Boots Library is closed this Thursday 13 August due to Clearing. Visit our pop-up service at Dryden (8:30am-7pm) for most of your usual services including: study spaces, appointments, IT support, and access to physical materials through our fetch-and-carry service. Normal service resumes Friday 📚✨

Seen The Odyssey at the cinema and fancy reading the original? 🌊Borrow a physical copy from your nearest NTU Library 🌊Access eBooks on Library OneSearch 🌊Listen with audiobooks via Libby Start your journey with Odysseus today and discover one of the world's most enduring classics. Links in bio 📚

All those hours you spent studying! You made memories here so we welcome students who want to take graduation pictures in the library like Hieu here. Congratulations to the class of 2026 📚🩷🎓

Library systems service update 📢 Due to essential maintenance on the morning of Friday 17th July, some library webpages and services will be unavailable. Once work is complete we will update you. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Clifton! Your NTU Library now has dedicated Knowledge Café and Hub signage, making it super clear where you can find academic skills support, as well as space for discussion and learning. Take a look and make it your go-to spot on campus 🩷 📚

Students, staff, and anyone curious about language...join us at Boots Library on 24 June, 16:00–17:30 (BTS329) for Professor Christopher Mulvey’s "Why Punctuation?". Explore its evolution and impact today. Free, with Q&A. Bringing non-NTU guests? Check at the library. Sign up via link in bio.

The Glow Sensory Room and the Rest Nest in Boots Library will be closed for the rest of the week. Work starts today on a brand new mural on Level 2. The design was created, and will be painted, by a student. We hope this doesn't cause you any inconvenience, and will keep you updated on reopening.

To celebrate Pride month here are some top titles (chosen by library staff) for you to explore 🏳️‍🌈 All of these books are available at your nearest NTU library or via Library OneSearch ✨ Which of these have you read? 📚

FYI no books have been harmed during this heatwave 🥵📚

As an NTU student you get free access to thousands of films, TV shows, documentaries, and more, through our friends at Kanopy 🧡 No ads, any time, anywhere. Just log in with your university credentials: https://www.kanopy.com/en/ntuuk

#ThrowbackThursday to when Edmund Weiner (the Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary) came to give a talk in Boots Library. This presentation looks at the history, and present-day powers of, the OED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyCZ2GDzn0k What other speakers should we invite?

Postgraduate taught students – Please complete this survey to tell us what you think about your course and time here at NTU. You’ll be helping to shape the future of your course and you could win one of five £100 Amazon vouchers. Survey link: www.ntu.ac.uk/ptes

Sun's out, books out 💪

Clifton students, looking for some downtime? Your Library's got your back! Come to the Clifton campus library tomorrow (Friday 27th) and decorate an Easter egg. Our friendly staff will be on hand from 1-3pm to help you out. +1s very much welcome 🪺☀️

It's giving spring

Stop doomscrolling and check this out! For Neurodiversity Celebration Week, our Library Student Mentor Katie breaks down her very relatable first major uni struggle. Send this to that one friend who needs help with NTU systems💙

This is a FREE ICAS webinar for students on Tuesday 17 March (12:00–13:00) to help students understand graduate pathways through the Chartered Accountant qualification. Gain insights from CAs and explore how the qualification can future-proof your career: https://link.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/7am

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Happy World Book Day! 🎉 Here's some of our library crew showing off their favourite books and current reads! If you're an NTU student who loves to read then tag us in your #WorldBookDay selfies, group pics etc. with your outfits, latest reads, or study‑break novels. Let’s celebrate together!

Longing for a copy of Wuthering Heights? 📚 If you can’t find a physical copy, you can still access the eBook now through Library OneSearch! You can also watch other adaptations on BFI Player and Kanopy. If you really can’t get enough, you can read books about the book too ❤️

We love seeing students in the library again! That's it, that's the caption🩷📚

Welcome to our new and returning students! ✨🩷 Winter Welcome runs 12 Jan – 16 Feb and is the perfect time to explore our spaces, services, and resources ❄️ Join us for lots of events to help you settle in, You'll see why Your Library is at the #HeartOfNTU 📚 #NTUWelcome #NTU #LoveYourLibrary

Happy New Year! Winter Welcome 2026 runs from 12 January to 16 February ❄️ Check the link in bio for the online and in-person events to help you get settled and support your studies 📚 Come along and you'll see why Your Library is at the #HeartOfNTU 🩷 #HappyNewYear #LoveYourLibrary #LibraryLife

How many books have you read in 2026?🧐

A book a day keeps the doctor away

Fun history fact! If you were born in the 12th century, by now you'd be dead.

Callout to Brackenhurst students - Win a £100 Amazon voucher! Enter this confidential survey on the NTU Mentor Scheme to be in the prize draw: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ntusurvey/mentee-survey-2025 FYI the closing date has been extended to next Friday 28th November.

Mentee Survey (2025)

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Happy International Men's Day 2025! 💙 Let's spread some positive masculinity. Comment some book recommendations on what it means to be a man below #InternationalMensDay #InternationalMensDay2025

Share your NTU experience for a chance to win amazing prizes. Do you #LoveNTU? Review us now for the chance to win prizes. Leaving just one review will help future students decide whether to come to NTU. Go to: www.ntu.ac.uk/review or the link in our bio.

Zombie Apocalypse Escape Room at Your Library!🧟Monday 27 October - Sunday 2 November during Information Desk opening times. Crack the code to be in with a chance of winning a £50 voucher! Ask our friendly library team for more info to get started.

Introducing Library Student Mentors! 🩷 Available Monday-Friday for one-to-one guidance on academic skills and maths and stats 📚 Monday 27 October is #NationalMentoringDay. Come to Boots Library (12-2pm) or Clifton Library (11am-2pm) and meet our Mentors! Visit the Linktree in our bio for more.