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Find details of induction events and activities to get you started with using UCL's libraries.
We offer various events and activities to welcome new students and get you started with using UCL's libraries, library resources and services. In addition to these central activities, you may have library welcome and induction and library skills sessions integrated into your academic programme timetable or available locally at your UCL library.
- International Student Library Seminars
- Library Welcome Seminar
- Support Services Fair
- Introduction to Explore training sessions
- Library skills training
International Student Library Seminars
This in-person library seminar for new international students outlines what to expect from your library when you start at UCL, from using library spaces to accessing our collections and online library.
We are running the seminar on multiple dates from 10:15am to 11:15am, on the Bloomsbury campus:
- Monday 21 September
- Wednesday 23 September
- Friday 25 September
Booking is required for these sessions. Find out more and book your place.
Library Welcome Seminar (online)
This online library welcome seminar for any new students outlines what to expect from your library when you start at UCL, from using library spaces to accessing our collections and online library.
This seminar is on Thursday 01 October, 11am to 11:50am on Microsoft Teams.
International students may prefer to attend an in-person International student library seminar.
A recording of the session delivered September 2025 is available to view (recording length 49 min 06 sec), and will be updated with the 2026 version when available.
- Access library induction and training session recordings: Select "Library Welcome Seminar" and register to view.
Support Services Fair
Come and meet friendly library staff at our stand at the New Student Support Services Fair. No need to book.
- South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Bloomsbury, 10:30am to 3pm on Monday 28 September, Tuesday 29 September and Wednesday 30 September.
- UCL East, Marshgate Second Floor Atrium, 10:30am to 2pm on Friday 2 October.
Introduction to Explore training sessions
Explore is UCL Library Services' single search tool for finding journals, books, full-text articles, archive material and much more. Find out how to search, understand your search results, and view your library account, as well as how to access UCL's vast online library.
In-person sessions will be held in the Science Library, DMS Watson G15 ground floor teaching cluster:
- Monday 28 - Wednesday 30 September from 12pm to 12:25pm and 12:30pm to 12:55pm
- Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October from 12:30pm to 12:55pm
- Friday 2 October 11am to 11:25am, online session - booking required.
Introduction to Explore training sessions: find out more and book a place.
A recording of the online session delivered September 2025 is available to view (recording length 23 min 24 sec) and this will be updated with the 2026 version when available.
- Access library induction and training session recordings: Select "Introduction to Explore" and register to view.
Library skills training
We offer a training programme of live online and in-person sessions throughout the year to help you develop and refine your library research skills.