GCU Library

27/07/2026

Discover, GCU Library’s online catalogue and discovery system, has moved to a new, modern interface.

✅ New layout
✅ Easier searching
✅ Improved accessibility

We've been testing the new design with students, and their feedback has helped shape the final version.

The core search and discovery features you already use will remain familiar, and we're updating our search guidance to help you get started with the new interface.

If you spot any issues or have any questions, please get in touch with the Library team.

Try it out at: https://discover.gcu.ac.uk/

24/07/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ We're a little late but for Pride 2026 we're updating our LGBTQIA+ resource list, and we'd love your input. We're looking for:

📚Books
🎬Films & TV shows
🎧 Music & podcasts
🌐Websites

Add your suggestions to our Padlet.🔽

We are collecting your LGBTQIA+ resource recommendations to be included in our Relax and Renew collection. If you haven't used Padlet before - you can read how to use it here: https://edshare.gcu.ac.uk/6043/ All posts will remain anonymous, unless you want to add your name. Your suggestions may be a...

24/07/2026

From Monday 27 July, GCU Library’s online catalogue and discovery system, Discover, will move to a new, modern interface.

✅ New layout
✅ Easier searching
✅ Improved accessibility

We've been testing the new design with students, and their feedback has helped shape the final version.

The core search and discovery features you already use will remain familiar, and we'll be updating our search guidance to help you get started with the new interface.

We don't expect any downtime during the changeover, but if you spot any issues or have any questions, please get in touch with the Library team.

01/07/2026

📢 We're aware of an issue affecting access to scans on Resource Lists. Full details on our blog and what to do if you're affected:

Technical Issue [Access to scans on Resource Lists] Posted on July 1, 2026 by resourcemanagement We are currently experiencing access issues to scanned material that loads using Kortext Reader on Resource Lists. Users may encounter a looping sign-in screen when attempting to access scanned content,....

16/06/2026

We're celebrating World Refugee Week, and our amazing library assistants Nicola, Cameron and Ash have helped to create a wonderful display.

World Refugee Week:

"Brings together people from different backgrounds to connect beyond labels, and foster a deeper understanding of why people are displaced, and the challenges they face when seeking safety." Refugee Week 🧡

Our communities are enriched by the wide variety of people and experiences who make their home here.
Refugee Week invites us to affirm everyone's right to, "safety, dignity and opportunity."

02/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from the Sir Alex Ferguson Library team, we continue to proudly stand in solidarity and celebration with the LGBTQIA+ community! 🌈

We have a fantastic display created by our library assistant Nicola, with a range of titles fiction and non-fiction on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people.

Any book or resource recommendations are always welcome!

🏳️‍🌈

🌈

14/05/2026

We have been celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week, with help from a fantastic display by our library assistant Nicola!

There's loads more titles on mental health in our collection, so come have a look and borrow a few 💚

06/05/2026

We have a fantastic new mystery book display created by our library assistants Nicola, Ash and Kristen.

With a mix of genres, your May reading could take you anywhere!

28/04/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who told us what they were reading for World Book Night! Check out our Padlet if you're looking for your next read!

https://padlet.com/gcuniv/relax-and-renew-sir-alex-ferguson-library-is-celebrating-wor-8114zfvvh1vjkaru

28/04/2026

Join us on 7 May for our next Research Culture Café!

Research Culture Café: Climate justice and just transition🌟

The Sir Alex Ferguson Library at GCU will be hosting a Research Culture Café in our Relax and Renew space.

📅Thursday May 7
⏰11:00am - 12:00pm
📍Relax & Renew space

This month's speaker is Sennan Mattar of the School of Science and Engineering (SSE). Sennan will be talking about his research on climate justice and just transition.

Examples of this work include:

➡️The impacts of climate change on slums in Zambia
➡️The recovery from Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh
➡️Decarbonisation in Scotland

Research Culture Cafés are a relaxed opportunity for GCU staff and students, and members of the public to meet and to talk about research at GCU. Speakers give a short talk and then lead a discussion about their area of research.

Research Culture Cafés are part of the 'Collaboration and Innovation' strand of GCU's Research Culture and Environment Strategy, and aim to create a safe space for sharing ideas and feedback for researchers from diverse perspectives, which we hope will help foster novel approaches to problem solving and innovation.

When you arrive at the café, we invite you to simply relax, and enjoy the conversation and refreshments💙