Vacation borrowing starts today [Tuesday 1st December]

Any Short Loan books borrowed from today [Tuesday 1st December] will be due back after the vacation on 22nd January. Anything else you have on loan will continue to automatically renew throughout the vacation and into next term. Please check here for more information about library opening hours during the vacation. The whole team wishes […]

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English Faculty Library now open

The English Faculty Library is open for business again! Access to the library is via appointment only, so take a look at our new services website to discover how to book a study space and how to reserve a browse and borrow slot. We’re also launching a Click and Collect service from next Tuesday 6th […]

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Services available at the University Library

The University Library has now reopened on a limited basis and is offering three ‘zero contact’ services: Click & Collect, Scan & Deliver, and book returns. This is part of a phased reopening. Have a look at the UL website for more information on services available now and the next phases of reopening.

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Easter Vac opening hours

We’re open as usual this weekend (14th/15th March): 1pm-6pm. After that, we’ll be open Mondays to Fridays, from 9.30am-5pm, from Monday 16th March to Sunday 19th April. But we are closed for the Easter weekend, closing at 5pm Wednesday 8th April, and reopening 9.30am on Tuesday 14th April. Have lovely holidays!  

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Library survey still open

The Cambridge Libraries Survey is still live for a few more days. It’s a good opportunity for you to provide your feedback on Cambridge libraries and their services. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and there’s a prize draw you can enter too.

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Welcome back!

Hope you’ve all had a lovely vacation! Please note the tiny change to our opening hours this term: Monday to Friday 9am-7pm Saturday and Sunday 1pm-6pm See you in the library soon!

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Vacation Opening Hours

Vacation opening hours start on Monday 9th December. We will be open as follows: Monday – Thursday, 9th – 12th December: 9:30am – 5pm Friday 13th: 9:30-12pm Monday – Friday, 16th – 20th December: 9:30am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday, 7-8th and 14th-15th: 1pm-6pm Closed from 21st December to 5th January inclusive We will re-open […]

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Vacation Borrowing

  Vacation loans start on Tuesday 3rd December. All requests (recalls) will be switched off so that books borrowed from that time onwards cannot be requested to be returned, thus creating the vacation loan. Requests will become active again on Tuesday 14th January. Remember to return any books you don’t need for the holidays.  

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New exhibition in the Benson Gallery

In celebration of Black History Month, we have an exhibition in the Benson Gallery focused on Nobel-winning writer Toni Morrison. The title of the exhibition, ‘free somebody else’, is taken from Morrison’s assertion that this is what we must do with our own freedom. The exhibition will run till the end of the month – […]

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