University libraries and Learning Center

Open to the entire university community as well as to people from outside the university, the university libraries and LILLIAD Innovation Learning Center cover all subject areas of the courses offered at the University of Lille.

Missions 

Bringing together knowledge, spaces and audiences to enable the sharing of expertise, facilitate meetings between people and ensure that enlightened citizens have the knowledge they need to navigate a world in transition.

Places to share knowledge and stimulate creativity  

The network comprising the four university libraries (UL) and Learning Center expertly links the university campuses in Lille. In addition to the range of documents on offer, the quality of the facilities provided and the care taken in fitting out the spaces enables a wealth of services to be offered, making the libraries essential places for living and learning.

LILLIAD Innovation Learning Center
HSS UL Humanities and Social Sciences University Library
Health UL Health University Library
Law & Management UL Law and Management University Library

Associated or partner libraries

Associated or partner libraries are located within the schools, member faculties/institutes or research laboratories on each campus or more widely in the Lille metropolitan area. They make specialised collections focusing on a particular topic available to the public.

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To access resources
on site or remotely

A single point of access to documentation and a single identifier for all the university’s libraries, the document search engine:

Lillocat

1 900 000

Visits to the university libraries and Learning Centre in 2022

73

Weekly opening hours

20 000

Users trained in information literacy skills in 2022