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Libraries

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¹û¶³ÊÓƵ students have access to several libraries on and near campus.

The Leeper Library

Our newly renovated Leeper Library, located on the ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ Parkville Campus, provides study spaces, information and assistance for students from all three divisions of the college: Residential College, Pathways School and Theological School. 

The Leeper Library is available to:

  • currently enrolled students across all three divisions;
  • all staff;
  • members of the Anglican clergy of Australia;
  • approved researchers from outside ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ (by appointment). 

Our librarians collaborate with ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ Pathways School lecturers and tutors to provide digital and print resources needed for students to complete their studies. Pathways School students also have access to library services at the Victoria St campus.

Leeper Library provides access to prescribed textbooks for Residential students.

All students and staff have access to our fiction, Indigenous and general interest non-fiction collections as well as eBooks, audiobooks, and online magazines and newspapers. 

For more information about the library and borrowing, see the .

Library Opening hours

The Leeper Library is staffed from 9am-6pm Monday to Friday.

Residential College students can access the library at any time using their swipe cards. This includes evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Contact the Library

Leeper Library
100 Royal Parade
Parkville 3052

library@trinity.unimelb.edu.au | 03 8341 0298

Special collections

In addition to the academic and general collections, the Leeper Library houses rare books, illuminated manuscripts, and several special collections.

Books about ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ

One prized collection is Trinitiana, a collection of works by and about ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ alumni that reflects the wide diversity of interests, experiences and achievements of former students and staff.

Old and rare books

The Leeper Library is listed in the Australia’s Book Heritage Resources Project (ABHR) inventory:

  • two books printed before 1501
  • 331 items printed before 1801, including 28 pre-1640 titles and 75 pre-1700 titles.

In February 2014, Ian Donaldson and John Batt co-authored a fascinating article on volumes of literary interest in Trinity’s early collections – including some of the College’s rare and early Bibles and Books of Common Prayer. Full article here

Books on Anglicanism

The Anglican Special Collection of material relating to Australian Anglicanism, particularly the state of Victoria, is now held in the .

Material held includes:

  • 19th and 20th century newspapers; 
  • a collection of books by and about Melbourne Anglicans;
  • a complete set of the Church of England Messenger (1850-1966); 
  • Diocesan yearbooks.

Leeper Library information for Theological School students

Library resources for ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ Theological School students are provided by the  (DML) and the . Theological students are always welcome to use the Leeper Library as a study space and for assistance from library staff.

The Dalton McCaughey Library (DML) for Theological School students

Theological School students have access to the (DML), at the Centre for Theology and Ministry at 29 College Crescent, a few minutes walk from ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ. 

The DML holds a world-class research theology collection. ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ was a founding partner in its establishment as a joint theological library for students on the Parkville campus. 

Enrolled students will need a University of Divinity ID card to borrow from the library and this can be obtained from the Administration Office at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ Theological School.

Residential students are welcome to use the DML study spaces.

The Library Hub (at the University of Divinity) for Theological School students

The provides access to an extensive range of online resources including academic resources, library special collections and a range of general and subject-based LibGuides.

All ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ Theological School students are entitled to access and borrow from the , access the , and to receive a University ID Card. This can be used to borrow from all associated libraries, but students will have to register at each library before they borrow for the first time.