Library newsletter #64
Welcome to the Library Newsletter, a monthly update sent to all UM staff and students. We will send you the latest notices issued by the UM Library, its developments, services, resources, workshops and more. Make sure to like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram.
Send any comments and/or feedback to library@um.edu.mt.
Opening hours
During the academic year (1 October 2025 till 15 June 2026), the Main Library will open as follows:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 20:00 Saturday: 09:00 - 12:15Sundays & Public Holidays: Closed
Further information on other Library Departments, Branch Libraries or Depositories is available on the Library website.
Training workshops
We offer a variety of workshops, including:
- Library tours,
- Discover the Archives tours,
- HyDi - Using our online catalogue to access online resources, dissertations and your Library Account,
- RefWorks - Using referencing software,
- Developing various information literacy skills.
Video tutorials
Don’t have time to attend the workshop? You can consult our How to HyDi and How to RefWorks video tutorials.
We also created a short library tour video to help you get to know our spaces and services.
Upcoming events
Cancer Awareness Talk I Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025 I 10:00 I Main Library
The University of Malta Library is proud to host a Cancer Awareness Talk in collaboration with Lidl Malta and the Action for Breast Cancer Foundation. The session will be delivered by Dr Pierre Vassallo. The event is open to all – students, staff, and members of the public. Before the talk, join us from 9:00 for a small bake sale where you can enjoy a coffee and something sweet. Come along, support the cause, and be part of an important conversation on raising awareness and understanding cancer.
Book now!
Branch Libraries
Have you paid a visit to the Laws and Theology library yet? Located on the top floor of New Humanities A (which houses the Faculties of Laws and Theology) in Room 303, the library is a quiet, warm, and welcoming study space.
Find out more.
What's new in Melitensia
Melitensia's book of the month – October 2025
Mediterranean Jews, crypto-Jews and the Inquisition in early modern Malta written by Carmel Cassar, and published by the Malta University Press.
Shortlisted for this year’s National Book Prize in historiographic research, this book examines how early modern Malta stood between western Christendom, Islamic North Africa and the Near East, but remained above all a Catholic frontier guarded by the Knights of Malta and the Roman Inquisition. At that time, Judaism was seen as a threat not for its doctrines but for its rejection of Christ and the Church’s teaching. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, only a few Jews passed through Malta, mostly as captives reduced to slavery. Some were freed through ransom, others converted in search of better lives, yet converts often faced suspicion and denunciation before the Inquisition. This study therefore situates these realities within wider Mediterranean currents of faith, coercion and identity.
The list of new Melitensia acquisitions is available online.
