Library

Crichton Campus Library

The Library on the Crichton Campus is located in the Dumfries & Galloway College Building. The Library combines the collections of the three partner institutions on the campus: the University of Glasgow, University of the West of Scotland, and Dumfries & Galloway College & and provides library services for all students and staff.

Campus Library opening hours  (Semester) 

• Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 8am - 6pm
• Tuesday 8am - 9pm
• Friday 8am - 5pm
• Saturday & Sunday - Closed.

During the summer vacation the Library is open 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday

How to find the things you need to read

It’s a little bit complicated for Glasgow University students studying at Crichton – but basically, anything that you need that’s available in print you can get from the Crichton Campus Library. If you want to find and access anything available online then it’s the Glasgow University Library website that you need to use!

The Crichton Library holds print books & journals and audio-visual material to support all courses taught at Dumfries Campus. The standard loan period is four weeks. Most materials can be borrowed, with the exception of journals and reference items. In addition, some materials may be put on "short loan". These are kept at the service desk and are restricted to a 3 hour loan. 

Details of all Crichton Library materials are available via the UWS OneSeach Catalogue. 

Borrowing materials

To borrow from the Crichton Library you will need a separate library card. You can apply for one at the Crichton Library Service Desk. You will need to produce your University of Glasgow matriculation card, and fill in a short application form. Always remember to bring your library card with you, as you can't borrow anything without it!

What can the University of Glasgow Library offer? 

The University of Glasgow Library can give you access to tens of thousands of ebooks and ejournal articles as well as specialist subject databases and other online resources - all of which are available 24/7 via our website  - http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/library/. The Library also provides the Online Reading Lists service which many of the Education courses on the Crichton Campus use & make available via individual course moodles. For more information, dowload a short presentation on Using Reading Lists @ Glasgow 

Check out the Finding the information you need section on how to get access to the information you need for coursework and research.

College Librarian

Lynn Irvine is based in the Library at the Glasgow Campus, but is very happy to help with any Library or information support you might need. You can contact her by email & phone or by skype or FaceTime if you'd like a one to one meeting.

Lynn Irvine
lynn.irvine@glasgow.ac.uk
0141-330-7094