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Find out what is going on in the Main Library, Martyrs, JF Allen, the King James and St Mary’s College Libraries. News, services, resources, spaces and events will all be covered in the posts below. For opening times and full information about the Library, please check our webpages.

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Library Collecting Competition 2025 – results!

November 2025 saw the return of the Library Collecting Competition. This was the third year we’ve run the competition, and once again we received some great entries. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who…

Libraries Winter Hours 2025

The Christmas vacation and inter-semester break are almost here. To try to help you plan-ahead, our revised opening hours can be found below. These include some additional opening hours during the revision period, as…

Refugee Week 2025

Established in 1998 in the UK, Refugee Week takes place every year around World Refugee Day (20th June) and has since grown into a global movement. Refugee Week has evolved into an international movement, with events…

Postgraduate Libraries Open Forum

On 19 March 2025, we held a Libraries Open Forum in partnership with the Students’ Association with a focus on the postgraduate experience of using libraries. At this event, we gathered feedback on spaces, search,…

Libraries Open Forum outcomes

Libraries Open Forum November 2024 – gathering feedback on the new library search  On Wednesday 20 November, Libraries and Museums and the Students’ Association co-hosted an Open Forum on the topic of the new library…

Library Collecting Competition 2024 – results!

Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s Library collecting competition. We received some really great entries, featuring a diverse range of collections, and thoroughly enjoyed them all, making the final decision…

Library collecting competition 2024

In January 2025, we’ll be celebrating 10 years of the James David Forbes collecting prize. There’s more information at the bottom of this post, but before that happens, it’s time for the 2nd annual Library collecting…

Libraries opening hours for winter

The Christmas vacation and inter-semester break are coming up, so to try to help you plan-ahead, our revised opening hours can be found below. These include some additional opening hours at sites on the North Haugh…

Libraries Open Forum

The next Libraries Open Forum is happening Wednesday 20 November, and we want to hear from you! The focus is on how you search for resources, but you can talk to us about anything library related. Drop in to the Main…

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