Reading lists are a learning tool which can be used to help students study with structure and a clear objective. Resources are specifically chosen by your tutors and carefully compiled by them and the Reading List team…
On 1 April 2026, we held a Libraries Open Forum in partnership with the Students’ Association. The focus was on students’ experiences of research, searching and views on Generative AI. This was a drop-in event with…
Boost your research skills this semester with a series of workshops from the Academic Liaison Librarian team, designed to help you get more out of the library’s resources. Across Semester 1, you’ll strengthen your…
Updated 8 October 2026 The standard opening hours for the Main Library for this academic year will be 8am-midnight Mon-Sun, with extended opening until 2am during revision weeks and the first week of exams. However,…
In this blog, student Arianna Morlupi shares her experience auditing some of the Natural History collections held at the Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History in St Andrews. When I boarded the plane taking me from…
We’re starting up a silent reading club, meeting once a month in the Main Library. All University of St Andrews staff and students are welcome to attend. (Skip to the sign up form). When and where is this happening?…
Updated 19/08/26 This summer most of the lighting in the Main Library is being updated. Level 3 and 4 works are complete for the time being. You can browse books and study on this floor. There may be some additional…
The last post looked at the nearly 300 years during which bishops and archbishops served as Chancellors of the University. This post turns to the period following the abolition of Episcopacy in 1689. The position of…
In an historic graduation ceremony, Dame Anne Pringle will be installed as chancellor this week, the first woman to serve as chancellor in the University’s 600-year history. In this two-part blog we take a look at the…
In this blog, the 2026 J D Forbes Collecting Prize winner Lizzy Adlam tells us about their winning collection entitled ‘Constellation’. Once upon a time in a land far away… well, in Loughborough anyway, a young girl…