Library News news - Leeds University Library

24-hour opening

Published: Thursday 25 April 2013

Edward Boyle Library open 24/7 over the exam period

Through the Lens of Godfrey Bingley

Leeds-based photographer Godfrey Bingley and assistant

Published: Wednesday 24 April 2013

Join us in recreating pictures from the past

It's time for change

Published: Friday 19 April 2013

Loan periods, fines and reservations are changing

Going digital

Published: Tuesday 9 April 2013

Digitised content now in one new website

Students to benefit from Skills@Library award

Published: Tuesday 12 March 2013

University Student Education Fellowship awarded to Skills@Library advisor

Summer exams

Published: Thursday 21 February 2013

Trial of 24-hour opening for the Edward Boyle Library

Library wins Design Effectiveness Award

Published: Friday 15 February 2013

National recognition for our new visual identity

Relocation of Special Collections material

people using Special Collections Reading Room

Published: Friday 15 February 2013

Some items unavailable from 15 February - 8 March.

The Final Chapter

Published: Tuesday 29 January 2013

How to succeed in your final year project

Student feedback on referencing

Published: Tuesday 29 January 2013

Tell us your thoughts on referencing and you could win £20 of printer credits!

Academic skills workshops

Published: Monday 14 January 2013

Book your place now

Late night opening

Published: Tuesday 8 January 2013

We're open until 2am for exam revision

Re-visioning the Brontës

Su Blackwell, Gondal (Haworth Church), 2010. Featured in the 'Wildness Between the Lines Exhibition' (14 December 2012 - 2 February 2013)

Published: Monday 7 January 2013

Celebrating the Brontës’ influence in art and popular culture

Exam prep primers

Published: Wednesday 2 January 2013

Be in control of your revision

New exhibition

Chris P Wood, A Walk Through paradise Garden, 2010, oil on canvas. Photo: Chris P Wood.

Published: Thursday 13 December 2012

Surreal, mysterious landscapes by contemporary Leeds artist

How do you want your mobile library?

Published: Tuesday 20 November 2012

Win a £100 Amazon voucher

Good housekeeping

Close-up of a hand using a tablet computer

Published: Monday 19 November 2012

Get more from your Library record

Shaping the future

3D render of the new Undergraduate Library

Published: Tuesday 13 November 2012

Public consultation for new library for Woodhouse Lane

Outstanding e-learning resources

Published: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Skills@Library wins commendation for its online tutorials

What, no Dracula?

Letter from H. B Irving to Bram Stoker n.d. from Manuscripts Brotherton Collection MS 19c Stoker

Published: Monday 29 October 2012

"there isn't a drop of blood in my body..."

Searching the Library Catalogue

A tablet computer next to a row of Special Collections books

Published: Friday 12 October 2012

We offer two ways to search the Library Catalogue: Classic Catalogue and Search@Library

Before you study...study!

A pile of books about study skills, on the Library counter

Published: Friday 12 October 2012

Work smarter, not harder, with our study skills books

Untapped treasures at the M&S Archive

A collection of Marks & Spencer shop signs

Published: Thursday 11 October 2012

A unique and fascinating resource for your research

Join the conversation

students sitting on the steps using a tablet PC

Published: Thursday 11 October 2012

"Like" us to win an e-book reader

Sir Geoffrey Hill reads his poetry

Manuscript sheet music for "Cantata" by Geoffrey Hill

Published: Tuesday 9 October 2012

Book your place at this special evening on Tuesday 16 October

Academic skills workshops

Image of Skills@Library's workshop programme publicity

Published: Thursday 20 September 2012

Book your place now

The Library Guide

Published: Wednesday 19 September 2012

Get started in the Library

Welcome back!

Published: Monday 17 September 2012

Find out what's changed over the summer

Preserving scholarly texts

Published: Monday 3 September 2012

Ever wondered what librarians do in the holidays?

Off to a flying start

Published: Wednesday 15 August 2012

Helping new undergraduates before they arrive

Commemorating achievement

Image of the four historical figures commemorated in Health Sciences Library

Published: Monday 13 August 2012

Your choices in the Health Sciences Library group study area

Sharing good practices

Image of small globe being held in hands

Published: Friday 3 August 2012

Skills@Library goes stateside

How the Olympics have changed

Illustration of a man throwing a shotput

Published: Wednesday 25 July 2012

Exhibition reveals Olympics past and present

Search@Library launch

Published: Wednesday 25 July 2012

Want to find journal articles in the Library Catalogue? You can, and more … with the new Search@Library

Special Collections August closure week

Books in the Brotherton Room of Special Collections

Published: Thursday 19 July 2012

Special Collections is closed 20-25 August

Take us with you - wherever you go!

