University Library news and events
Information about spaces, feedback, changes to opening times, competitions, events, our collections including Special Collections and archives, and more can be found on this blog.
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When I received the notification that I had been chosen as the winner of the 2023 J. D. Forbes Prize, I was thrilled. Not for me, but for…
Date Friday May 26, 2023
Category Special Collections
As postgraduate students continue their research over the summer, we would like to bring your attention to the more books service. If you…
Date Monday May 22, 2023
Category News
Can’t find the book you want in the library? You can request it through the more books service. Many students and members of staff have…
Date Monday May 22, 2023
Category Special Collections
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Main Library summer works
Level 1 of the Main Library will be closed for a two-week period from Monday 5 to Sunday 19 June, to enable final works to take place. The rest of the building will remain open during this time, with access to the…
‘The Usurpers’ by Willa Muir
We recently celebrated the publication of a novel which had waited 70 years to get into print. This is Willa Muir’s ‘new’ novel, The Usurpers. Two typed versions of the manuscript, and a few pages of a handwritten…
When books go missing…
In 1456 the Faculty of Arts at the University recorded a decision to install library furniture ‘in a small room at the end of the big school’, and acknowledged gifts of books from two donors to begin the library. The…