Good news! The Library Complex has moved to extended opening hours leading up to and during the busy exam period, and the Hamilton Library is now open 24 hours.  

This adds an additional 600 24-hour study spaces to the existing 500 in Kinsella Hall, and 240 in the 1937 Reading Room (1937 for Postgrads only).  

Library Complex extended opening hours: 

  • Weekdays 09:00-22:00 

  • Saturdays 09:30-17:00  

  • Sundays 11:00-17:00 

 

Hamilton Library extended opening hours: 

  • 24 hours (until Friday 19 December, closing at 22:00) 

 

Christmas week opening hours (Library Complex and Hamilton Library) 

  • Kinsella Hall and 1937 Reading Room remain open 24/7 

  • Saturday 20 December: 09:30-16:00 

  • Sunday 21 December: closed  

  • Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 December: 09:30-17:00 

  • Wednesday 24 December 2025 to Thursday 1 January 2026 (inclusive): closed (Kinsella Hall and 1937 Reading Room also closed) 

 

Full details of all the Library’s opening hours, including the John Stearne Medical Library and the Research Collections Reading Room can be found on our opening hours webpage.  

A reminder that the yearly Library Study Space Campaign has started in the Ussher Library. Desks left unattended for more than 1 hour will be cleared and belongings moved to dedicated boxes on each floor. This helps manage use of study spaces at the busiest time leading up to exams. A reminder to never leave valuables unattended.