University of Aberdeen Library

25/08/2026

We are pleased to announce that thanks to the hard work of the staff responsible, the SDRL will reopen fully, ahead of schedule, at 10am today (Tuesday).

While the planned Open Day activities have already been relocated to the Science Teaching Hub, potential students will be told that they can visit the SDRL as part of their experience today.

Thank you for your patience during this time.

24/08/2026

Unfortunately, the unscheduled essential electrical repairs at the Sir Duncan Rice Library are ongoing and the building will now not reopen until 12pm on Tuesday at the earliest.
We are currently waiting for specialist equipment to be delivered to the site which will need to be fully installed and tested before services can be restored.

Taylor Library will remain open until 8pm tonight (Monday) with the Polwarth library open as usual.
A further update will be issued tomorrow.

We appreciate this disruption may impact your studies during an important time. If this is the case, please contact your Personal Tutor, Regent or Programme Lead. Please be assured this situation could not have been foreseen, your safety and wellbeing are our top priority and staff are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

21/08/2026

Due to essential electrical repairs we are sorry to announce that the Sir Duncan Rice Library will close today at 17:00 and will reopen on Monday 24/08 at 12:00.
Taylor Library will be open on Saturday 22/08 at 9:00-17:00 for your study needs.
Medical Library is open as normal too.

21/08/2026

Due to essential electrical repairs we are sorry to announce that Sir Duncan Rice Library will close today at 17:00 and we hope to reopen at the earliest on Monday 24/08 at 12:00.

Taylor Library will be open on Saturday 22/08 at 9:00-17:00.
Medical Library is open as normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience but your safety and wellbeing is our top priority.

06/08/2026

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05/08/2026

A polite reminder that The Sir Duncan Rice alibraty will be closed to users from Monday 10th of August till Thursday 13th of August. Apologies for any inconvenience.

24/07/2026

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Sir Duncan Rice Library will be closed on Saturday 25th July. We will reopen at 8:30am on Monday 27th July. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

24/07/2026

Due to ongoing work to replace our security gates, Taylor Library will remain closed until Wednesday the 29th of July 2026.
We will continue to fetch books for collection in the SDRL as required.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause

24/07/2026

Network outages - Saturday 25 July
Significant network hardware upgrade work will be undertaken this weekend within our primary Data Centre.
All IT services will be at risk, and will almost certainly be out of service, starting from 8am on Saturday 25 July, including but not limited to:
University website
WiFi networks – including eduroam, uoa-corporate, uoa-gaming
Wired network
Managed laptops – the F5 VPN will be offline.
Management Information Systems - Including Admissions, Student Records, etc.
Finance system
Outlook email lists
Teams telephony
We aim to recover most services before 5pm on Saturday 25 July though some services will be at risk until Monday 27 July.
We apologise for any inconvenience whilst this critical upgrade work is completed.
If you have any questions about the work, please contact the IT Service Desk.

22/07/2026