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Posts in September 2024
  • Taylor Library sign stolen by a student returned after almost a decade

    Not many staff or students remember that the Taylor Library sign was stolen from the landing of Taylor Building Block C almost a decade ago. It was originally displayed next to the main entrance on Floor 1.

    This morning, a parcel has arrived at the Reception of the School of…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • 2024/ 2025 President's Medal Lecture - Women's Health: are we destined to keep repeating the same healthcare research?

    Aberdeen Medico-Chirurigal Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, Thursday 26th September at 7pm

    Professor Maggie Cruickshank graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1985 and retired last year after 26 years as a clinical academic at the University of Aberdeen working in gynaecology and researching the prevention of lower…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Reminder: Digital Skills sessions

    Don’t forget to check the course booking system for new additions in the Digital Skills and Library Information Skills categories. Get Organised is on this week, with two exciting online sessions on using digital platforms, time and task management and best approaches for organising university notes and files.

    Next week…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Umbrellas for Neurodiversity in the Sir Duncan Rice Library

    Encircling the Atrium of the Ground Floor of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, we now have an exciting display of umbrellas representing and highlighting neurodiversity at the University of Aberdeen.

    The Umbrella Project is an initiative run by the ADHD Foundation to raise awareness of and celebrate all neurodivergent conditions. You…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Book a Welcome Week Library & IT Talk and Tour

    Looking to learn how to get the most out of your Library? Want to improve your IT and Digital Skills? 

    Join one of our daily guided tours during Welcome Week to get yourself ready for studying and learning here at the University of Aberdeen. These are for new and returning students.

    The…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • End Digital Poverty Day - 12th September

    What is Digital Poverty?

    The Digital Poverty Alliance defines digital poverty as “the inability to interact with the online world fully, when, where, and how an individual needs to.” 

    Ofcom’s 2022 Digital Exclusion Review sets out some of the key barriers. These include the affordability of devices and internet packages,…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Update from the Green Library group

    Digital and Information Services is very mindful of the impact of its services on the environment, and the need to contribute to the Sustainability theme of Aberdeen 2040. Work is ongoing in relation to the environmental impact of our IT infrastructure, and in 2023 we were delighted to swap our…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen
  • Taylor Library will be closed on 7, 8, 14, 15 September 2024

    We would like to advise the university community and our external library users that, due to staff shortages, Taylor Library will be closed on the following days:

    Saturday the 7th of September Sunday the 8th of September Saturday the 14th of September Sunday the 15th of September

    The Sir Duncan…

    Published by Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen

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