Library Space

Feedback Focus aims to explore your experiences of the library. Our focus in November 2025 was on the library's physical spaces.

A library at the heart of campus

  • The library is open 24/7 during term times
  • During 2024-5 we had 1,025,557 visitors to the building
  • We hosted over 360 events, with 3,455 registrations 
  • There are 47 bookable Group Study Spaces and 1,700 individual spaces across the library's three floors
  • 47,884 bookings of Group Study Spaces were made by 8,076 users during the 2024-5 academic year
Study area by the plant wall on A Floor
Collage of library spaces including the family room, the feelgood hub, study booths, postgrad room

The library has a range of different spaces, including:

- Group Study Rooms

- Leisure Reading Area 

- Postgraduate Study Room

- Family Room

- Comics & Graphic Novels Section

- FeelGood Hub

- Exhibition and Events Space

- Digital Studio

- Archive Research Centre

- Reading Room

- Children's Corner

Library Design Award trophy displayed by Lancaster University Library plant wall

Library Design Award 2025

We have just won the 2025 Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Award for library spaces design! The award recognises the sustained impact and benefits provided by our library extension which was opened in 2021. Judges agreed that the space is a thoughtfully designed, versatile environment that offers an inspirational model due to its inclusive design and positive stakeholder feedback.

Read the news story.

What we want to know

1. What’s a library space you wish you had known about sooner?

2. What do you look for when choosing a study space or what would put you off? (please specify which!)

3. What has been your experience of using library spaces? (any space, any experiences you want to share with us!)

  • Survey

    Complete our short online survey.

  • Library Building

    Add a post-it note to the feedback board near the library entrance between Monday 24th and Friday 28th November.

  • Instagram

    Check our story highlights to give feedback via Instagram.