Other areas

The Events Area is located on the Ground Floor of the Sir Duncan Rice Library on the west side of the Gallery. It is an area where a wide variety of events take place such as:

• lectures, seminars and talks
• educational events for school parties and other groups.

There is an internal drop point that allows you to return books one by one through a slot. Books are automatically discharged from your borrower record and routed by conveyor belt to sorting bins allocated to each floor or collection. Books are then collected by library staff and taken to the relevant floors for fast reshelving.

On the outside wall of the Returns Room is an external book drop slot where you can return books when the library building is closed. You will need your ID card to use this.

A collection of music CDs, which can be borrowed, is shelved in this room.

The Music Resources Room is supported in memory of James Bryce Clarke.

The Teaching Resource is a collection of more than 20,000 items consisting of children's books and school textbooks for all ages, ranging from pre-school to sixth year secondary level. We have many books which can be used for project or topic work in the primary school, subject specific material for secondary use, as well as a collection of children's fiction. There are subject guides and arrangements for secondary subjects. We also hold a large collection of non-book material including kits (collections of materials on a particular topic, for example we have an inflatable solar system for demonstration purposes, Heinemann Maths packs - teacher and pupil books, workbooks etc., puppets, an organ apron and much more!), DVDs (and videos), CDs, CD-ROMs, project journals (shelved on Floor 2 at 370 with the other Education journals), big books and dual language books.

More information: details about the collection can be found in the Library Guide Teaching Resource Collection: How to Find Education Resources