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From 26 March to 9 April, you can read Meet the neighbours on Libby for free!
More info: https://pages.libbylife.com/LibbyReads
Also check out our Nature Books!
Easter closure days update. Please note the David Wilson Library building will remain open over the next few days, however there will be no staffed service at the Information Hub (Security will be present during the closure of the Information Hub). Please see above for more info.
Please visit le.ac.uk/library/about/outside-staffed-hours.
It is Wolrd Poetry Day!
Visit the Reading Lounge to browse our collection. 📚
Have you checked out the Reading Lounge? It is a Crime Scene!
Check out our the Agatha Christie books and crime books from female authors!
15/12/2025
The Library will be closed on Christmas Day (25 December 2025), Boxing Day (26 December 2025) and New Year's Day (1 January 2026).
Other than the days above the Library will remain open 24 hours throughout the Christmas period from 24 December 2025 and 4 January 2026.
Specific Library closure times
The library will be closed between 9.00pm on the 24 December 2025 and reopen at 8.00am on the 27 December 2025
The library will be closed between 9.00pm on the 31 December 2025 and reopen at 8.00am on the 2 January 2026
Staffed services
Library staffed services will end at 5.00pm on 23 December 2024 and resume at 8.00am on 5 January 2026.
During this time University Security will be present instead.
Other services
Archives and Special collections, and the Centre for Academic Achievement will be closed between 24 December 2024 up to and including 4 January 2025.Â
Normal services will resume on Monday 5 January 2026.
Come to the library on the 12th November 2025 for Resource Promotion Day 📚
The event will take place in the Careers Hub( from 13.00pm) and the Library Exhibition Zone (from 11am)
Publishers and providers coming to the event include Libby/overdrive, Adan Matthew Digital, Gale/Cengage, Sage publishing, Cambridge University Press and Wiley.
06/11/2025
It's World Digital Preservation Day today , with a theme of 'Why Preserve?'
Take a look at the results of our recently finished digital preservation project which aimed to gather and preserve material relating to the discovery and identification of Richard III.Â
Please see here:Â https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/11/06/world-digital-preservation-day-2025-why-preserve/
The project archivist Ruth, created workflows, guidance, and also explored tools to help us process our digital collections.
Thank you for all your hard work Ruth!
04/11/2025
The University is proud to take part in Ukrainian Culture Week (3rd-9th November 2025), a national initiative led by the Cormack Consultancy Group, bringing together UK universities and their Ukrainian twinning partners to celebrate and share Ukrainian culture.
To celebrate Ukrainian Culture Week, the library has worked with staff at Poltava State Agrarian University to create a specially curated collection of translated Ukrainian literature, featuring novels, short stories and poetry.
Head to the Reading Lounge on the ground floor of the library to discover our new collection!
30/10/2025
Come and visit us in the Exhibition Zone today (until 2pm) or tomorrow (12pm to 2pm) as part of Green Libraries Week!
Students and staff can borrow up to 40 books!
Did you know that?
Come and check out our Black History Month Book display.
Have you ever used Kanopy? There is a Black History Month collection 🎬