News & Events

For services and systems updates, please visit IS Service Status

Blackboard's August Update

12/08/2025

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit would like to highlight enhancements for Instructors in the August Blackboard Update: 

  • New: Adding Table of Contents to Learning Modules for students
  • Enhance Documents with block styling options 
  • Increased accessibility in the student gradebook
  • Increased accessibility in the student overview page

For more detail, see our blogpost:

What’s new in Blackboard August 2025.

Summer Resit Examination timetable

04/08/2025

The supplementary examination timetable is now available on the timetabling web site: https://ow.ly/Jkuw50Qanaq
 
For further guidance regarding examinations, you may wish to contact your departmental examination officer: https://ow.ly/Yu1550Qanar

Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit sessions 13/08/2025 - 29/08/2025

11/08/2025

August

13/08 E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (Online)

14/08 E-learning essentials: Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Learning and Teaching Activities (Online)

27/08 E-learning essentials: Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Learning and Teaching Activities (Online)

29/08 E-learning essentials: Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Learning and Teaching Activities (Online)

Times/ booking 

Hugh Owen Library opening hours from August 1

15/07/2025

The Hugh Owen Library will be open 08:30 - 17:30 Monday to Friday and closed on weekends in August.

The Library will also be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 25th August. 

  • Level D will remain open 24/7 throughout

Check opening hours online here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Library Action Plan 24/25

24/07/2025

Learn about your library. Our action plan presents key developments in our services and provision of library resources and details library usage.

Read here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/feedback/action-plans/libraryactionplan24-25/#d.en.282320

Celebrating Pride month in the library

26/06/2025

Happy Pride month to all 

With thanks to our colleagues in the English and Creative Writing department, we have updated Aberystwyth University’s Big LGBTQ+ Reading List with a load of lovely new books.

Read with Pride this month. Browse the collection here: https://rl.talis.com/.../074B2189-AC3E-5D52-1E1D... or pop to Level E, Hugh Owen Library, to browse the display

Blackboard's July Update

04/07/2025

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit would like to highlight enhancements for Instructors in the July Blackboard Update: 

  •  Update: Render mathematical formulas with MathJax
  • Group Assignments
  • Adding captions to images in documents
  • Change to Activity Stream for Instructors

 For more detail, see our blogpost: What’s new in Blackboard July 2025.

Using the library after graduation

24/06/2025

Are you graduating this summer? Don’t be sad! You don’t have to leave the library behind

As Aber Alumni you can apply for continued access to our library spaces, borrowing, printing, copying and scanning.

Find out more about Alumni Access here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/visitors/alumni/

Hugh Owen Library opening hours from 1 June

28/05/2025

The Hugh Owen Library’s opening hours will be changing from the 1st June

  • Level D (ground floor) open 24/7
  • Levels E and F open 08:30 -20:00
  • Staffed services between 08:30 -20:00

Check the online opening hours calendars here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Are you using reference generators such as MyBib or Scribbr?

28/04/2025

Reference generators have become popular tools to simplify the process of formatting citations and bibliographies. However, while they are good starting points to quickly generate a reference, you should approach them with responsibility and caution.

Check out this Librarians’ Blog to find out more on what you need to look out for: https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/librarian/?p=1531

Using Artificial Intelligence safely in your studies

02/04/2025

We are looking at students’ experience of using Artificial Intelligence and your requirements regarding advice and guidance on how to use AI safely in your studies. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare to speak with members of our library team, we would be very grateful. Please can you send an email to is-feedback@aber.ac.uk if you are happy for us to contact you. We are happy to meet face-to-face or over Teams