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Website: durham.ac.uk/library
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💜 Amazing resources, fantastic spaces and friendly staff
💬 Not monitored 24/7
Website: durham.ac.uk/library
Linktree: linktr.ee/DULib
Help us to support local charities Durham City of Sanctuary, If U Care Share and Rainbow Home by donating to this year’s Christmas Wish Tree campaign 🎄💜 Find out how to get involved here: www.durham.ac.uk/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Help us to support local charities Durham City of Sanctuary, If U Care Share and Rainbow Home by donating to this year’s Christmas Wish Tree campaign 🎄💜 Find out how to get involved here: www.durham.ac.uk/christmas-wi...
Did you know that at the Help & Information desk in Bill Bryson Library you can:
➡️ borrow technical equipment to use in the Library (e.g., phone chargers, headphones or DVD-players)
➡️ borrow whiteboard markers for our Library whiteboards
➡️ borrow Disability Support equipment
➡️ borrow technical equipment to use in the Library (e.g., phone chargers, headphones or DVD-players)
➡️ borrow whiteboard markers for our Library whiteboards
➡️ borrow Disability Support equipment
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Did you know that at the Help & Information desk in Bill Bryson Library you can:
➡️ borrow technical equipment to use in the Library (e.g., phone chargers, headphones or DVD-players)
➡️ borrow whiteboard markers for our Library whiteboards
➡️ borrow Disability Support equipment
➡️ borrow technical equipment to use in the Library (e.g., phone chargers, headphones or DVD-players)
➡️ borrow whiteboard markers for our Library whiteboards
➡️ borrow Disability Support equipment
Did you know that you can request access to Library books and resources if the items are not available within our collections or you can’t physically access them?
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Did you know that you can request access to Library books and resources if the items are not available within our collections or you can’t physically access them?
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To celebrate #LumiereDurham, a spectacular Light Art festival we have scoured the collections for images of light.
This illustration is titled ‘The City with the Moon and the Tower’, and was created in Japan and printed c. 2011
DUROM.2012.64
#DUCollections
This illustration is titled ‘The City with the Moon and the Tower’, and was created in Japan and printed c. 2011
DUROM.2012.64
#DUCollections
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To celebrate #LumiereDurham, a spectacular Light Art festival we have scoured the collections for images of light.
This illustration is titled ‘The City with the Moon and the Tower’, and was created in Japan and printed c. 2011
DUROM.2012.64
#DUCollections
This illustration is titled ‘The City with the Moon and the Tower’, and was created in Japan and printed c. 2011
DUROM.2012.64
#DUCollections
At the moment, you can visit the exhibition "Away From Home: The Untold Stories of Women Football Fans" at Maiden Castle! ⚽
Throughout history, women fans have always attended football matches. Usually, their stories get lost in the crowd, but this exhibition gives them a voice 📣
Throughout history, women fans have always attended football matches. Usually, their stories get lost in the crowd, but this exhibition gives them a voice 📣
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At the moment, you can visit the exhibition "Away From Home: The Untold Stories of Women Football Fans" at Maiden Castle! ⚽
Throughout history, women fans have always attended football matches. Usually, their stories get lost in the crowd, but this exhibition gives them a voice 📣
Throughout history, women fans have always attended football matches. Usually, their stories get lost in the crowd, but this exhibition gives them a voice 📣
Through your online Reading List you can find academic resources for your course 📚 filter reading list content, access library resources and personalise your experience 😊
For more info, visit the Information for Students tab on our Reading Lists guide ⬇️ libguides.durham.ac.uk/readinglists...
For more info, visit the Information for Students tab on our Reading Lists guide ⬇️ libguides.durham.ac.uk/readinglists...
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Through your online Reading List you can find academic resources for your course 📚 filter reading list content, access library resources and personalise your experience 😊
For more info, visit the Information for Students tab on our Reading Lists guide ⬇️ libguides.durham.ac.uk/readinglists...
For more info, visit the Information for Students tab on our Reading Lists guide ⬇️ libguides.durham.ac.uk/readinglists...
#Throwback to library life in 1949! Check out this vintage due date from a slip from the University Library (then at Palace Green), when a late return would cost you twopence a day 🧾📚
#ThrowbackThursday #LibraryBook
#ThrowbackThursday #LibraryBook
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#Throwback to library life in 1949! Check out this vintage due date from a slip from the University Library (then at Palace Green), when a late return would cost you twopence a day 🧾📚
#ThrowbackThursday #LibraryBook
#ThrowbackThursday #LibraryBook
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2nd Arqus Libraries of the Future hybrid seminar is a wrap. Grateful to all at University of Graz for their excellent organisation, programme & friendly welcome! lnkd.in/eaPXerb9 Our next hybrid event will be hosted by @dulib.bsky.social in Jan ‘26 & will focus on the topic of European heritage.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
2nd Arqus Libraries of the Future hybrid seminar is a wrap. Grateful to all at University of Graz for their excellent organisation, programme & friendly welcome! lnkd.in/eaPXerb9 Our next hybrid event will be hosted by @dulib.bsky.social in Jan ‘26 & will focus on the topic of European heritage.
