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The library should get selling its books »

Main library 2 (03/10)

For the kind of money I paid for last year's 'required reading', I could almost have bailed out the banks. This year I returned to university with a whole new plan: to use the library resources instead. Bad idea, as it turns out. The Edinburgh Univer...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Richard Martyn-Hemphill | Read more »

Extended library opening times on the cards »

Library with extended hours

Edinburgh University’s main library opening hours are set to be extended following pressure from students and Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA). Edinburgh’s Library and Information Services were forced to re-evaluate ...

Sun 18 Apr 2010 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Edinburgh University library to make showbiz debut at Fringe »

Main library 1 (03/10)

The University of Edinburgh has announced that the George Square Library is to be used as a venue during the Fringe festival this August. According to sources close to Principal Timothy O’Shea, the university will be renting out the library to a...

Thu 01 Apr 2010 by Crispin Thistlejohn | Read more »

700 students attend library 'work-in' »

Campaigners want 24 hour services at the George Sqaure library

Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) have staged a ‘work-in’ at Edinburgh University’s main library in George Square, in a bid to secure round the clock opening hours for all Edinburgh students. Seven hundred stude...

Tue 16 Mar 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Unpacking books from boxes »

Main library 2 (03/10)

We hear it all the time, and have done so since the invention of the internet: the book is doomed, technology will make it redundant. We have, of course, heard this for quite a while. The internet came into being in 1991 and is, therefore, approaching ...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Dr Harry Schnitker | Read more »

24 hour libraries to be restored in May »

Campaigners want 24 hour services at the George Sqaure library

The trial period of 24 hour opening at Edinburgh University’s George Square library over the Christmas exam period has been hailed a success by university bosses. The library, which normally closes at midnight, was opened around the clock during...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh announce 24-hour library pilot programmes »

Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh announce 24-hour library pilot programmes 2

Heriot-Watt University Library is preparing to remain open 24 hours a day on a trial basis, to meet the high demands of its students during exams. The decision to run a pilot scheme for 24 hour opening was taken following a proposal from Student Facin...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Lisa Toner | Read more »

Noise in library drives students to Adam House »

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Edinburgh University students have successfully campaigned for measures to be introduced to combat disruptive building work on the main library during exam periods.Fourth Year students, Mark Reyner and Victoria Stewart organised a petition and Facebook...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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