From Monday 18 September, there will some changes to locations of bookable study spaces in Bill Bryson Library.

After a few weeks pause, Durham University’s Open Access publications repository, Durham Research Online (DRO) has been relaunched, providing unpaywalled access to publications authored by staff and students at Durham University.

Bill Bryson Library will close at 10pm on Saturday 29 July and reopen at 8am on Monday 31 July due to works carried out by Northumbrian Water affecting the water supply to the building. No access to the Library will be available during this period.

We have recently introduced a monthly activity and news page on our Open Research guide, allowing you to keep up to date with all the latest on access to University research and from the wider world of Open Access.

On 8 June 2023 we introduced special handling measures for one of our collections having discovered trace of the insecticide DDT on a record sample.

As the School of Education is relocating to the Confluence Building on Lower Mountjoy, Leazes Road Study Space will permanently close at 6pm on Friday 2 June 2023.

As we approach the end of the academic year, we will be providing a donation station in Bill Bryson Library and ISC Library, Stockton so you can donate any academic textbooks you no longer need for your studies.

Now that we have automatic renewals in place, we will be sending out a monthly summary email detailing any loans or charges you have on your library account. This is to help you to keep track of your borrowed items and any outstanding fees you may have.

As part of expanding our offer to Durham University Students, the Archives and Special Collections team at Palace Green Library will be running our second Student Experience Day on Thursday 8 June.

Durham University has published its Research Publication Policy as part of its commitment to support open and reproducible research. 

Our Silent Zone PC Room and Disability Support rooms on Level 1 of Bill Bryson Library will be unavailable from Monday 27 – Friday 31 March.

Replacement works will be carried out on the PA system in Bill Bryson Library from Tuesday 21 March to Friday 24 March. The works will take place overnight, starting from 5pm and finishing by 7.30am each day.