Library News

Library 24/7: Reloaded in the Easter term!

The Bill Bryson Library and Queen’s Campus Library will offer a second period of Library 24/7 opening in 2013 from Saturday 20 April to Monday 27 May. During the first five weeks of the Easter term, the two main libraries on each campus will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so you can access the resources and study spaces you need when you need to in the run up to exams.

(8 Apr 2013) » More about Library 24/7: Reloaded in the Easter term!

Item of the month: Plan of Ferryhill by Richard Richardson, 1765

For this month’s document we turn to a map from the Dean and Chapter’s collection of plans and surveys, recording their lands and tenants in Ferryhill in 1765. It is accompanied by a terrier and rental, providing more detail on the individual tenants and sub-tenants and their various holdings. The plan was drawn by Richard Richardson, a land surveyor, estate agent and banker of Darlington active between the 1740s-1780s: the University Library’s Special Collections hold a number of his and his son's works of draughtsmanship, (and indeed a £1 note issued by the bank he founded with John Mowbray).

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(1 May 2013)

Changes to noise zones: Shhhh...

During the Easter term, we're making changes to noise zones at the Bill Bryson Library and Queen's Campus Library to help students revise effectively for their exams.

(15 Apr 2013) » More about Changes to noise zones: Shhhh...