University of Canterbury Library

29/05/2026

26/05/2026

⚠️ Silent floors = Silent Study ⚠️

It's the second to last week before lectures end and many of you are working away tirelessly on your assignments and class work. With that comes a rise in students using the library spaces, so we just wanted to put out a friendly reminder to everyone that these places are shared, so please be courteous to your fellow students. 🥹🙏

Silent floors are for silent study, if you wish to talk (even if it's only "a quick minute"), or make a call, pop into one of the discussion rooms or make use of our group study floors, where noise, chatting and collaboration are encouraged!

Good luck with your studies!

22/05/2026

From RDU band photos to artworks and an image of the first New Zealand-born woman to climb Aoraki Mt. Cook, Macmillan Brown Library's digitisation studio is enabling more of our art and archives collections to be photographed and put online.
To see more, check out the new "Recently Digitised" feature on the home page of our art and archives website Kā Kohika https://kohika.canterbury.ac.nz/

14/05/2026

Pink Shirt Day is today! 🌸💟

It is about reducing bullying by celebrating diversity in all its forms and supporting schools, workplaces, and communities to be safe, supportive, welcoming, and inclusive.

Join the Pink Shirt Day movement to Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!

You can find heaps of useful resources at
https://pinkshirtday.org.nz/

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12/05/2026

The Library has expanded it collections for 2026 with a range of new journals, databases, eBook collections, and Open Access publishing agreements.
Check out the full list here

The Library has expanded its collections for 2026 with a range of new journals, databases, eBook collections, and Open Access publishing agreements. These additions support teaching, learning, and research across disciplines, while expanding access to high‑quality scholarly content.

28/04/2026

The UC Library team is pleased to announce the 2026 Thesis Film Festival.

Create a 90-second video that explains your research to a general audience and be in to win cash prizes!

• 1st prize - NZ$1000
• 2nd prize - NZ$500
• 3rd prize - NZ$250
• People’s Choice Award – NZ$250

The Thesis Film Festival is part of the 2026 Research Student Showcase which also features the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) and Exhibit Your Thesis (EYT) competitions.

Visit our subject guide to learn more about the Thesis Film Festival and how to enter.
https://canterbury.libguides.com/ThesisFilmFestival

The Film Festival replaces the Visualise Your Thesis competition we have run in previous years, which has been discontinued by the University of Melbourne who own the trademark.

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31/03/2026

Head along to Central Library to check out this semester's amazing rare book!

Henry Noel Humphreys had a penchant for replicated devotional bindings that was satisfied by the fabrication of a papier mâché moulded binding. This work, The Miracles of our Lord (1848), was his second work to use this binding style. The covers are modelled on a 12th century ivory binding and is similarly enriched with medallions of original design depicting the principal miracles.

We think it's pretty cool! You can find it on level 2 of the library near the lifts.

11/02/2026

UC Library is pleased to announce the publication of Humanitarian Engineering: Fundamentals , Exercises, and Applications, a free and open-access resource textbook, edited by Bryann Avendano, Ph.D.

This book is designed as an academic and applied resource for humanitarian engineering practitioners, students, and educators, as well as for entrepreneurs and communities working in humanitarian and development contexts. It approaches humanitarian engineering as a socio-technical practice, integrating theoretical foundations, practical exercises, and applied case studies, with a strong emphasis on ethics, case studies, and hands-on exercises to support teaching, research and professional practice.

As an open-access publication, the book is freely available for distribution and educational use. It is also intended as a living resource, open to future editions, and to contribute to the continued development of a growing field that calls for socially responsible engineering professionals.

Read it here: https://oer.pressbooks.pub/humanitarian-engineering/

05/02/2026

All UC LIbraries are closed today for Waitangi Day.