Our services...
How to use the library
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Services we provide
- Document Supply and Inter-Library Loans
- Group study rooms
- Bindery@TheLibrary
- SMS text alerts
- Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care
- Digitisation activities and services
- Services for alumni
- Services for business
Locations and opening hours...
Library news...
- Stopford Library reopens
- The University of Manchester Library
- Digital Haggadah now available on iTunes
- Day passes
John Rylands Library, Deansgate
Built in the 1890s, the John Rylands Library is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world; both the building and its collections are of outstanding international significance.
Opening hours for visitors
Exhibitions
- Exploring Edo
To 3 June - St Bartholomew's Day 1662
16 February to 1 July

Events and tours

Special Collections
The John Rylands Library is not just a magnificent building - it is also a working academic library where researchers can consult the collections in the modern Elsevier Reading Room.
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