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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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Thanks for your feedback – Library orientation tours
Every year during orientation week we offer Library tours for new students. The aim of the tours is to give new students an opportunity to find out about the Library spaces, facilities, services and resources, to see how to find things, borrow books, use the printers, and to know where to ask for help. We’ve…
16 October 2019News
Library life just got easier!
Say goodbye to most fines When you borrow, items will be automatically renewed for a set number of times, or until someone recalls them (doesn’t apply to Short Loan or Inter-Library Loan items. If someone does recall an item you must return it, or fines will be applied). Collect and return at more sites Recalled…
23 September 2019News
Are you interested in photography? Want to win £50 book token?
Any of you shutterbugs out there interested in a book token worth £50? Here’s the skinny… This year’s University Booker Project book is Robin Robertson’s The Long Take, a grim tale with film noir at the centre of its dark heart. Now the Library’s asking students to submit up to three photographs in the noir…
20 September 2019News
For #NationalCodingWeek – 40 years of tech in the Library
To celebrate National Coding Week we wanted to show you how the Library has often been at the forefront of new technologies and how we can support you to make best use of our digital resources today. We have pulled together a few items (pictured above) which illustrate the Library’s adaptability to technological advances over…
17 September 2019News
Semester opening times
After the summer vacation, Library sites return to semester opening on Monday 16 September: Main Library, North Street: Building 8am until 2am 7 days Service Desk 9am until 9pm Monday to Friday, 10am until 5pm Saturday, 11am until 6pm Sunday St Mary’s College and King James Library, South Street: Building 9am until 10pm Monday…
6 September 2019News
Thomson Reading Room in Martyrs closed on Sunday 1 September
On Sunday 1 September, the Thomson Reading Room will not be available for use as a study space as it will be open to the public as part of Fife Doors Open. Please join us in the Main Library, which is open as usual. If you have any questions or concerns, please email: library@st-andrews.ac.uk We are…
26 August 2019News
Library early closures
On Wednesday 21 August, the Thomson Reading Room in Martyrs will be closed until 13.00. All other sites will be open as usual. On Friday 23 August, the Main Library, St Mary’s College Library including King James Library, and Martyrs Kirk, will close early at 16.00. Library at the Gateway and JF Allen Library will…
20 August 2019News
New self-service machines
Over the summer we have installed new self-service machines in the Main Library (all levels), St Mary’s College Library and JF Allen Library. These new machines will save you time because you no longer need to scan each item, instead you can place a pile of books on the machine and they will be issued…
16 August 2019News
Collect your items from more Library sites
When you make a store request or recall an item, you can now select Main Library, St Mary’s College Library or JF Allen Library as the pick-up location, using a drop-down menu in Library search. You will receive an email as usual to let you know when the item is ready. Each of these sites…
15 August 2019News
Say goodbye to fines for most overdue books!
From Wednesday 14 August the Library will automatically renew anything you borrow, unless it is recalled. Automatic renewals do not apply to Short Loan items. 4 week loan items are automatically renewed for up to 20 weeks for undergraduate students and 84 weeks for postgraduates and staff. 3 day loan items are renewed for up…
14 August 2019News