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Closure of St James’s University Hospital Library
Library will close permanently in July 2026
Monday 30 March 2026
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Outstanding result in Customer Service Excellence review
Putting customers first delivers the Libraries' best ever score
Tuesday 24 March 2026
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Upgrade your digital skills with the Discovery Tool
The Discovery Tool delivers personalised resources to level up everything…
Friday 20 March 2026
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Galleries host spring up cultural festival
Artist talks, virtual reality exploration and a jam-packed symposium.
Tuesday 10 March 2026
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Books are just the beginning. Our dedicated staff can help you to find what you need, access primary research material, and develop your study and research skills.
Library services
What you need to know about borrowing, renewing and returning the items you need and how to request items that we don’t have in our libraries.
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Skills@Library supports taught students to develop academic skills, through online resources, workshops, 1-to-1 appointments, drop-in sessions and teaching in the curriculum.
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Research Services help staff and PGRs with open access, research data management, literature searching and research visibility: online, in person and through workshops and events.
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Delve into our outstanding collections of rare books, manuscripts, art and archives and find unique primary research material.
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There are four libraries on campus, along with two public galleries displaying rare items and artworks.
Laidlaw Library
Get access to core texts for taught courses with inspiring spaces designed for undergraduate study – write your essay looking out at the Leeds skyline.
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24-hour access to six levels of spacious and open plan study areas. Contains research collections for engineering, law, sciences and social sciences, and the postgraduate Research Hub.
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A traditional and tranquil study space, with arts, cultural industries, humanities, languages and performing arts collections, and the Cultural Collections Brotherton Research Centre.
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Specialist library with plenty of silent study space and a group study area for dentistry, health sciences, medicine and psychology, on level 7 of the Worsley Building.
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Library Quickstart
Your guide to using the libraries at the University of Leeds.
Research Quickstart
Your guide to how the Library supports researchers at the University of Leeds.







