Friends of the Library

11 April 2013: Stacks Alive event
The Aberdeen Humanities Fund, with support from FAUL, is pleased to continue the Stacks Alive series with a forthcoming event to which Friends are warmly invited.

The event will highlight key themes in the current exhibition at the Library - Waterlines by Will Maclean and Marian Leven - and features fascinating contributions by academics who will present research on the University of Aberdeen’s Special Collections relating to visual culture in early-modern Scotland, and to Aberdonians and Britain's maritime empire in Asia. The event will take place in the Special Collections Centre Seminar Room from 6-7pm. More details can be found on our events pages.

 News: Autumn/Winter 2012

About the Friends

The Friends of Aberdeen University Library is a Registered Charity (SC009009) founded in 1962.

The aims of the Friends are

• to encourage donations of funds and of books, prints, manuscripts and other items of interest to the Library 
• to help the Library buy special books, manuscripts and other items of interest
• to encourage interest in the Library and the potential of its collections

About the Library

The Library at the University of Aberdeen is as old as the University itself. It represents a unique resource for teaching, research and scholarship. The Library operates an 'open door' policy whereby the riches of its collections are available for consultation to members of the general public. The Library is central to University teaching and research and it is also a key resource for the local community.

To visit us

To visit the Sir Duncan Rice Library you can register for an access pass at the Welcome desk on the Ground Floor. Please bring photographic proof of identity.

Our Collections

The collections are rich and diverse, ranging from manuscripts and early printed works to the most modern computer-based resources. They include:

• the MacBean Stuart and Jacobite Collection
• the Gregory Collection of Scientific and Medical works
• The O'Dell Collection of books on railways and transport
• the George Washington Wilson Collection of late Victorian/Edwardian photographs
• the Local History Collection
• European Documentation Centre - with every official publication of the EU (held in Taylor Library) 
• over a million books and journals supporting teaching, learning and research in Arts & Humanities, Medicine, Divinity, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, Law etc

About Membership of the Friends

By becoming a member of the Friends you will help this unique Library to develop its collections in a way that will benefit the University community and the people of the North of Scotland. Membership currently stands at more than 200 people with addresses as far afield as Australia and Canada.

Members of the Friends benefit from:

• A newsletter, which appears twice a year, with details of recent purchases made possible by the Friends, announcements and reports on Friends' activities, and news of the Library generally
• Meetings (usually at least twice a year with one coinciding with the Annual General Meeting). These either feature an invited speaker talking on aspects of the Library's holdings or visits to Behind the Scenes areas which members of the public generally never see (e.g. the University Bindery)
• The opportunity to become a borrowing member of the Library at special discounted rates
• The opportunity to contribute to the development of the Library and its holdings

View some Library Resources

Some of the treasures of the University of Aberdeen's Library have been digitised. You may wish to have a look at some or all of these or you may wish to search the Library catalogue for items of interest to yourself. Simply click on the resource you would like to see or to use.

• The Aberdeen Bestiary
• The Burnet Psalter
• The MacBean Stuart and Jacobite Collection
• The Papers of Thomas Reid
• Images from the George Washington Wilson Photographic Archive
• Search the Library Catalogue (select Guest if you are not a Library member)

Newsletters

The following Newsletters are available in Adobe PDF format:

• Autumn/Winter 2012
• Autumn/Winter 2011
• Spring/Summer 2011
• Autumn/Winter 2010
• Spring/Summer 2010
• Autumn/Winter 2009
• Spring/Summer 2009
• Autumn/Winter 2008
• Spring/Summer 2008
• Autumn/Winter 2007
• Spring/Summer 2007
• Autumn/Winter 2006
• Spring/Summer 2006
• Autumn/Winter 2005
• Spring/Summer 2005
• Autumn/Winter 2004
• Spring/Summer 2004
• Autumn/Winter 2003
• Spring/Summer 2003

How to become a Member of the Friends

Membership is open to anyone interested in Aberdeen University Library

Gift Aid: If you qualify for Gift Aid, the Friends benefit additionally from your subscription

There are two forms of membership: Annual Membership or Life Membership

Annual Membership

minimum donation of £10.00 per annum
Additionally, this membership allows you to become a borrowing member of the Library. The special discounted rate, in addition to the cost of Friends' membership, is:

• Aberdeen Graduates
  £30.00 returnable deposit plus £15.00 annual subscription
• Other Friends of the Library
  £30.00 returnable deposit plus £25.00 annual subscription

Life Membership

minimum donation of £150.00
This can be paid either:

• in one payment, or
• spread over up to 4 years

Life Members of the Friends are entitled to free borrowing membership of the Library.

If you would like to join the Friends of Aberdeen University Library please download
and complete a membership application form or contact:

Honorary Secretary
Friends of Aberdeen University Library
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
University of Aberdeen
Bedford Road
Aberdeen
AB24 3AA

tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 3773
fax: +44 (0) 1224 27 3956
email: s.c.farquhar@abdn.ac.uk