The Art & Architecture Library at Minto House, Chambers Street, will be closed for Estates maintenance from 2nd to 13th June 2025.
ECA Library will be open as usual at Evolution House, West Port, during this time, and the Main Library at George Square will be open 24/7 as usual.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
You can find out more here.
All the staff of ECA and A&A Libraries wish our students and staff a very happy and restorative festive holiday. Please note the following opening and closing dates for our libraries over the festive season:
ECA Library: Closed on 21st and 22nd December; open until 4.50pm on Monday 23rd December; then closed until 9.00am on Friday 3rd January 2025.
A&A Library: Closed on 21st and 22nd December; open until 4.50pm on Monday 23rd December; then closed until 9.00am on Friday 3rd January 2025.
Main Library, George Square: open until 2.45pm on Tuesday 24th December, closed for 25th and 26th December, then open from 9.00am 27th December. Also closed on 1st and 2nd January 2025. For full details click here.
Happy holidays!
Everyone at ECA Library would like to give a warm welcome to all our new students, and to our returning students too!
If you are a new student looking to collect your library ID card, please note that new students must book a timeslot to collect their card at the Main Library, George Square, as detailed here.
Find out more about ECA Library here, and take a look at our orientation guides for each library site.
Want to learn more about getting the best out of the library and its collections and services? Work your way through Libsmart1 and 2, at your own pace, on Learn essentials.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask us at the ECA or Art & Architecture libraries EdHelp desks, or email your question to the ECA Academic Support Librarian.
If you need a one to one appointment with your academic support librarian look on the MyEd events channel for an upcoming appointment and if none of the times available suit you, drop your academic support librarian an email.
We will soon be entering the summer vacation period when our library opening hours change.
Please note that Thursday 23rd May is the last day when the ECA Library at Evolution House will be open until 10.00pm.
From 24th May the ECA and A&A Libraries will be open week days only, 9.00am – 4.50pm.
For full details of all the University of Edinburgh library opening hours follow this link.
We wish all our students and staff a happy and restorative summer vacation.
This month’s issue of Library Updates highlights our work on the Library Wellbeing Collection, our new EdHelp enquiries chatbot, how to find yourself in the Library and much more!
The March issue of the University of Edinburgh Libraries newsletter is now available online here.
This issue focuses on AI and scholarly publishing, resource list developments for Law, and the Spring Library Dissertation & Thesis Festival.
All current and archived Library Newsletters can be found here.
This month’s issue of Library Updates newsletter highlights our work for LGTBQ+ History Month, the launch of new library tours for staff, and some updates about our staff.
We wish all our new students a very happy Welcome Week, and extend a warm welcome to you and to all our returning students!
If you are new on-campus you will find these library orientation guides useful.
You can find the Library newsletters here.
You can find out about our Library skills self-enrol course on Learn, called Libsmart, here.
You can find out about our upcoming Dissertation Festival 2022 here. It runs from 31 October – 4 November.
If you have any questions about the Library services, or would like to arrange a 1-2-1 meeting with a librarian, take a look at the list of your academic support librarians here and make contact.
Following a period of temporary closure due to a power outage, ECA Library has re-opened to users.
From 20th June onwards, please borrow and return all ECA Library books and other lending materials at ECA Library.
New Click and Collect requests were suspended from 12 noon on Thursday 16th June.
From 20th June, ECA Library will be open with its normal vacation opening hours of 9.00am – 4:50pm, Monday to Friday. (Closed at weekends).
We thank library users for their understanding during the closed period and look forward to welcoming you all back!
Temporary extra study spaces in the Central area have been arranged during December 2021.
Information Services Group’s libraries and open access computer spaces will see high demand during the Revision and Examination period this December. The following temporary additional study space (non-bookable) is provided to assist students. Please check in and check out of desks using the SeatEd app. For more information visit the University study spaces webpage
Floor 1: Rooms 1.07 (15 seats) and 1.10 (10 seats) open 24/7 from 09:00 Saturday 04 December to Tuesday 21 December.
Floor 6: Centre for Research Collections (CRC) Research Suite (12 seats) available Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00 to 18:30, and Thursday and Fridays 10:00 to 16:00, from Tuesday 07 December to Tuesday 21 December. Please note: no eating of any description is allowed in this room.
144 seats in the Lower Ground Floor (HUB teaching rooms):
Room LG06: 08:30-22:00 weekdays (CLOSED weekends) from Monday 06 December to Tuesday 21 December.
Rooms: LG07, LG08, LG09, LG10, LG11: 08:30-22:00 daily (including weekends) from Monday 06 December to Tuesday 21 December.
Please note: access after 6pm and at weekends is via the main entrance to 40 George Square.
70 seats in the Law School Building (Rooms G.158 and G.159 adjacent to the Law Library):
G.158 Quad Teaching Room (seminar room) open daily from Saturday 04 December to Sunday 19 December; opening hours as per Law Library opening hours: 09:00-22:00 Monday to Thursday; 09:00 to 19:00 Fridays; 09:00 to 17:00 Saturdays; 12:00 to 19:00 Sundays.
G.159 MacLaren Stuart Room (large classroom) open daily from Saturday 04 December to Tuesday 14 December and on Thursday 16 December; CLOSED Wednesday 15 December; opening hours as per Law Library opening hours as above.
40 George Square Floors 6-9 open extended hours Monday to Thursday from Monday 06 December to Monday 20 December: 09:00-22:00 Monday to Thursday (instead of 09:00-18:00); 09:00 to 17:00 Fridays; 12:00 to 17:00 Saturdays and Sundays.
Law Library opening hours extended on 3 Sundays: 05, 12, 19 December 12:00-19:00 (instead of 12:00-17:00)
Hugh Robson Building computer labs will open at 07:30 and close at 22:00 daily until Wednesday 23 December, but CLOSED Tuesday 14 December and Wednesday 15 December. Please note: Door access control applies weekdays after 17:00 and at weekends, and access is via University card and card PIN – see your PIN in the MyEd PIN channel.