Are you leaving your study desk for longer than 30 minutes? If so, please "bee" considerate and take all your belongings with you so the desk is free for the next person to use 😊 🐝
(We suggest that you keep any valuable items with you at all times👍) (1/2)
(We suggest that you keep any valuable items with you at all times👍) (1/2)
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Are you leaving your study desk for longer than 30 minutes? If so, please "bee" considerate and take all your belongings with you so the desk is free for the next person to use 😊 🐝
(We suggest that you keep any valuable items with you at all times👍) (1/2)
(We suggest that you keep any valuable items with you at all times👍) (1/2)
We're delighted to be hosting "Unbreakable" in Bill Bryson Library - a powerful and moving art exhibition by students from our Ukrainian twin institution, Zaporizhzhia National University 🇺🇦
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We're delighted to be hosting "Unbreakable" in Bill Bryson Library - a powerful and moving art exhibition by students from our Ukrainian twin institution, Zaporizhzhia National University 🇺🇦
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There’s only a few days left to experience the wonder of storytelling through our MA students’ exhibition, Telling Tales, at the Oriental Museum. This family-friendly exhibition will be closing; 9th of November.
Unable to make it? Check out our online exhibition and audio guide. #TellingTales
Unable to make it? Check out our online exhibition and audio guide. #TellingTales
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There’s only a few days left to experience the wonder of storytelling through our MA students’ exhibition, Telling Tales, at the Oriental Museum. This family-friendly exhibition will be closing; 9th of November.
Unable to make it? Check out our online exhibition and audio guide. #TellingTales
Unable to make it? Check out our online exhibition and audio guide. #TellingTales
🕙 Please see below updated opening times for Bill Bryson Library for the rest of Michaelmas Term 👇
From Monday 3 November to Friday 12 December:
➡️ Monday-Friday 8am to 12 midnight
➡️ Saturday and Sunday 9am to 12 midnight
From Monday 3 November to Friday 12 December:
➡️ Monday-Friday 8am to 12 midnight
➡️ Saturday and Sunday 9am to 12 midnight
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🕙 Please see below updated opening times for Bill Bryson Library for the rest of Michaelmas Term 👇
From Monday 3 November to Friday 12 December:
➡️ Monday-Friday 8am to 12 midnight
➡️ Saturday and Sunday 9am to 12 midnight
From Monday 3 November to Friday 12 December:
➡️ Monday-Friday 8am to 12 midnight
➡️ Saturday and Sunday 9am to 12 midnight
Today is National Jigsaw Day! 🧩
Why not take a break from studying by helping us put a jigsaw together in the Snug? We also have colouring paper and lots of books on other WellBEEing activities, mental health, and sustainability 🖌️🧶🌍💜
#DULib #DULibWellBEEing
Why not take a break from studying by helping us put a jigsaw together in the Snug? We also have colouring paper and lots of books on other WellBEEing activities, mental health, and sustainability 🖌️🧶🌍💜
#DULib #DULibWellBEEing
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today is National Jigsaw Day! 🧩
Why not take a break from studying by helping us put a jigsaw together in the Snug? We also have colouring paper and lots of books on other WellBEEing activities, mental health, and sustainability 🖌️🧶🌍💜
#DULib #DULibWellBEEing
Why not take a break from studying by helping us put a jigsaw together in the Snug? We also have colouring paper and lots of books on other WellBEEing activities, mental health, and sustainability 🖌️🧶🌍💜
#DULib #DULibWellBEEing
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
Why not borrow a scary book from our collections? Check out our display in the Billy B and experience the horror of realising you have nearly finished your new favourite book! #DULib #Halloween
Why not borrow a scary book from our collections? Check out our display in the Billy B and experience the horror of realising you have nearly finished your new favourite book! #DULib #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
Why not borrow a scary book from our collections? Check out our display in the Billy B and experience the horror of realising you have nearly finished your new favourite book! #DULib #Halloween
Why not borrow a scary book from our collections? Check out our display in the Billy B and experience the horror of realising you have nearly finished your new favourite book! #DULib #Halloween
We don’t often get visits from wildlife in the Library! 🐦⬛ This little bird recently popped in - looks like they were searching for a good read! We’re pleased to confirm they made it out safely 😊 #DULib
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We don’t often get visits from wildlife in the Library! 🐦⬛ This little bird recently popped in - looks like they were searching for a good read! We’re pleased to confirm they made it out safely 😊 #DULib
Did you know it’s #GreenLibrariesWeek? We’re celebrating how libraries can help us all live more sustainably. Check out Durham University’s Greenspace Reading List on Libby for a collection of reads and audiobooks about the environment, sustainability, and our planet 🌎🌳
libbyapp.com/library/durh...
libbyapp.com/library/durh...
