Library 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…
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Library Collecting Competition 2023
In advance of next year’s J.D. Forbes collecting prize, the Library is running a collecting competition of our own. Your collection can be anything – books on a theme (these can be books owned by you or owned by the…
Student book recommendations – all about More Books
As postgraduate students continue their research over the summer, we would like to bring your attention to the more books service. If you come across a book in your research which we don’t have, and you think we…
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…
Level 1 Q+A with Emma Wisher
The Main Library has been undergoing a transformation over the past year to ensure that we’re providing a world-class facility. Once finished the work will include a complete renovation of Level 1, the new ‘Study Nook’…
Level 1 opening update
We know how much additional study space in the Main Library is needed so we’ve been working round the clock to get it ready. We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be opening our new study spaces on level 1 for the…
Level 2 improvements
Over the Christmas period, we have made significant progress on the Main Library redevelopment works. We have created a larger, more welcoming space at the entrance by moving the gates further into the building. We…
Access to Library collections and study space from 20 December
Work continues to improve the Main Library, however noisy work and drilling will pause during the revision and exam period. There should be no drilling after 8:30am each day. Once exams are finished, work will…
Halloween feedback results
Thank you to everyone who left a comment and took part in the Halloween Library trick or treat feedback board in the Main Library. 106 post-it note comments were left! The top Library ‘treats’ were categorised as:…
Longer weekend opening for Main Library, King James and Martyrs
Here are the new weekend opening times from Saturday 22 October: Main Library 10am until 10pm King James and St Mary’s 9:30am until 9pm Martyrs Thomson Reading Room 10am until 9:30pm From Saturday 29 October, the times…