Library Guides: New Students' Library Guide: Visit a library

Visit our branches

We have 10 libraries that each specialise in different subject areas. You can visit any library to browse the collections or find a place to study. Think of the library as your office - it's a place set up for you to study, access resources and connect with specialist help.

Opening hours vary throughout the year. If you need somewhere to study early in the morning or late at night, most libraries also have After Hours Study Zones which you can access with your student or staff card.

Check Library opening hours

Find a seat

Use the Find a Study Space page to check how busy your favourite library space is.

This page shows real time information about seating capacity per floor and includes floor plans and descriptions of the spaces. Some library spaces get extremely busy during peak times.

Book a space

Book a project room for group work, a recording pod, or a computer or monitor in our libraries.

Visit the booking options page

What will I find in the library?

Beyond books and friendly staff, most of our libraries contain:

All libraries have devices available for you to print, scan and copy. For instructions on printing, scanning and photocopying, visit Student Print.

There are different types of computers available for student and staff use in the libraries.

Express: 30-minutes walk-up only (if all are in use, you can join the virtual queue).
Standard: 3-hours walk-up or booked. These can be booked using BookIT.

Most libraries have monitors with a keyboard and mouse that can be booked for 3 hrs via BookIT. You can use these to connect your laptop for a larger or additional display. The connection cable has a USB-C connection. If your device does not have a USB-C port you will need to bring an appropriate adapter.

These are available for staff and students for a period of up to 2 hours per person per day. Rooms can accommodate from 2-10 people depending on the room. You can book these spaces using DIBs. Some rooms come equipped with a LCD screen (bring your own laptop) and whiteboard.

The majority have LCD screens (bring your own laptop) and can accommodate 4 people at a time. They are available for staff and students for a period of 2 hours per person per day.

These are smaller rooms which are suited to private, individual study. You must be a graduate student to use of these rooms. They can be booked for a period of up to 2 hours at a time.

There are self-service recording rooms, pods and booths throughout three of our libraries (Baillieu, Giblin Eunson, Southbank). These facilities include: a Rodecaster Pro console, 2 Rode Podcaster mics on boom stands, and 2 Beyerdynamic DT770 (250 Ohm) headphones.

The Southbank library has four booths available for media playback. All booths have a DVD player and CD player. Booth 1 has a cassette tape player, and a record player. Booth 4 has an Xbox 360.

Got caught out without a pen? You can borrow pens, whiteboard markers, tape and other supplies from our service desks.