The La Trobe Reading Room occupies a 220 feet square site. It is built of brick, reinforced concrete and glass, and has double walls forming an annulus 16 feet wide. The reading room is 114 feet in both diameter and height. The original skylights in the dome were covered in 1959 because of water leakage problems, and copper sheathing was installed on the dome's exterior at this time.
In late 1999, the 'Domed' Reading Room was closed to the public for major refurbishment. The work included creating new exhibition spaces in the annulus and reinstating the glass in the dome skylights. It reopened in 2003 as the La Trobe Reading Room, housing the Library's Australiana collection.
Leaving this reading room, take the lift or stairs to the ground floor and make your way back to the Information Centre. On your left are two other enclosed courtyards. | 
