Study spaces, updates and opening hours

Extended opening hours and temporary study spaces

• Study Hub at 40 George Square will extend its opening hours on Mondays - Fridays to 09:00–20:50, from 07.04.25
• New College Library will extend its opening hours on Mondays - Thursdays to 09:00–21:50, from 07.04.25
• Law Library will extend its opening hours on to Sundays 12:00–18:50, from 13.04.25

40 George Square lower ground teaching hub will have its teaching rooms opened at study spaces from 07.04.25 up to 23.05.25

• LG.06 will be open Mondays - Fridays, 08:30 – 17:00
• LG.07 - LG.11 will be open Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 20:50. On Saturdays and Sundays it will be open 12:00 – 17:00

Exams will be taking place in open access computer labs in the Hugh Robson Building and Murchison House, see their pages for days and times the labs will be in use for exams.

SeatEd desk booking currently unavailable. Due to a security flaw the booking tools have needed to be taken offline at short notice. Bookable desks on the 5th floor of the main library which previously required booking in advance can now be used without booking. Please be aware that the North side of the fifth floor continues to be for use by postgraduate students only. Apologies for any inconveniences this may cause.

We will be running a pilot to tackle the issue of reserving desks with belongings at the Main Library, also known as Desk Hogging. All library users will be aware of the frustration of looking for a space and finding at times hundreds empty but reserved with belongings. From 05.05.25 to 09.05.25 during this period of high demand we will be looking to increase available spaces by clearing desks that have been out of use for extended periods. 

How it will work:

1. If a desk is found with belongings and no user present we will leave a slip with a date and time reminding users not to take breaks for longer than 1 hour.
2. If on a subsequent patrol find the belongings still in place the slip will be updated and the belongings will be placed in a box. The box will be placed under or beside the desk.
3. Belongings which are boxed and not collected will be taken to the EdHelp desk as lost property.

For transparency and accountability, each step will be recorded in writing and with a photo. 

Let us know what you think about the pilot and the issue as a whole through this short survey and let us know what we can do to improve (open from 05/05/25 - 16/05/25): https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/EGZ1m3MuzW

Your responses to this survey will require you to log in but the feedback will be anonymous.