A Library "Sshhh!" bag outside the Louvre art gallery

Published: Monday 9 July 2012

Have you bought your Library souvenir?

Gold for being green

Light bulb hanging against a green background

Published: Tuesday 3 July 2012

Library wins gold for green action

Searching in the rain

Published: Thursday 28 June 2012

Out and about? Get mobile with Search@Library

How to get your article published

Published: Wednesday 27 June 2012

Book your place on the free Elsevier seminar, 4 July

Take the Red Route tour

External view of the University Red Route

Published: Tuesday 26 June 2012

Final live performances 29-30 June

Fourteen goals to none!

Published: Thursday 7 June 2012

Visit an exhibition of football related material during Euro 2012.

A new view of the Gallery

A woman using a tablet computer in the Art Gallery

Published: Wednesday 6 June 2012

Tell us what you think of the new Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery website

Did you know you can use other HE libraries?

Published: Thursday 31 May 2012

The libraries SCONUL Access scheme - is it for you?

Goodbye photocopiers, hello MFDs

A finger pressing start on a photocopier

Published: Friday 18 May 2012

Don't forget to use your photocopy card credit before 23 July!

Paper Trails

David Cox (1783-1859), Welsh Landscape, pencil, watercolour and ink on paper, laid down on board, Bequest of Miss Jane Heald, 1904 © University of Leeds Art Collection/Photo: Norman Taylor, 2011.

Published: Monday 14 May 2012

Treasures on paper from the University Art Collection

Simon Armitage reads his poetry

Published: Friday 4 May 2012

From Homer to Poundland - and London 2012

Commemorating medical achievement

Leeds General Infirmary blue plaque. Copyright Mtaylor848. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Published: Tuesday 1 May 2012

Help us to honour four important figures from the history of medicine

Late Nite Library

Published: Monday 30 April 2012

We're open until 2am for exam revision

New Undergraduate Library

Early draft of the south elevation of the new undergrduate library

Published: Monday 23 April 2012

Plans now on display in the Edward Boyle Library

World Book Night

Published: Sunday 22 April 2012

Is your favourite among this year's chosen books?

Help improve Researcher@Library

Published: Wednesday 18 April 2012

Win a Sony e-book reader for your feedback

Library welcomed ALDinHE conference

Published: Monday 16 April 2012

Professionals from across the UK HE sector converged at Leeds for this year's conference.

Skills@Library are top of the class!

Published: Friday 13 April 2012

Our Lecturer Resources win the Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy

More books please!

A pile of books stamped with "Leeds University Library" 540x216

Published: Wednesday 28 March 2012

Tell us which reading list books you want more of.

Home and away

An open atlas showing a map of the world

Published: Friday 23 March 2012

How to access books and journals from home.

Library Catalogue survey - win a £100 Amazon voucher

Published: Tuesday 13 March 2012

We need your help! To better meet the needs of our users, we are working to improve the Library Catalogue, the information it provides, and the way it is displayed.

Open for business!

Leeds Marks and Spencers store staff c.1900, © M&S Company Archive, reproduced with permission

Published: Monday 12 March 2012

M&S Company Archive opens on Friday 16 March

Library fines donated to RAG

Published: Friday 9 March 2012

The Library is pleased to announce that a total of £17,212 was raised during RAG week.

FAN-tastic - Connecting girls, inspiring futures

Seven Demands of the Women's Liberation Movement. See Red Women's Workshop. C1976, FAN Poster Collection

Published: Thursday 1 March 2012

8 March is International Women's Day.

1,000th ethesis goes live

Published: Wednesday 22 February 2012

We have now published 1,000 University of Leeds theses online.

World Book Day

Published: Tuesday 14 February 2012

How will you celebrate the 15th World Book Day?

My most dearly beloved Baby

First World War love letter from the Liddle Collection

Published: Monday 13 February 2012

For St Valentine's Day, a feature on a love letter from the Eastern front.

Don't forget your Library card

Published: Monday 6 February 2012

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

Charles Dickens Anniversary talk

Detail of book cover from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

Published: Friday 3 February 2012

Find out about Dickens' printed works and correspondence

The Shadow Followers

Published: Monday 30 January 2012

From Kashmir to Yorkshire: Leeds artist Pip Dickens turns historic shawls into art

National Libraries Day

Published: Monday 30 January 2012

Join Alan Bennett, Julian Barnes and Stephen Fry for a day of nationwide celebration devoted to all libraries. Liberate your library-love and prevent them from disappearing for ever!