UWS students and staff are automatically enrolled as members of UWS Library.

Your membership allows you access to online resources using your university e-mail account and to borrow print books.

You can work or study in campus libraries, use library information and support services and book appointments with Learning and Teaching or Research Support Librarians.

Extended Partner Membership

If you are a student who is fully registered and enrolled on a UWS course based at a local college or approved international partner site or are teaching UWS students based in these locations, and have been provided with an e-mail address that ends with either @studentmail.uws.ac.uk or @uws.ac.uk you are automatically registered as a member of UWS Library. 

Most services for students and teaching staff with extended partner membership based at other sites are provided on the same basis as those studying or working at main UWS campuses.

Associate Membership

If you have been provided with an e-mail address that ends @partner.uws.ac.uk or do not have a UWS e-mail address, you will need to register for associate membership of the library. Please complete an external membership form and return it to any campus library info point or e-mail it to library@uws.ac.uk 

Visiting Researchers and Teaching Associates

If you are visiting UWS for longer than 6 weeks as part of formal research or teaching partnership and would like to borrow from the library, please ask your UWS academic or professional services contact to get in touch with the library to make arrangements. Access to UWS online resources is usually restricted due to licensing conditions.

Eduroam is available in campus libraries to allow you to access your own institution's online resources whilst at UWS.

If you are an Associate Teacher with an e-mail address that ends @partner.uws.ac.uk please contact e-resources@uws.ac.uk for further information about online resource access and restrictions.

Students and staff from the University of Glasgow and Dumfries and Galloway College who are based at the Dumfries Campus are usually added automatically as members at the start of the year. If you find you do not have an account and would like to join the library to borrow books please provide your details to library staff on site or contact library@uws.ac.uk

Students and Staff from other Universities

UWS is part of the national SCONUL Access scheme allowing students and staff members from UK universities who are members of the scheme to access other university libraries.

Apply online or contact the library at your own university to request SCONUL Access.

External Membership

Members of the public may join UWS library as an external member for an annual fee of £40. This allows you to borrow up to five items at a time from our print book collection. This service is free to UWS alumni.

Members of the community studying a short course at UWS can join the library for a reduced fee of £25 per year. In addition to borrowing up to 5 print books at a time, this membership route also allows you to request up to 10 articles from library online collections to support your course of study.

External members do not usually get access to our online resources due to licensing restrictions.

To find out more about external membership or to submit your application form, call in to any UWS Library info point, or e-mail library@uws.ac.uk.