOS to access various services, such as the coffee machine, lockers, and for scanning or printing. So make sure you bring your campus card with you to work.

  • On the third floor, opposite the lifts, you’ll find the work café. There are lockers and a coffee machine here. There’s also a fridge, a cooker for making tea and soup, and a microwave for reheating food you’ve brought with you. 
  • You can also head to the Yard for food and drink. This café is on the first floor, in the Gymnasion wing. There’s also an outdoor terrace there. 
  • The multifunction printers required for printing, scanning and copying are indicated on the floor plans.

Post

During the summer closure, post for the closed buildings will be sent to the EOS reception. If the post is not collected from there during these weeks, it will be returned to the goods reception at Erasmuslaan 5, and will then be delivered to the university buildings after the summer closure. 

HR desk

The HR helpdesk at the Berchmanianum will be closed during the summer break. During this period, you can still submit your enquiry online or call the HR Servicedesk

Law Library

During the summer closure, the library in the Grotius Building will be closed. However, books can still be reserved online. The books will be taken to the University Library. You can collect the books from 14:30 on the following dates: 21 July, 28 July, 30 July, 4 August and 6 August

Accessibility and parking

  • Are you coming by bike? If so, you can park in the indoor cycle shed. This is located at the front of the building, at the bottom of the ramp. 
  • If you are coming by car, you can use the P7b Gymnasion car park. To do so, drive round the building (taking the roundabout exit) until you reach the barrier, then turn right down the ramp. Other parking facilities in the vicinity include the outdoor car parks at the Berchmanianum (P13) and at SSH& (P7a).
  • Here you will find further information about accessibility of the EOS building

Why not have a look?

Would you like to get a feel for the EOS? Why not pop in this week or watch this video for a quick tour of the building.

Any questions?

If you have any further questions, please contact the servicecentre-cf [at] ru.nl (Service Centre)

Contact information

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