Page last updated 12 January 2022.
The Library is in the Cornerstone Building, adjacent to the Skinner Building. Both the Library and 24/7 IT Suite are open every day, except between Christmas and New Year and the long Easter weekend.
You will need your university ID card to access the building entrance (evenings only), library entrance (at all times) and 24/7 IT Suite (at all times). Visitors are welcome in the Library during the day by ringing the bell at the library entrance and signing in.
During the autumn the 24/7 IT Suite is sometimes booked for library orientation sessions; a sign on the door will indicate if this is the case.
If the Library is open but the Service Desk closed, the building is supervised by a Security Officer. Security Officers are happy to assist with basic library enquiries but are unable to issue books or provide IT support.
From Monday 6 September 2021 regular opening hours for the 2021/22 academic year are as follows:
| Library open | Service Desk open | |
| Monday to Thursday | 8am-midnight | 8.30am-7pm |
| Friday | 8am-midnight | 8.30am-5.30pm |
| Saturday and Sunday | 10am-midnight | 10am-5.30pm |
The above hours will be in operation between:
*On Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2022 the Library will be open 8.30am-midnight. On the Bank Holidays on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 2022 the Library will be open 10am-5.30pm. In these instances the Service Desk will be closed and a Security Officer will be on duty for the whole day.
The opening hours below will be in operation between Saturday 2 April and Monday 18 April 2022. Regular opening hours will resume on Tuesday 19 April 2022 (classes resume the same day).
| Library | Service Desk | |
| Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April | 10am-midnight | Closed |
| Monday 4 to Thursday 7 April | 8.30am-midnight | 8.30am-5pm |
| Friday 8 April | 8.30am-midnight | 8.30am-4.30pm |
| Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 April | 8.30am-midnight | Closed |
| Monday 11 to Thursday 14 April | 8.30am-midnight | 8.30am-5pm |
| Friday 15 to Monday 18 April | Closed | Closed |
The 24/7 IT Suite will close at midnight on Thursday 14 April and reopen at 8.30am on Tuesday 19 April, in line with the full campus closure.
The hours below will be in operation from Saturday 2 July 2022 until Sunday 4 September 2022. Regular opening hours resume on Monday 5 September 2022.
| Library | Service Desk | |
| Monday to Thursday | 8.30am-8.30pm | 8.30am-5pm |
| Friday | 8.30am-8.30pm | 8.30am-4.30pm |
| Saturdays and Sundays | 10am-5.30pm | Closed |
On Monday 4 July 2022 and Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022 the Library will open from 10am-5.30pm; the Service Desk will be closed and a Security Officer will be on duty.
On Friday 29 July 2022 the Library will close between 12pm and 2pm.