The Sir Duncan Rice Library is a 21st century space for learning and research. It was officially opened on 24th September 2012 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. The Sir Duncan Rice Library houses the largest of the University’s modern collections on Floors 1-7 – including Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences, and historic collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the Special Collections Centre on the Lower Ground Floor.This is the Guggenheim of books, a 21st century space with curves in all the right places.
