Strategic Programme
Our Library
For Manchester’s staff, students, alumni and communities
Lead priority areas
The 'Our Library' programme delivers on the legacy and potential of The University of Manchester Library to provide memorable, rich and dynamic services to our staff, students, alumni and communities. The Library also plays a key role in the University’s social responsibility activity.
Main Library Redefined
The University is aiming to either refurbish or rebuild the Main Library in order to deliver world-leading environments for research, learning, student development and engagement with our print and digital collections. The project will allow us to consider the total student and staff experience of our Library, learning spaces and supporting services in line with scholarship, new technologies, shared service cultures, the importance of wellbeing on campus and social responsibility.
Our Students
The University of Manchester Library continues to build upon its world-leading collections, valued services and award-winning teaching, learning and skills programmes to ensure it remains a beacon of good practice within the expanding range of flexible and inclusive learning opportunities at all levels of study.
Our support is characterised by our passion for working in partnership with students and the quality of our engagement with the teaching and learning community throughout the student journey and beyond.
Our services are innovative and delivered with creativity, equity and care to ensure the Library is a highly valued and deeply embedded component of everyone’s University of Manchester student experience.
Through Imagine2030 our students receive best-in-sector, digital-first content and services within the most welcoming and productive learning environment.
Digital Library Manchester
Putting our users at the heart, we've established The University of Manchester Library as a global leader in the development of innovative and inclusive digital services via the application of cutting-edge technology, infrastructure and smart data use.
The Digital Library has emerged as an area of unprecedented importance in the provision of access to our inspiring collections, knowledge and research regardless of time, place or ability.
Building on an impressive history of digital service innovation and collaboration, Digital Library Manchester (DLM) advances the evolution of our Digital Library through a transformation of our digital capabilities.
Spirit of Manchester
The University of Manchester Library is as much a part of life in the city as it is in the University. Over 20,000 people from our local communities are members of our Library and we welcome over 350,000 visitors every year at The John Rylands Library. Imagine2030 increases our involvement in the cultural and educational life of our city through our tradition of radical innovation.
The University of Manchester Office for Open Research
The University of Manchester Office for Open Research brings together our world-leading existing work in open scholarship for all disciplines with new bodies of work in open data, citizen science and open access. It is one of the most significant investments in the future of publishing, data and open knowledge by any UK university, reaching across all Humanities and Science disciplines.
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