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Campus guide

Campus guide At Napier, we have three university campuses spread across the city of Edinburgh, each of them outfitted with state-of-the-art facilities to assist you in your studies, and each of them serving as the central hub to our different academic schools, with the library catalogue of each campus being focused on that campus’s academic […]

What do you wish you had known in first year of University?

What do you wish you had known in first year of University?   Starting university is often a significant, exciting but also daunting transition in one’s life. Whether you have moved to the city where your new university is based, commute to the university or have enrolled as an online student, there is often so […]

Welcome to ENU Libraries: An Introduction

Welcome to ENU Libraries: An Introduction A very warm welcome to all of our new and returning students to our Edinburgh Napier University campus libraries this year! Have you had a chance to visit us yet? No worries if not! There is still plenty of time to get to know us, the resources and services […]

Bookshops of Edinburgh

Bookshops of Edinburgh If librarians aren’t spending their spare time visiting other libraries, you will probably find them in bookshops. Edinburgh is home to some of the finest bookshops in the world, and we love to share them. Edinburgh has always been a city that seems made for readers: its winding closes, historic streets and […]

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026 Saturday 15th – Sunday 30th August 2026. The Book Festival The Edinburgh International Book Festival began as a biennial event in 1983 and became an annual event in 1997, and has now been running for over forty years. As one of the largest public celebrations of reading and the written […]

Reading Lists: Best Practice Tips for Academic Staff

Reading Lists: Best Practice Tips for Academic Staff As the start of a new academic year approaches, we wanted to share some advice from the library for creating or updating reading lists! To support this, library staff will be running training sessions on the Leganto reading list platform in late August 2026. Dates, times, and […]

World Cat Day

World Cat Day   Gather round all cat lovers and feline enthusiasts! Today is World Cat Day, which takes place on the 8th of August every year. This year, World Cat Day falls on a Saturday (shall we call it Cat-tur-day?) and was established by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), one of the […]

Five Research Mistakes Students Make (and How to Avoid Them)

Five Research Mistakes Students Make (and How to Avoid Them) Research is about much more than finding information. It helps you understand your subject, evaluate evidence, and develop your own ideas. Strong research also makes writing assignments much easier because you already have reliable sources to support your arguments. However, many students fall into the […]

Librarian Summer reading recommendations 2026

Librarian Summer reading recommendations 2026 So, as it’s summer, we have asked the lovely librarians here at Edinburgh Napier University to share some of their favourite reads of the year so far. Most of us are avid readers, as you would expect, so be sure to add these to your own reading plans this Summer. […]

Top Video Games of All Time

Top Video Games of All Time (according to us) You’d think that, as a Library, talking about video games wouldn’t be an obvious choice, but here at Edinburgh Napier we are a university at the forefront of video game design. Not to mention Scotland is the home of Rockstar North (formerly Rockstar Games), the iconic […]

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