Historic libraries · Scottish Lowlands
Newcastle University Library
Newcastle University Library — library service for students and staff at Newcastle University, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket · 0.4 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Newcastle University Library is a historic library in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "library service for students and staff at Newcastle University, UK". Coordinates: 54.9810°, -1.6113°.
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Newcastle University Library is the library service for students and staff at Newcastle University, UK. It consists of: The Philip Robinson Library, the main library, offers collections in arts, humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, agriculture, education, psychology. The Walton Library, situated in the Medical School, provides resources in medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences. The Law Library, situated in the Law School, provides extensive law resources. The Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms provide a mix of individual and collaborative study spaces. It is the only library in the United Kingdom to receive the Charter Mark award for excellence five times in a row. It has since been awarded the Customer Service Excellence Award twice. The University Library has won The Times Higher Leadership and Management Award for the Outstanding Library Team.
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Background
History
The library of Armstrong College, the precursor to Newcastle University, was on the third floor of what is now the Armstrong Building, before moving to a larger room on the first floor in 1906. In 1926 the library moved into a new building on the other side of the quadrangle, which also housed the libraries of the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Medical College which eventually merged with Armstrong College. A substantial extension to this building in 1960 was quickly outgrown by the library, which from 1963 served the new University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1982 a new library building opened on Jesmond Road West, occupying ground cleared during the construction of the Newcastle Central…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9810, -1.6113
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE2 4HQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Phone
- +44 191 222 6765
- Established
- 1871
- Nearest railway station
- Haymarket — 0.4 km
- Official site
- www.ncl.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7017504 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Newcastle University Library (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Robinson Library, Newcastle University - geograph.org.uk - 1759799.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Newcastle University Library?
- Newcastle University Library is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE2 4HQ), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Newcastle University Library built?
- Built or established in 1871.
- How do I get to Newcastle University Library?
- The nearest railway station is Haymarket, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE2 4HQ.