Our Library news round-up
14 Jan 2025
Check out what the Library has on offer from this month (January 2025)
For January, check out what we have on offer.
- To keep updated with the Library, check out our news webpage.
Teaching and Learning
- Important information about teaching resources for Semester 2
If you are teaching in Semester 2 please ensure all your recommendations for your taught course materials are in place via Reading Lists Online as soon as possible to guarantee they are available and accessible to students for the start of teaching. Please see our latest guidanceon how to prepare your course text recommendation for 2024/25.
Contact the Reading List team If a course has changed codes or is no longer running in 2024/25: uml.readinglists@manchester.ac.uk
Research
- Join us for the "Open Software" event
As part of the Opening Up Research programme, on Tuesday, 4 February, from 1pm - 2.30 pm at University Place, Room 2.220. Speakers will be discussing how they have developed and shared open-source software and code to support re-use and reproducibility in their research. The session will include a panel discussion, with time for tea, coffee, and networking with other attendees. Sign Up Here
- Open Access monograph competition 2024/25
Unfunded monograph authors have until Friday, 31 January 2025 to enter the Library’s competition to win Open Access funding. Unfunded monograph authors from any University faculty can enter the Library’s Open Access (OA) monograph competition, as long as they will soon be publishing a monograph or published one on or after 1 October 2023.
Our collections
- Enjoy free access to renowned British theatre through the University Library.
Staff can stream acclaimed performances from major UK theatre companies online at no cost. The latest additions bring the number of our productions from over a decade of 'NT Live' broadcasts now available to 70 and feature popular recent successes like Nicholas Hytner’s ‘The Book Of Dust Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo in ‘Antony & Cleopatra, and Michael Sheen in ‘Under Milk Wood.’ Find out more.
- Widening the range of our digital resources – expanding our magazine archive collections
The Library has recently secured online access to a significant archival collection of American-based general magazines, including Vanity Fair and Life magazine.
Our spaces
- Celebrating 125 Years of The John Rylands Library in Manchester
The John Rylands Library celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2025 with Rylands125, a special year-long events and exhibitions programme. This initiative by The University of Manchester Library will delve into the Library’s storied past, celebrate its vibrant present, and look forward to the promising future of the next 125 years. Read more about Rylands125.
- Redevelopment of Muriel Stott Building in Summer 2025
The Muriel Stott Building in the Main Library will be undergoing renovations in July 2025 and is set to reopen in September in time for the beginning of Semester 1. This renovation is part of various improvements planned for Main Library in 2025.