Leeds University Library

About the Library


Part of the chandelier in the Brotherton Library reading room

Don't forget your Library card

06/02/2012 17:22

From Monday 6 February we are operating a "three-strike" policy for forgotten cards.


Who we are Library locations What we're doing Strategy and policies

Who we are

Leeds University Library is one of the major academic research libraries of the UK, attracting students and scholars from around the world to its rich and extensive print, online and manuscript collections gathered during its 100-year history.

Leeds is the only library to have five of its premier Special Collections awarded Designated status, recognised as collections of outstanding international importance by the Arts Council.

With over 2.8 million print and 500,000 online books, and more than 37,000 print and online journals, the Library welcomes almost two million visitors, who borrow three million items a year.

Subject librarians provide specialist support, information literacy and academic skills teaching, so that students and staff find, use and apply the information they need effectively.

The Library offers a variety of study environments, with over 3,900 study spaces across its three campus buildings, from silent individual study to vibrant group work areas. There are extensive computer facilities and the Library is wireless enabled throughout for laptop use.

What we're doing

Current Library projects, funded by JISC

SPRUCE

The SPRUCE project will inspire, guide, support and enable UK Higher Education Institutions to address preservation gaps. The knowledge gathered from that support work will be used to articulate a compelling business case for digital preservation.

The project is led by Leeds University Library in conjunction with the British Library, the Digital Preservation Coalition, London School of Economics, and the Open Planets Foundation.

Work started in November 2011 and will be completed in October 2013.

RoaDMaP

The RoaDMaP project will investigate the requirements for, and pilot the implementation of, an institutional research data management infrastructure. This infrastructure includes policies, data management plans and guidelines, processes, systems, support and training.

The project is led by Leeds University Library and run in conjunction with the Digital Curation Centre, National Instruments and F5.

Work started in October 2011 and will be completed in March 2013.