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…
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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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Check how busy library spaces are before you decide where to study
We know how difficult it can be sometimes to find the right space to study. We provide a variety of different spaces to suit your study preferences and needs, but we’re aware that some of them are very popular. To…
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…
Help us to improve the library search
The current library search system is reaching the end of its days, and we’ll be launching a new system to replace it in January 2025. You can read more information about the coming changes here, but for now we’re busy…