ISGuides: EGIS (Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society): Study Spaces

Study Spaces

The University offers a wide variety of great places to study - whether you want to study alone or in a group, in silence or in quiet discussion, during the day or at the evenings and weekends. If you are within travelling distance to a HWU campus library, you are welcome to visit.

Useful links

Edinburgh Campus Map
Study Spaces
Information about the study spaces at each campus
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The University offers a wide variety of great places to study - whether you want to study alone or in a group, in silence or in quiet discussion, during the day or at the evenings and weekends. If you are within travelling distance to a HWU campus library, you are welcome to visit. There are many exciting study space improvements on campus - click on the link to find out the most up-to-date information.
Opening Hours
Information about opening hours at each campus Library and other study spaces.
EGIS Resource Centre Opening Hours
Further information regarding out of hours access
Resource Booker
Book a teaching/study/social space at the Edinburgh Campus
PC Availability at Edinburgh Campus
Printing, Copying, Scanning

January Semester (starting Monday 16 January)

Opening Hours (Edinburgh Campus)

Cameron Smail Library
Open	Monday - Sunday	24 hours
Staffed	Monday - Friday	08:30 - 20:30
	Saturday - Sunday	09:45 - 20:30

Learning Commons 1 (Hugh Nisbet)
Open	Monday - Sunday	06:00 - 00:00 (midnight)
Staffed	Monday - Friday	11:00 - 15:00

GRID IC1 (Information Services point)
Open	Monday - Sunday	08:00 - 00:00 (midnight)
Staffed	Monday - Friday	11:00 - 15:00

EGIS Resource Centre (Edwin Chadwick)
Regular access	Monday - Friday	07:00 - 18:00
Out of hours access *	Monday - Friday Saturday - Sunday	18:00 - 22:00 07:00 - 22:00
Staffed	Monday - Friday	10:00 - 16:00

* see:

EGIS Resource Centre Opening Hours
Further information regarding out of hours access

Study Spaces and Opening Hours

All study spaces will be open longer than they are staffed. These longer hours are subject to building opening and SafeGuarding. Staffed hours are subject to available staffing.
Access to the library building is controlled through staff and student ID cards. Cards must be used to gain entrance to the library.
You may be entitled to out-of-hours access to the EGIS Resource Centre, activate your card during staffed hours.
There are also other study spaces across campus, such as the James Watt Study Hub and crush areas.
Bookable spaces include group study rooms and spaces, individual study rooms and crush areas. All of these can be booked via Resource Booker.

Information Services will regularly review occupancy & enquiries across all managed study spaces and make any adjustments to the service based on the data collected.

Accessing other libraries

Accessing other libraries