The Northampton Square Library will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the exam period, from Monday 22nd April to Friday 30th May, 2025. Library staff will be available at Help Desks and roving around as usual, with a security team in place overnight. Detailed opening hours can be found on…Continue Reading 24/7 opening of Northampton Square Library
We’ve recently introduced new “Bring Your Own Device” monitors. These are ‘hybrid’ screens you can use to either ‘mirror’ your screen to make your screen bigger, or ‘split’ your screen; allowing you to have two different pages open on each screen. These monitors also come equipped with a USB-C wire to connect your own compatible…Continue Reading New ‘Bring your own device’ study spaces at Northampton Square Library
Level 5 of Northampton Square Library Next week, starting from Monday (27/01/2025) through Friday (31/01/2025), we’ll have contractors giving our floor a fresh new look by replacing all the carpet tiles. Don’t worry though – the space will stay open – we’ll just have sections cordoned off as they work through the floor, one area…Continue Reading Building works in the coming weeks – Northampton Square Library
This month we are supporting Islamophobia Awareness Month, a campaign aiming to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims and raise awareness of Islamophobia in modern society. The goal of this year’s campaign is to connect people from diverse backgrounds through the transformative power of storytelling. Join the conversation using the official hashtag #MuslimStories. Our new…Continue Reading Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023
Good news! Level 6 of the Northampton Square Library is open again following building and maintenance work over the summer. New windows have been installed across Levels 5 and 6, and along with the replacement radiators also put in throughout the Library, this represents the latest set of works aimed at improving your study…Continue Reading Level 6 has reopened
If you’ve visited the library at Northampton Square recently, you may have noticed our new display of banned books. Throughout history, books have been burned, withdrawn, suppressed, and censored by organisations such as governments and religious institutions. Just last year, the American Library Association documented over 1,200 challenges to books held in libraries and schools,…Continue Reading Banned Books
Northampton Square Library will be closed all day on Saturday 17th June. This is to allow the safe removal of surplus telecommunications equipment on the roof of the University Building, which requires a crane lift. Alternative study spaces can be found in Law Library and Business Library: https://libraryservices.city.ac.uk/about/opening-times …Continue Reading Northampton Square Library closure on 17th June
As part of our #TakeABreak campaign to support you through the busy and sometimes stressful exam period, we have created some book displays with resources designed to help you. Our displays focus on three key areas to help you achieve your best results, read more about each display below. Take a Break – Travel through…Continue Reading Take a Break book displays
Library Services are excited to announce that a laptop loan service for undergraduate students is now available from the Northampton Square Library, thanks to special funding from City’s undergraduate student hardship and widening participation programme….Continue Reading Library Loves Loaning Laptops
Between 21st and 24th June our services will be impacted by public transport disruption. On Tuesday 21st June all libraries will be closed, but our online enquiry service will operate as usual. From Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th June, normal opening hours are planned at the Northampton Square and Business Libraries, subject to staff availability;…Continue Reading 21st – 24th June: Library services during public transport disruption