Libraries

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Trinity College students have access to several libraries on and near campus.

The Leeper Library

Our newly renovated Leeper Library, located on the Trinity College 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 Trinity College (by appointment). 

Our librarians collaborate with Trinity College 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 catalogue.

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

library catalogue

Special collections

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

Books about Trinity College

One prized collection is Trinitiana, a collection of works by and about Trinity College 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 Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Archives.

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 Trinity College Theological School students are provided by the Dalton McCaughey Library (DML) and the University of Divinity Library Hub. 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 Dalton McCaughey Library (DML), at the Centre for Theology and Ministry at 29 College Crescent, a few minutes walk from Trinity College. 

The DML holds a world-class research theology collection. Trinity College 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 Trinity College 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 Library Hub 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 Trinity College Theological School students are entitled to access and borrow from the University of Divinity Libraries, access the University Library Hub, 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.