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Did you know it’s #GreenLibrariesWeek? We’re celebrating how libraries can help us all live more sustainably. Check out Durham University’s Greenspace Reading List on Libby for a collection of reads and audiobooks about the environment, sustainability, and our planet 🌎🌳
libbyapp.com/library/durh...
libbyapp.com/library/durh...
Have you seen our self-guided tour of the Library? Simply scan the QR Code on the first poster at the entrance gates to get started 👍
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have you seen our self-guided tour of the Library? Simply scan the QR Code on the first poster at the entrance gates to get started 👍
Who owns our knowledge? 🤔
#OpenAccessWeek2025 invites us all to think about how research is shared, owned, and accessed 🔓
Find out more ➡️ openaccessweek.org
@drodurham.bsky.social
#OpenAccessWeek2025 invites us all to think about how research is shared, owned, and accessed 🔓
Find out more ➡️ openaccessweek.org
@drodurham.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Who owns our knowledge? 🤔
#OpenAccessWeek2025 invites us all to think about how research is shared, owned, and accessed 🔓
Find out more ➡️ openaccessweek.org
@drodurham.bsky.social
#OpenAccessWeek2025 invites us all to think about how research is shared, owned, and accessed 🔓
Find out more ➡️ openaccessweek.org
@drodurham.bsky.social
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Here's what the Open Research team have been up to over the past month 👇
libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...
libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here's what the Open Research team have been up to over the past month 👇
libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...
libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_researc...
To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we're shining a spotlight on our wonderful range of curated resources. From eBooks to films, there’s plenty to explore 📚💜
Through our Liberate My Library reading list, you can access a selection of books and eBooks suggested by staff and students 🌈
Through our Liberate My Library reading list, you can access a selection of books and eBooks suggested by staff and students 🌈
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we're shining a spotlight on our wonderful range of curated resources. From eBooks to films, there’s plenty to explore 📚💜
Through our Liberate My Library reading list, you can access a selection of books and eBooks suggested by staff and students 🌈
Through our Liberate My Library reading list, you can access a selection of books and eBooks suggested by staff and students 🌈
It's #ThrowbackThursday time ⏮️
Here’s a view of the library’s south wing under construction in the 1980s! 🏗️
Fun fact: the original 1960s Science Library was expanded southward to form the Main Library - what we now know as the Billy B! 📚
Image source, Department of Geography, Durham University
Here’s a view of the library’s south wing under construction in the 1980s! 🏗️
Fun fact: the original 1960s Science Library was expanded southward to form the Main Library - what we now know as the Billy B! 📚
Image source, Department of Geography, Durham University
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's #ThrowbackThursday time ⏮️
Here’s a view of the library’s south wing under construction in the 1980s! 🏗️
Fun fact: the original 1960s Science Library was expanded southward to form the Main Library - what we now know as the Billy B! 📚
Image source, Department of Geography, Durham University
Here’s a view of the library’s south wing under construction in the 1980s! 🏗️
Fun fact: the original 1960s Science Library was expanded southward to form the Main Library - what we now know as the Billy B! 📚
Image source, Department of Geography, Durham University
Our first Chat With Us session of the term is on 2-3.30pm today 😊
Join our friendly staff at our Chat With Us sessions for a free hot drink and a snack and ask us anything about the Library. From using our services to getting support with your academic skills – we're here to help ☕️
Join our friendly staff at our Chat With Us sessions for a free hot drink and a snack and ask us anything about the Library. From using our services to getting support with your academic skills – we're here to help ☕️
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our first Chat With Us session of the term is on 2-3.30pm today 😊
Join our friendly staff at our Chat With Us sessions for a free hot drink and a snack and ask us anything about the Library. From using our services to getting support with your academic skills – we're here to help ☕️
Join our friendly staff at our Chat With Us sessions for a free hot drink and a snack and ask us anything about the Library. From using our services to getting support with your academic skills – we're here to help ☕️