Bournemouth University Library
We have a mutual agreement with Bournemouth University (BU) which allows full time students and staff at AUB to join BU Library. For part time students and staff you can visit the Library and read items in the Library. Please see the information below.
Members can borrow 3 standard loan books. Unfortunately you won't be able to access BU online resources due to publishers' license restrictions.
To join you will need to go to the Library during staffed opening times (Click here for details). You will need to bring the following items:
- 1 passport sized photo
- AUB University ID card
- Proof of local address
For more information or to search the catalogue please visit the BU Library website. Click here for details.
Local public libraries
Their are two Local Public Library Authorities
Both provide access to a wide range of books, eBooks, magazines and audiobooks as well as books in a range of foreign languages. If we don't have something in stock or if it is on loan, it is worth checking the public library to see if you can access it there. Please see the links above to search their catalogues, find joining instructions and locate the libraries.
Bournemouth Library in the Triangle area of central Bournemouth has a specialist music library with musical scores, CDs, online music and books on music. Click here for more information.
Local history centres
Poole History Centre focuses on local history, maritime history, trade and industry and transport in the local area. The collection includes maps, newspapers, books, oral histories and photographs. It is located in an historical wool warehouse originally built in 1300 and is part of the Poole Museum just off the Quay. Click here for more information.
Bournemouth Heritage Zone focuses on local history, it is located in the library in the Triangle. Click here for more information.
Dorset History Centre holds a large local history collection and the archives for Dorset including Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. Highlights of the archive include material on Poole pottery, Dorset authors and poets and the Cooper Dean Estates archive, which includes the development of Bournemouth. The History Centre is in Dorchester. Click here for more information.