Year: 2018

The Homeless Period

This winter Library Services raised money to donate sanitary products to Hackney Foodbank. Currently homeless shelters are not provided with money for tampons and towels.  With limited or no access to sanitary products, homeless women are often forced to go without. Homeless Period believes that tampons and towels should be made available through homeless shelters,…Continue Reading The Homeless Period

Library systems: planned downtime

We are upgrading our library systems overnight Tuesday 13th – Wednesday 14th February. As a result you may experience intermittent periods of downtime where you are unable to: login to online resources see book availability through CityLibrary Search request items, or login to your Library Account to renew items Please plan ahead to conduct research…Continue Reading Library systems: planned downtime

Northampton Square Library – Level 6 Saturday closure

Level 6 of the Northampton Square Library will be closed until 2pm on Saturday, 3rd February. This is to allow for maintenance work on the windows. Silent Study Silent Study Spaces will be available on Levels 4 and 5. There is a Silent Study Computer Room on Level 4.   We, and our colleagues in…Continue Reading Northampton Square Library – Level 6 Saturday closure

Library Essentials Pop-Ups this term

Our Library Essentials pop-ups are back again throughout this term and, starting from today (Thursday the 1st February), Library Staff will be popping-up on the Level 1 Walkway in the University Building to offer help and support through answering all of your questions about Library Services. Whether it’s wanting to know our opening times, how…Continue Reading Library Essentials Pop-Ups this term

From the Archive: fond memories of graduation

This week the latest round of City, University of London Graduation Ceremonies has been taking place at the Barbican Centre with students from all five schools marking the successful completion of their courses.  These ceremonies are steeped in tradition and date back a long way, as this programme from 1899 shows.   All staff (your lecturers attending to…Continue Reading From the Archive: fond memories of graduation

Financial Times to visit City in February

The Financial Times will be visiting during International City Week in February. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about key international features of the paper including: How to see what’s on the front page of today’s print edition everywhere in the world International columnists and the coverage. The Financial Times at Northampton Square Kylie Gammans…Continue Reading Financial Times to visit City in February

New books in the Library

Use the carousel below to browse a selection of the new titles added in the last few months. Click on any cover to see where the book is located or to place a request. Want to recommend a book? Tell us what’s missing from our collections via our More Books Scheme.  …Continue Reading New books in the Library

Take a break

At this time of year you’ll be busy revising and preparing for your exams, and many of you will be spending a lot of time in the Library, especially as we’re open 24/7. But it’s important to remember that taking rest breaks, eating and sleeping are extremely important activities too: health and wellbeing are crucial…Continue Reading Take a break