ABERDEEN students today welcomed a university’s decision to trial opening the main library 24 hours a day.

Following a review of library opening hours, the University of Aberdeen will conduct a pilot on 24-hour opening at Sir Duncan Rice Library.

The building, in Bedford Road, which was officially opened in 2012, will be accessible to students and staff from this Sunday, 24 hours a day until the end of the exams.

President of Aberdeen University Students Association (AUSA) Emily Beever today said: “This is something AUSA has been looking at for the last couple of years and it is going to be very useful and will be interesting to see if it works. This is obviously a trial but we would hope to see it running for the whole year.”