University of Aberdeen Library

06/10/2026

04/10/2026

Are you struggling with your digital tools? Or looking to improve your digital fluency for career purposes?
Visit our Digital Skills Hub (abdn.site/dshub). It’s open to all UoA staff and students.
It includes a Digital Skills Library. The main themes are:
• Organisation and productivity
• Collaboration and sharing
• Creating effective content
• Research and discovery
• Working with data
We’ve recently added two series of short videos: digital note-taking and working with long documents in Word.
Use the search bar at the top if you are looking for something specific.

30/09/2026

18/09/2026

Law students, come along to our drop-in sessions in Taylor Library. The university's Careers Service Team will help you with creating your CV and employability advice.

Read our blog for more details:

03/09/2026

As part of Green Libraries Week our Green Library Group is hosting a public screening of The National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis (nebriefing.org)

When? 21 October
What time? 6pm - 7:30pm
Where? The Craig Suite, Floor 7, The Sir Duncan Rice Library

Book free tickets on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-emergency-briefing-on-the-climate-and-nature-crisis-tickets-1999088043151

The 50-minute film will be followed by a short open discussion about what we can do and what it means locally.

This eye-opening film features nine leading UK scientists and experts updating us on the latest in the climate and nature crisis and its impacts on everyday national life.

Including:
- extreme weather
- food security
- health
- cost of living
Based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster, as covered by ITV, C4, and the Times.

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.