The Aldham Robarts Library (formerly the Aldham Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)), is one of two designated libraries belonging to
Liverpool John Moores University
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(LJMU) in
Liverpool
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,
England
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. It is located at Maryland Street and serves the Mount Pleasant Campus situated in
Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter. Designed by the architectural firm
Austin-Smith:Lord and built in 1994, the Aldham Robarts Library has won numerous architectural awards.
The four-storey, building contains 386 personal computers alongside countless books and online catalogues that cater mainly for the Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies and the Faculty of Business and Law.
Wi-Fi
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is available throughout the complex, which can be entered by scanning a relevant student ID card by the ground floor
turnstile
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s. Other services available in the Library include research and learner support. The Aldham Robarts Library is open 7 days a week during term time.
It is a member of Liverpool Libraries Together, under which, a registered reader at any of the member libraries can have access rights to the other libraries within the partnership.
See also
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Avril Robarts Library
The Avril Robarts Library (formerly the Avril Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)) is one of the two designated libraries belonging to Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England. It stands at 79 Tithebarn Street and serves ...
References
External links
Aldham Robarts Library online
Library buildings completed in 1994
Public libraries in Merseyside
Aldham Robarts LRC
The Aldham Robarts Library (formerly the Aldham Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)), is one of two designated libraries belonging to Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England. It is located at Maryland Street and serve ...
Aldham Robarts LRC
The Aldham Robarts Library (formerly the Aldham Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)), is one of two designated libraries belonging to Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England. It is located at Maryland Street and serve ...
Aldham Robarts LRC
The Aldham Robarts Library (formerly the Aldham Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)), is one of two designated libraries belonging to Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England. It is located at Maryland Street and serve ...
Libraries in Liverpool
1994 establishments in England
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