Transcript Main Library – Virtual Tour

Welcome to
Edinburgh University Library’s
Main Library
Virtual Tour
Main Library
The Main Library
is in
George Square.
There are 12 other libraries you can use too
Getting In
Get through the
entrance turnstiles by
swiping your library
card.
Don’t forget
to bring it!
Finding your way around
Video screens
advise on opening
hours, computer
availability and
library news.
There is a Floor Guide
near the entrance and
on each floor.
Self-Service
There are easy to
use self-service
machines for
borrowing and
returning books.
Self-issue is
available on the
ground, 2nd, 3rd
and 4th floor.
Information Services (IS) Helpdesk
Get general advice on all IS Services
from staff at the IS Helpdesk.
Lending Stock
The Main Library has over
800,000 books. Most are
arranged by Library of
Congress classification
(eg HA29 Car) and are
shelved on the 2nd and 3rd
floors.
Some older books are
shelved on the 4th floor
arranged by Dewey
Decimal classification
(eg 712(28)).
Journals are also on the
4th floor.
High Use Book Collection (HUB)
The HUB is on the
ground floor and
includes the most
popular books, often
reading list titles.
Borrow books in the
HUB by using the
self-issue machines.
Current print journals
Some of the newly
bought printed
books and latest
editions/issues of
printed
newspapers and
journals are
displayed on the
1st floor.
You have access
to over 30,000
online journals.
Group Study Facilities
There are a variety of
informal and
conversational study
space on the ground
and 1st floor.
Including 29 group
study pods.
Individual Study Space
Individual study space
is available throughout
the library.
Note that some
are designated as
Quiet Study areas.
There is a Postgraduate
study area on the 5th floor.
Computing facilities
There are over 500
open-access PCs in
the library.
Wireless access is
available throughout
the building if you
wish to bring your
own laptop.
uCreate
uCreate, on the 1st floor,
provides multimedia and
specialist IT facilities on
a self-service basis.
Make podcasts, print
posters, and use a
variety of multimedia
facilities.
Photocopying and Printing
Copying and printing areas are available
throughout the building.
Staff and students,
pay by debiting your
Print Accounts.
Top up your credit
online or at machines
on the ground floor.
Centre for Research Collections
(CRC)
CRC, on the 6th floor, is the gateway to accessing
the historic collections of rare books,
manuscripts, archives, fine art and
museum objects.
Student Services
Visit the Careers
Service on the
3rd floor.
The
Student Counselling
and
Student Disability
Services are also on
the 3rd floor.
Library Café
Have a break from studying in the Library Café,
on the ground floor.
Edinburgh University Library
Main Library – Virtual Tour
Good luck,
enjoy your course…
... and have fun!