Barrow-in-Furness | MyCumbria

Barrow-in-Furness has a Student Enquiry Point and a modern learning space based in the Learning Resources room on the ground floor with additional study space upstairs on the first floor. We have a digital first approach to providing library resources at Barrow-in-furness and you have access to approx. 700,000 ebooks and millions of high quality journal articles via OneSearch. We also subscribe to a wide range of specialist databases that contain trusted and up-to-date information for your study and research.

We like to think of all our campus libraries as coming together as one big single library. All students whose home campus is Barrow-in-Furness are entitled to request print books from any of our other campus libraries. Books can be posted to the Barrow-in-Furness campus or to their home address.

Our digital library is by far our largest collection and we recommend that you make the most of all our electronic books, journals and databases. Our library subject pages are a great place to start. Our skills@cumbria team of subject librarians are on hand to help you and you can also make use of the 24/7 Ask a Librarian chat service that comes through to a real person.

We want our learning spaces to feel inclusive, welcoming and considerate of all members of our university community. To this end, we ask our users to check out this page of ways you can help us achieve this: Library Etiquette

Opening Hours

1st September to 14th December 2025

Monday to Friday	To be decided
Saturday and Sunday	To be decided

Address and Directions

University of Cumbria,
Buccleuch Dock Road,
Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria,
LA14 2SW

Directions - Travel information

Explore our library collections

Study Spaces

The Barrow-in-Furness campus has a range of learning spaces on the ground and first floors.

Study rooms can be booked online here: Book a study space

Support

The University Support Services located at the Student Enquiry Point act as an information point for the University campus. Staff at the desk are ready to welcome you and to answer your queries.

If you need any information or have any questions please visit the Student Enquiry Point.

If you are studying in the evening or at the weekend and have a query please use the Ask a Librarian service.

Borrowing and Returning Books

Find out how to borrow, renew and return books whilst you are a member of our libraries. If you have library books out they will auto renew until the end of your course unless they are requested by someone else. We will send you an email letting you know which book needs to be returned so please check your student email regularly.