Library spaces
Everyone studies and prefers to work in different ways, which is why the Library provides a number of spaces across the University to offer a range of environments in different locations.
Check below for information about the opening times for each of the library spaces, where you can find them, what facilities are available and for photographs of each of the locations.
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Main Library
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 10am to 5pm)
- Tuesday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 10am to 5pm)
- Wednesday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 10am to 5pm)
- Thursday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 10am to 5pm)
- Friday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 10am to 5pm)
- Saturday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 11am to 4pm)
- Sunday
- 9am to 9pm (Service Desk 11am to 4pm)
Don't forget
Bring a face covering (you must wear this at all times within the building), your ID card and bottled water.
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University staff and students can drop in to use a study space, and to browse and borrow the collections using the self-service machines.
- 182 study spaces across all 3 levels
- Self-service borrowing and return
- Click and collect pick up and self issue beside the Service Desk
- Print, copy and scan machines
- Power sockets
- Wifi
- Toilets
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University of St Andrews Library
North Street
St Andrews
KY16 9TRPhone: +44 (0)1334 46 2331/2
Email: library@st-andrews.ac.uk
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St Mary’s College Library, incorporating the King James Library
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- 10am to 8pm
- Tuesday
- 10am to 8pm
- Wednesday
- 10am to 8pm
- Thursday
- 10am to 8pm
- Friday
- 10am to 8pm
- Saturday
- 10am to 8pm
- Sunday
- 10am to 8pm
Don't forget
Bring a face covering (you must wear this at all times within the building), your ID card and bottled water.
These libraries can be found on South Street, St Mary’s Quadrangle.
University staff and students can drop in to use a study space in both libraries, and to browse and borrow the collections using the self-service machine.
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- 25 study spaces
- Self-service borrowing and return
- 2 PCs
- 1 print, copy, and scan machine
- Individual desk lamps
- Toilets
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St Mary's College Library
South Street
St Andrews
KY16 9JU -
JF Allen Library
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- 9am to 6pm
- Tuesday
- 9am to 6pm
- Wednesday
- 9am to 6pm
- Thursday
- 9am to 6pm
- Friday
- 9am to 6pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Don't forget
Bring a face covering (you must wear this at all times within the building), your ID card and bottled water.
This Library is located upstairs in the Physics building on the North Haugh.
University staff and students can drop in to use a study space, and to browse and borrow the collections using the self-service machine.
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- 34 study spaces
- Self-service borrowing and return
- 3 PCs
- 2 individual rooms
- 1 print, copy, and scan machine
- Power sockets
- Wifi
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School of Physics and Astronomy
North Haugh
St Andrews
KY16 9SS -
Martyrs Kirk, Thomson Reading Room
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Tuesday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Wednesday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Thursday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Friday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Saturday
- 9am to 8.30pm
- Sunday
- 9am to 8.30pm
Don't forget
Bring a face covering (you must wear this at all times within the building), your ID card and bottled water.
Postgraduate students, including taught postgraduates, and University staff can use this space.
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- 20 study spaces
- Print, copy and scan machines
- Power sockets
- Wifi
- Toilets
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Martyrs Kirk Research Library
80 North Street
St Andrews
KY16 9HHPhone: +44 (0)1334 46 2331/2
Email: library@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Library at The Gateway
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- 9am to 6pm
- Tuesday
- 9am to 6pm
- Wednesday
- 9am to 6pm
- Thursday
- 9am to 6pm
- Friday
- 9am to 6pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Don't forget
Bring a face covering (you must wear this at all times within the building), your ID card and bottled water.
Library at The Gateway is the basement level of the large round building on the North Haugh which also houses the School of Management.
University staff and students can drop in to use a study space.
See our webpage for other drop-in study spaces.
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- 52 study spaces
- 17 PCs
- 1 print, copy, and scan machine
- Power sockets
- Wifi
- Toilets
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The Gateway
North Haugh
St Andrews
KY16 9RJ -
Ettie Stewart Steele Reading Room
This week's opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
This reading room is in the Chemistry building on the North Haugh.
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- Reference-only books and journals
- Photocopying facilities
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Purdie Building
North Haugh
St Andrews
KY16 9TR -
Centuries of enlightenment
The history of the University of St Andrews Library begins with Scotland’s oldest reading room, the King James Library. Read about how Royal gifts founded this library and the ways that the collections have grown, together with some of the significant figures who have visited and used this “elegant and luminous” place.
