University of St Andrews Library

E109742

academic library research library university library system

The University of St Andrews Library is the main academic library system of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, housing extensive print and digital collections that support the university’s teaching and research.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
University of St Andrews Library canonical	7
University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums	2
University of St Andrews Library Services	2
University of St Andrews Library catalogue	2
Libraries of the University of St Andrews	1
University of St Andrews Library (historic core vicinity)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T925431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: University of St Andrews Library
Context triple: [University of St Andrews, hasLibrary, University of St Andrews Library]

A. Edinburgh University Library
Edinburgh University Library is the main academic library system of the University of Edinburgh, housing extensive research collections and providing study and information services to students and scholars.
B. Glasgow University Library
Glasgow University Library is the main academic library of the University of Glasgow, housing extensive research collections and providing study and information services to students and staff.
C. Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library is a historic academic library complex in Durham, England, housing special collections and archives of Durham University near Durham Cathedral.
D. Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library is the principal research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the UK's legal deposit libraries, holding millions of books, manuscripts, and special collections.
E. St John’s College Library
St John’s College Library is the main academic and historic library of St John’s College, Cambridge, housing extensive scholarly collections and rare manuscripts for students and researchers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: University of St Andrews Library
Target entity description: The University of St Andrews Library is the main academic library system of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, housing extensive print and digital collections that support the university’s teaching and research.

A. Edinburgh University Library
Edinburgh University Library is the main academic library system of the University of Edinburgh, housing extensive research collections and providing study and information services to students and scholars.
B. Glasgow University Library
Glasgow University Library is the main academic library of the University of Glasgow, housing extensive research collections and providing study and information services to students and staff.
C. Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library is a historic academic library complex in Durham, England, housing special collections and archives of Durham University near Durham Cathedral.
D. Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library is the principal research library of the University of Cambridge and one of the UK's legal deposit libraries, holding millions of books, manuscripts, and special collections.
E. St John’s College Library
St John’s College Library is the main academic and historic library of St John’s College, Cambridge, housing extensive scholarly collections and rare manuscripts for students and researchers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic library ⓘ research library ⓘ university library system ⓘ
affiliation	University of St Andrews ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOn	support for research ⓘ support for teaching ⓘ
hasBranch	J F Allen Library ⓘ King James Library ⓘ Martyrs Kirk Research Library ⓘ Medical Library ⓘ St Mary’s College Library ⓘ
hasCollection	archives ⓘ databases ⓘ digital collections ⓘ e-books ⓘ electronic journals ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ photographic collections ⓘ print collections ⓘ rare books ⓘ special collections ⓘ
hasDigitalRepository	Yes ⓘ
hasMainBuilding	Main Library ⓘ
hasOnlineCatalogue	Yes ⓘ
hasSubjectStrength	Scottish studies ⓘ history ⓘ photography ⓘ science ⓘ theology ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Fife ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ
operatedBy	University of St Andrews ⓘ
partOf	University of St Andrews ⓘ
providesService	access to electronic resources ⓘ borrowing services ⓘ information literacy training ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reference services ⓘ study spaces ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
sector	higher education ⓘ
serviceArea	researchers ⓘ staff of the University of St Andrews ⓘ students of the University of St Andrews ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of St Andrews → hasLibrary → University of St Andrews Library ⓘ

North Street, St Andrews → hasBuilding → University of St Andrews Library (historic core vicinity) ⓘ