Library News
The Queen Mary Centre for Digital Collections has officially opened!
27 February 2026
Guests participated in the launch event on Wednesday 25 February 2026
Transition to New Library Search
3 February 2026
From mid-March we will start the transition to our new library system.
Jon Nicholls (Digital Asset Specialist) talks about the new digitisation studio at Mile End Library
2 February 2026
The studio that is modernising how Library Services stores and widens access to its Special Collections.
Library Services Celebrates
28 January 2026
Library Services receives Customer Service Excellence quality mark
Early closure - Whitechapel Library
26 January 2026
Whitechapel Library will close at 10pm on Wednesday 28 January
Event: New Library Search - Tell us what you think
21 January 2026
Come along to a feedback session about the New Library Search. Refreshments are available and prizes can be won.
Sneak Peek at the New Library Search
5 January 2026
Learn more about your New Library Search - launching in March
22 December 2025
Learn more about some of Library Service's upcoming projects
Next Generation Open Access
22 December 2025
Jisc, on behalf of the UK higher education sector, is undertaking concurrent negotiations with the five largest academic publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Sage) as part of its Next Generation Open Access Programme.
Extended Mile End Library Hours
13 November 2025
Mile End Library will be open 24/5 during the upcoming busy study period