Lancaster University Library

A Library at the heart of Lancaster University's community, local and global. We connect, we innovate, we include.

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Welcome to the library

The Library sits at the heart of the Lancaster University. The library building is located at the centre of the Bailrigg campus, providing a welcoming, open and inclusive place for library and university activity. Integrating our in-person provision with a strong digital presence extends the library's reach well beyond campus, so our resources, facilities and support are available wherever you are.

Our approach is based on a library vision Towards 2025, that expresses our firm commitment to be innovative and inclusive in all we do, and a desire to connect with and bring people together.

The library towards 2025

The library vision describes our ambitions for the five year period up to academic year 2025-26. It outlines our approach and commitments to providing a library that fully integrates digital and physical provision, connecting and partnering with our communities, taking innovative and sustainable approaches, and underpinning all we do by seeking to be inclusive and celebrating diversity.

The Library Towards 2025

Achievements and awards

NSS 91%

We were rated the top university library of its kind by students in the 2022 National Student Survey.

The Library was invited to join Research Libraries UK in 2022. RLUK is a consortium of the most significant research libraries in the UK and Ireland.

Our Learning Development team were awarded the prestigious Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence in 2022.

We received the Outstanding Library Team award in the Times Higher Education awards in 2022.

News

How to keep well in wartime, a Ministry of Information pamphlet from WW2. Image of a woman, man and two children dressed in old fashioned clothes.

Make Do and Mend Day - Thursday 15th May

Special Collections and Archives in the Library are holding a special 'Make Do and Mend Day' to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II!

Now Available: The Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection of 'At Risk' Public Information and Data

The Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection from Coherent Digital is an initiative to rescue and preserve materials from government organisations facing the removal of public information and data - reports, blog posts, videos, and podcasts.

A collage of image including a carer with a woman in a wheelchair, and two people wearing medical masks.

Now Available: Policy Commons, Public Health & Social Care

A Public Health and Social Care database of non-journal research, pilot projects, real-world evaluations, newsletters, and collaborative projects is now available from Policy Commons.

An interview with Trailblazers author Kathy Chandler

The first Lancaster University author to be approved for publishing with Trailblazers is Kathy Chandler, lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning. In a recent interview, Kathy shared insights on her participation in the Trailblazers scheme.