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We would like to advise the university community that OECDiLibrary database will be closed at the end of 2024. As of January 2025, OECD publications will be available at https://www.oecd.org/en/publications.html.

The home page of OECD Publications opens with the Featured tab for a selection of highlighted articles, reports and policy…

As the end of exams and assessments for many of our students comes closer, we would like to remind people that the libraries will be closed over the Christmas holiday.

All three libraries will close at 17.00 on Friday, 20 December, 2024 and remain closed until Monday, 6 January, 2025.

The Sir Duncan Rice Library is now staying open 24/7 for assessments and exams.

There are a range of study spaces throughout the library allowing silent, quiet and collaborative study.

Floors 1-3

Collaborative study

Floors 4, 6 and 7

Quiet study

Floor 5

Silent study

All floors have large…

If you need a break and you’re a book lover, why not come take a look at our little book corner in Taylor Library! Here you will find a wide range of preloved literature books that are available to you to read, take and exchange.

We have tried our best…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurigal Society

Room 401, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Dr Pauline Wilson completed a degree in biochemistry and went on to study medicine at the University of Aberdeen and graduated with an honours degree in 1998. Dr Wilson then went on to undertake her junior doctor jobs in Aberdeen…

Join us on a series of Information and Digital Skills sessions for PGT students, specifically designed to help with your dissertation research and writing!

Monday 11 November:
Research for dissertations and projects for PGT students

In this session we'll provide an overview of the search skills, techniques and resources…

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society

Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Dr Mark Davidson trained as a paediatric intensivist with areas of specific interest and expertise including ECMO, cardiac intensive care, flexible bronchoscopy and retrieval medicine. He has been a consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow for the…

The Library's Online Support Service is taking a break this week. Staff will be taking part in the 'Be Well & Inclusion' Fayres from 11am-2pm in Elphinstone Hall on Tuesday 29th October and the Suttie Centre on Thursday 31st October. 

Please contact the Library via library@abdn.ac.uk if you wish to…

If you’ve been a regular in Taylor Library, you may have noticed some of the changes that have occurred over summer 2024 - we now have 36 brand new high-sided reader carrel individual study spaces in our Floor 1 silent area which are proving very popular and are working extremely…

International Open Access Week 2024 highlights the importance of open scholarship approaches that prioritize public and academic interests over-commercialization. One such approach, diamond open access, is gaining significant traction. 

Diamond open access publishing…