Book requests, a new lunch space and what’s open
Posted on 8 February 2021
Book recalls and requests
We’ve switched off book recalls so you won't get any emails asking to your return books. With the lockdown continuing, the last thing you need is to be worried about how to get an item back to us.
However this does mean it’s more likely that all the copies of a book you need will be out on loan, and you can’t recall them.
In this situation we want you to tell us what you need using our purchase request form - even if it’s a book we already own.
We’ll then try to find an ebook; if we can’t, we’ll buy a print copy and send it out via our Postal Loans service.
Lunch space in Vanbrugh
To keep everyone safe, we've tightened up the rules on face coverings in the Library. You must keep yours on at all times (unless you are exempt from wearing one).
This means that you can't eat meals in the Library, so there is now an area to eat your lunch in Vanbrugh. This is open on weekdays between 11.30am and 2.30pm and is monitored by staff to allow you to eat your own food safely.
What's open
- The Morrell, Fairhurst and Burton are open 9am to 7pm, seven days a week. You can visit to borrow and return items, but if you want to study you'll need to book a study space.
- Library@Piazza is open seven days a week for you to book study a space.
- King's Manor Library is closed - though we can retrieve books for you if you request them via our Book Takeaway service.
- The Borthwick Institute for Archives is closed - the team are still responding to enquiries via borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk, Twitter (@UoYBorthwick) and Facebook (@UoYBorthwick).
- York Minster Library is closed.
You can find more information on our Study spaces page.
As always if you have any questions please get in touch with us.