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…
Category: News
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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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…
Waterworks at the Main Library
As you may know, the Main Library had to close early on Tuesday 9 April 2024, and we wanted to provide some information about what happened. Simply put, the building’s water supply shut down, which meant we were not…
Study spaces during revision and exams
We love our small town, but it can be hard to find study space when you need it. This can particularly be the case during the revision and exam period. And, while it’s great that so many of you choose to study in the…
Libraries Open Forum
On Wednesday 15 November, we held our first Libraries Open Forum on the theme of study spaces. The event was co-hosted by Libraries and Museums and the Students’ Association in the Main Library and featured a number of…
Library searching tips – part 2: Searching for books and ebooks
In this post we’ll look at how you go about searching for the books and ebooks the Library has. When you are searching for a particular book If you know what you’re looking for then the quickest and easiest way to…
Library searching tips – part 1: What you’re searching from the ‘Search the library’ box.
This is the first of five posts on Library searching tips. The Search the library box, often referred to as “library search” is prominently located on the Library homepage. When you search here you are searching: The…
Library Collecting Competition 2023 – results!
The Library collecting competition has now closed, and the winners have been chosen. We had some really great entries, with a wonderful mixture of collections running the gamut from books, photographs and playbills, to…
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…
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…