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Great news: Making your libraries more accessible for all
No one should face barriers to learning, so we’ve added new accessible equipment, spaces and guidance to your libraries to ensure everyone has the best possible chance to succeed.
Find out what changes we’ve made so that your library experience is more accessible than ever.
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Unique Chinese collections rediscovered
Library transliteration project uncovers valuable Chinese research material
Tuesday 11 March 2025
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Improved accessibility to your Libraries
Changes we’ve made to make the Libraries accessible for all.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
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Your improved study spaces
Refurbished, refreshing and relaxing changes to your Libraries
Wednesday 5 March 2025
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Celebrate Women's History Month with the Libraries
Who runs the world?
Tuesday 4 March 2025
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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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Researcher@Library teams help staff and PhD researchers with open access, research data management, literature searching and increasing citations: 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. There is one off-campus library in St James's Hospital.
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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Your guide to using the libraries at the University of Leeds.
Research quick start
Your guide to how the Library supports researchers at the University of Leeds.