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24/7 opening is back!

Posted on March 8, 2016 by jm464

Are you ready for the library’s 24/7 opening? The round the clock opening for exam period is back again! This means that the Library will be open 24/7 every day from Monday 21st March until Friday 17th June,  including Easter and all the Bank Holidays! (See … Continue reading →

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Treasures of Rochester Cathedral workshop

Posted on March 4, 2016 by jm464

On Monday 7th March the Drill Hall Library is hosting four workshop sessions (each running one hour) with staff from the Special Collections team at the University of Kent and volunteers from Rochester Cathedral. These workshops will provide students and staff with … Continue reading →

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Celebrating our 10th Anniversary

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jm464

The Drill Hall Library is celebrating its 10th Anniversary on Friday 12th February. The state-of-the-art, award-winning £10 million Drill Hall Library was first officially opened by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP on Monday 13th February 2006. The library building, at … Continue reading →

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You Said, We Did – Update

Posted on January 21, 2016 by jm464

We have been listening to your comments and feedback, and have made some further improvements to our services to benefit our users. Here is the latest news update from the Drill Hall Library. Longer opening hours The library is now … Continue reading →

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Library improvements coming up!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by jm464

We have some exciting plans coming up during this summer to further enhance the study environment and the look of the Drill Hall Library! After the exams we will begin adding more Silent Study spaces with new look desk partition … Continue reading →

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Have your say about the library!

Posted on May 11, 2015 by jm464

We would love to hear from the people who use the Drill Hall Library and to hear what they really think. Is it the thumbs up or thumbs down? Now is the chance to have your say! Meet us in … Continue reading →

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Unattended belongings & PCs

Posted on January 23, 2015 by jm464

The library is introducing a new policy on unattended belongings and PCs that are left idle by users for a long time. This will mean that any belongings left in the library for such period will be removed by staff and PCs restarted … Continue reading →

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We’re here for your revision!

Posted on December 15, 2014 by jm464

We’ve listened to your feedback and have introduced some extra opening times to our services to help you all revise for your exams and succeed in your studies. We are open the extra days in the New Year at 11am … Continue reading →

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Library Reading 18th December

Posted on December 12, 2014 by jm464

Drill Hall Library hosts a Reading with Roopa Farooki on Thursday 18th December at 1-2pm at the Group Mezzanine in the Drill Hall Library. Meet Roopa Farooki the author and Royal Literary Fund Fellow for University of Kent Student Learning Advisory … Continue reading →

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Library Fines Awareness Week (1-5 Dec)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by jm464

Please come along to one of our awareness sessions at the KeyPoint and find out “How to steer clear of library fines”. Drop-in sessions will run on Mon 1/12 to Fri 5/12 between 12-2pm. The staff will help you to … Continue reading →

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