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You said, we did!
The Skills Space, HSL upgrades, laptop loans relaunch, even Heated Rivalry!
These are just a few of the changes we’ve made to the Libraries this year. Get up to speed with the Libraries’ latest improvements.
Announcing the Library Innovation Champion 2026...
This week we hosted the highly anticipated final of the Library Innovation Competition at HELIX.
At the exciting live event, PhD student, Anastu Regita Nareswara took first place in the competition for her idea of library tours and a book club – awarded the title of Library Innovation Champion and the Students' Choice Award.
Read about why her idea received high praise from the judges and each finalist's thoughts on the competition.
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Galleries host spring up cultural festival
Artist talks, virtual reality exploration and a jam-packed symposium.
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You said, we did: Recent improvement to your Libraries
Skills, support and space – this year we gave you more, more, more!
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Success for Leeds alumni in Early Career Publishing Prize
Congratulations to our alumni winners of the prestigious prize.
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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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Study support
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 support
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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Cultural Collections
Delve into our outstanding collections of rare books, manuscripts, art and archives and find unique primary research material.
MoreOur libraries
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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Edward Boyle Library
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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Brotherton Library
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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Health Sciences Library
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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