Ok, ok, so I got it wrong.

There will be computers on this side of the "street" I believe it's being called the long glass walled 'corridor' that splits the library extension from the computer suite (and some extra teaching space). Both library catalogues and what are advertised as "database" machines but can actually access the internet and university network etc as well.

I've heard two different numbers: 12 and 60. Or perhaps I misheard the latter for 16.

Anyway, that does seem to me to be good news.